Video Preparation

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Video Preparation
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What is Needed to be Done

• Analysis
• Determine your audience
• Their needs and/or wants
• Think about and determine what you want to
  present in your movie (content)
• Determine how you are going to present it

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What is Needed to be Done

• Brainstorming of ideas
• Begin your planning
• Storyboard your material (create a literal sketch
  of each and every scene in the entire video)
• Camera angles
• Actor movements
• Still shots Graphics
• Shot sequences

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What is Needed to be Done

• Script your video
• Proof your script and it read it aloud to someone
  unfamiliar to your topic
• Rewrite

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Scripting

• The Dos
• Write in a conversational style
• Use short sentences, easy to read and easy to say
• Write in Active voice
• Be succinct and direct with your verbiage and
  content
• Use complete sentences
• Use examples when appropriate

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Scripting

• The Donts
• Dont use parenthetical phrases
• Dont use complex sentence structures
• Dont write in a didactic or pedantic style
• Dont use a lot of adjectives
• Dont refer to or describe visuals

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Organization

• Make an outline
• Structure and order your thoughts, material,
  visual aids, etc
• Place least important concepts first or in the
  middle
• Save most important concepts for last
• Cognitive structure/order (lists, outlines, key
  points)

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Creating a Good Shot

• Six things must come together for a good shot
• People
• The location
• The set
• The props
• The equipment
• The schedule

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Video Shot Sizes

• Extreme close-up (ECU)
• Close-up (CU)
• Medium Close-Up (MCU)
• Medium Shot (MS)
• Medium Long Shot (MLS)
• Long Shot (LS)
• Extreme Long Shot (ELS)

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Analyzing Shots
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ECU
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CU
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MCU
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MLS
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LS
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ELS
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Production Guidelines

• Camera angle
• Rate of development
• Succinct treatment
• Introductions
• Summary
• Concentration of ideas

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Production Guidelines

• Commentary
• Special effects
• Color
• Music
• Refer to the article by Carpenter and Greenhill
  in your reading package entitled Guidelines for
  Producing Video for the Classroom