Going mobile with video

prep: get Quik (iOS/Android)&/or Videolicious (iOS) Sue Newhook

susan.newhook@ukings.ca Twitter: @suenew

University of King’s CollegeSchool of Journalism

A moment for ethics & the law• Never tell anyone: “no one will see this video”… and don’t believe

anyone who says it to you. No one can guarantee that.

• Don’t use other people’s property w/o permission, credit or payment. Check out Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) stock-shot sites, creative apps, or do it yourself!

• Livestreaming: Remember, when you press the “Broadcast Now” button… you can’t take it back.

Top 10 smartphone video rules:1. Clear the (memory) decks – video gobbles space (espy @ 1080p)2. ABC = Always Be Charging – video gobbles power3. Airplane mode – notifications, alerts, calls may crash your recording4. Shoot in landscape – Button to the right5. Clean the lens 6. Steady up! If you can’t use a tripod…be one7. AE/AF LOCK & adjustment8. All shots at least 10 sec long/ 5 *steady*9. Low light levels? Need to zoom? Get a different camera10. All cams = same framing and storytelling rules

10 rules for all video: 1. Get close2. Get to the point3. Think sound! 4. Work with light: behind you, not your subject5. Look at your real shot, not the one you’re wishing for6. Rule of thirds (incl. headroom, looking-away) 7. Neutral eyeline8. The axis or 180 line helps your shots make sense9. In journalism, we are always #nofilter10. Five-shot method = ***Sequences***

The Goods 5-shot method1. Good grip 2. Good sound3. Good light4. Good framing

1. Establishing2. Hands3. Face4. Reverse5. One more

• Generally: Wides + mediums + closeups + reverses + another

Some handy iPhone apps to check out (you’ll find your own):• Your native camera app!• Adobe Spark Suite (3 apps)• PicPlayPost (collage)• Quik (auto edit)• Videolicious (edit)• VideoScribe (animate)• iMovie (edit)• Voice Record Pro (audio)• Within (explore 360)

• ThingLink (annotate)• WeVideo (share)• Steller (‘booklets’) • Zoom! Enhance (Zoom GIF)• Where (maps a pic)• Bubbli (360 images)• Various teleprompter apps

h/t: @marcsettle @glenbmulcahy et al…

Fancier (& $) apps Live• Ferrite (audio)• FiLMiC Pro (shoot)• Mavis (shoot) • Luma Fusion (edit) • Kinemaster (edit go-to for

Android; now iOS)

• FB Live• Periscope• YouTube • Teradek Live: Air Solo &

Air Remote

Links & follows: • Twitter lists:

• twitter.com/suenew/lists/mobile/members • twitter.com/corinne_podger/lists/femojo/members

• #mojo on Twitter/FB, #mojocon on Facebook

• General tips 101: • iOS http

://training.aljazeera.net/mritems/Documents/2017/1/24/e60d6cf73db74eb7ab55b0f24a8836a8_100.pdf

• Android: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/878608150029139969

• Epic Tutorials: http://epictutorials.com/ (iOS/Mac only)