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Creating Video for Teachers and Trainers Producing Professional Video with Amateur Equipment

by: Spannaus, Tim

Creating Video for Teachers and Trainers Producing Professional Video with Amateur Equipment

by: Spannaus, Tim

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9781118088098
ISBN 10:
1118088093
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/22/2012
Publisher: Pfeiffer

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Incorporating advice from message design and multimedia research, this practical guide helps trainers plan, produce, edit, and distribute compelling, professional video, using inexpensive or free consumer-grade equipment and software. Paralleling the work process a teacher or trainer would follow, the guide shows how to "tell a story" that will engage an audience and enables trainers to create instructional videos for a wide variety of uses and traditional and digital media.

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Planning and Managing Video Projects	p. 1
Why Video? Why Now?	p. 3
Demonstration of Procedures	p. 4
Presentation by an Expert	p. 4
Introduction to a Case Study	p. 4
Excerpt of a Dramatic Production	p. 5
Show a Process	p. 5
Virtual Tours	p. 6
Why Video?	p. 6
Low Cost of Equipment and Software	p. 7
Reduced Expectations of Quality	p. 8
Traps for the Unwary	p. 8
One Time Through the Process-A 30,000-Foot View	p. 11
Treatment	p. 13
Media Specification	p. 14
Prototypes	p. 16
Script Site	p. 17
Concurrent Work	p. 18
Shot List	p. 19
The Shoot	p. 19
Edit	p. 20
Site Construction-HTML Pages	p. 21
Final Assembly and Test	p. 22
Launch and Distribution	p. 22
Planning	p. 25
Goals and Objectives	p. 25
ID Considerations-First Principles, Solving Problems	p. 26
Integrating Video with Other Media	p. 29
Story and Character	p. 31
Writing the Script	p. 35
Organization	p. 36
Treatment	p. 36
Format	p. 37
Writing	p. 39
Write in Active Voice	p. 40
Personalize the Writing	p. 40
Think Visually	p. 41
Style Guide	p. 41
Integration with Other Media	p. 42
Script Breakdown	p. 42
Other Ways to Produce Video	p. 45
Webcams	p. 45
Screen Recorders	p. 47
After Capture, You Will Want to Edit	p. 48
Adobe Flash Animations	p. 48
Single Frame Animations	p. 49
Managing Video Projects	p. 51
Complexity	p. 51
Defining the Project	p. 52
Planning	p. 53
Tasks/Activities	p. 53
Roles	p. 57
Resources	p. 58
Adjusting the Schedule	p. 58
Executing	p. 60
Monitoring	p. 60
Reporting and Controlling	p. 62
Delivering and Closing	p. 62
Your Assignment 1	p. 65
Plan	p. 65
Script	p. 65
Essential Equipment	p. 67
Camcorders	p. 69
Video Formats	p. 69
Lens	p. 71
Sensors	p. 74
Resolution and Size	p. 74
Storage Media	p. 74
Necessary Features	p. 75
Using the Camcorder	p. 77
Composition	p. 77
Common Shots	p. 78
Camera Movement	p. 83
Zooms	p. 84
Lights and Lighting	p. 87
Color and Intensity	p. 87
Basic Lighting Equipment	p. 90
Basic Lighting Setups	p. 94
Lighting Problems	p. 97
Mics and Sound	p. 101
The Importance of Sound	p. 101
Kinds of Mics	p. 102
Mic Setups and Use	p. 107
Voice-Over vs. Sync Sound	p. 108
Your Assignment 2 Edit in Camera	p. 111
Plan	p. 111
Shoot	p. 111
Production	p. 113
Selecting and Surveying Locations	p. 115
Back to the Script	p. 115
Location Survey	p. 115
Shots and Camera Angles	p. 116
Lighting and Electrical Power	p. 117
Specific Locations: Offices	p. 117
Specific Locations: Homes	p. 118
Specific Locations: Factories, Shops, Warehouses, and Labs	p. 119
Exteriors	p. 120
Commercial and Retail Locations	p. 121
Location Releases	p. 121
Green Screen-Any Location, Any Time	p. 121
Planning the Shoot	p. 123
Props	p. 123
People	p. 126
Equipment	p. 126
Schedules	p. 127
The Day of the Shoot	p. 133
Set Up	p. 133
Blocking and Walkthrough	p. 134
Camera Rehearsal	p. 135
The Actual Shoot	p. 135
Ambient Sound	p. 135
Tear Down	p. 137
Your Assignment 3 Plan and Shoot	p. 139
Plan	p. 139
Shoot	p. 139
Post-Production	p. 141
Video Editing	p. 143
Essential Software	p. 143
A Simple Event Shoot	p. 146
A Planned Instructional Video	p. 151
Cut-ins and Cut-Aways	p. 152
Intercutting	p. 152
Green Screen	p. 153
Audio Editing	p. 155
Cleaning Up Camcorder Sound	p. 155
Voice-Over Narration	p. 157
Sound Effects	p. 157
Music	p. 158
Wild Sound	p. 158
Effects	p. 161
Transitions	p. 162
Titles	p. 162
Your Assignment 4	p. 165
Edit	p. 165
Make a DVD	p. 165
Distribution and Use	p. 167
Video on Optical Media	p. 169
CD, DVD, Blu-Ray	p. 169
Video on CD	p. 170
DVDs	p. 171
Blu-Ray	p. 171
Making the Disc	p. 172
Video on the Web	p. 173
Adobe Flash	p. 174
MPEG and MPEG-4	p. 174
HTML5	p. 175
Development: Finer Points	p. 177
Use of Media	p. 177
Human Resources	p. 178
Fine-Tuning for the User's Environment	p. 178
Video Options	p. 178
Using Video in Your Teaching and Training	p. 181
Stand-Alone Video	p. 181
Problem-Centered	p. 182
Prior Knowledge	p. 182
Demonstration	p. 183
Practice and Feedback	p. 184
Integration	p. 184
Video Story by an Expert	p. 185
Documentation	p. 185
Video in PowerPoint or Similar Products	p. 185
File Formats	p. 186
Moving to a Different Computer	p. 186
Web Video	p. 186
References	p. 189
About the Author	p. 191
Index	p. 193
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Creating Video for Teachers and Trainers Producing Professional Video with Amateur Equipment

Creating Video for Teachers and Trainers Producing Professional Video with Amateur Equipment

9781118088098

1118088093

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