creative media production session
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Hands on workshop on using creative media. Given at TELFest September 2014TRANSCRIPT
Getting Creative: Developing Multimedia Resources
Photo by Chris Kelk
In this session:
• 7 steps to multimedia production
•Video production
•Audio production
•Screencasting
• Resources available
• Help, advice and training
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Who we areCreative Media Team (CiCS), supporting all staff and students across the university in the creation of multimedia artifacts.
• Chris Clow
• Tommy Wilson
www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia
The Steps of Multimedia Production
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7 steps…
• Planning
• Recording
• Transferring
• Editing
• Exporting
• Uploading
• Embedding
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PlanningRoland O’Daniel
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Planning• Plan your video as much as possible in advance
• Storyboarding, scripting, shot list
• Think about continuity
• Consider going on a location ‘scout’ beforehand
• Book equipment, interviewees, etc in advance
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Video RecordingChelsea
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Best practice
• Shot sizes
• Framing
• It takes time
• Things to beware of
• Using your own smart device
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Things to remember!
• Batteries or locate mains power source
• Record the ‘practice run’
• Look at the background
• Be consistent / continuity
• Avoid backlighting
• Noddies / cutaways
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Things to remember!
Headphones
Demonstration of Recording Equipment
Practical task
Chris Kelk
• Choose an object in the room, and make a short (30s) video explaining why it was designed the way it was. What two things do you consider most important about it’s design?
• Plan before you shoot
• Edit ‘in camera’• Show the object in use, in a relevant situation /
background
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Audio Recording
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Things to remember
• Position of Microphone
• Be aware of your surroundings: • Room noise• Building work• Phones, alarms, alerts• the public
•Don’t be afraid to stop
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Things to remember
Headphones
Demonstration of Recording Equipment
Practical task
Chris Kelk
● Talk about your favourite aspect of working and or living in Sheffield
• in under 1min
● In groups, take turn to record and be recorded.
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TransferringPiutus
Practical task
Chris Kelk
● Demonstration
● Your turn -
Log in to a computer and review your recordings.
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Editing
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Making it easier for the editor
• Think about how the video will be edited when you’re shooting
• Shoot cutaways and “noddies” to cover over gaps left when cutting a longer sequence.
• If in doubt shoot it anyway – better to have too much footage than not enough (within reason)
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Making it easier for the editor
• Consider going through your rushes and creating a log.
• Delete anything you will definitely not use.
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Editing Applications
Available to use at the university -
• iMovie
• Adobe Premiere
• Windows Live Movie Maker
• YouTube
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ExportingJeffrey B
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Uploading Rego Korosi
Practical task
Chris Kelk
• Demonstration of YouTube and SoundCloud
• Your turn -
• Create a YouTube or SoundCloud channel using your university account and upload one file.
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Embedding Lisa Omerali
Screencasting03/09/2014 © The University of Sheffield Loozrboy
Screencasting• Can be used for:
• Presentations
• Demonstrations
• Web searches
• Troubleshooting
• Can include voiceover and video
• Can be as polished as you like!
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Screencasting Applications
• Free online applications -• www.screencast-o-matic.com • www.screenr.com
• Software - •Camtasia•QuickTime
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Practical task
Chris Kelk
• Demonstration
• Produce a 1 min screencast using screencast-o-matic (screen capture only)
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qthomasbowerCopyright
Practical task
Chris Kelk
• Do you know how to adhere to copyright laws?
• Let’s put your knowledge to the test.
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Creative media resources
Resources available
• Editing suite and production rooms•audio, video, image, graphic and screen
• Recording equipment•audio and video
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How can we help you or your students produce media
• Drop-in service
• Advice (including legal/copyright issues)
• Support
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Contact
• Drop-in service: 1pm – 5pm, Skills Suite, Level 1, Information Commons
• www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia
Chris Kelk