Get Your Feet Wet with Digital Video

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Get Your Feet Wet with Digital Video

• Donna Teuber
• Instructional Technology Services
• Richland County School District One

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Why Video?

• Writing Skills communicating to a specific
  audience (public service announcements, news
  magazine, school events)
• Collaboration
• Roles - camera person, news anchor, reporter,
  video switch operator, digital editor,
  teleprompter and director
• Art - animation
• Appeals to our visual learners
• YouTube Culture 35,000 videos posted daily

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Examples

• Zoo Trip - http//www.apple.com/education/ilifeawa
  rds/project_zootrip.html
• Word of the Day - http//www.apple.com/education/i
  lifeawards/project_wordoftheday.html
• Grass Born to be Stepped On http//www.apple.com
  /education/ilifeawards/
• Chasing Metaphors - http//www.apple.com/education
  /ilifeawards/project_chasingmetaphors.html
• Other Examples - http//powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/p
  rojects/edtechcentral/DigitalStorytelling/default.
  htm (Good Readers and Time Team)

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More Examples

• Young Filmmakers - http//scenariosusa.org/watchfi
  lms/index.html
• KQED Public Service Announcements -
  http//www.kqed.org/topics/education/

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Production Steps

• Plan your project (storyboard, script)
• Shoot your video footage
• Capture to computer
• Edit
• Distribute VHS tape, DVD, Hi-8, Mini DV,
  Internet
• Behind the Scenes Video http//powayusd.sdcoe.k12
  .ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/DigitalStorytelling/
  default.htm

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What You Need

• Digital Video Camera any format (Mini DV, Hi-8)
  with USB or Firewire for connecting to a computer
• Microphone
• Tripod
• Computer for editing you will need a lot of
  hard drive space

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Selecting a Camera

• Storage Formats (S-VHS, MiniDV, Hi-8, DVD)
• Lens
• Inputs and Outputs
• Image Stabilization
• Still Photo Capability
• Low-Light Performance
• Battery Life

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Basics of Video Production

• Lighting
• Audio
• Shot Composition
• http//ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/100001
  9/Camera_Movement.html
• http//www.atomiclearning.com/freeexamples.shtml

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Capture Video

• Video Capture Card
• Firewire Connection
• USB
• Casablanca Editor

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Edit

• Sound
• Audacity
• Video
• Adobe Premiere
• Apple iMovie or Final Cut Pro
• Windows Moviemaker
• Pinnacle
• Casablanca

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Media Formats

• Audio
• MP3
• wav
• Video
• Avi
• Mov
• Mp4
• http//www.fileinfo.net/filetypes/video

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Hardware Requirements

• Digital Video Camera with capture card
• Microphone for audio recording

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Permission Forms

• Always have parent permission forms signed if you
  are going to videotape students and share the
  video outside of the classroom

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Hands-On