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ShortVideoGuide

Welcome

Welcome to this short video guide,which has been prepared with novice video makers in mind.

Inside you will find a brief overview of thevarious elements of basic movie-making that you will need to get started on yourPROTEIN POWER PLAY-OFFvideo.

You don’t have to be the next Spielberg to make an effective online video. This guidewill give tips and advice about equipment, video shooting skills, editing and uploadingyour final video.

The creativity and inspiration are entirely up to you!

Let ’s get started…

PREPARATION!

1. Before you shootYou need to a basic concept and outline for you video. Are youtelling a story? What and who will feature in it? Try to plan outexactly what sort of video footage you will need to capture inorder to make your storytelling work. Be as creative as you canand try to get a lot of variety in the shots you use.

2. Storyboarding Your IdeaStoryboarding is a very helpful toll for planning you video. These aresketches of the shots you intend to get and a written description ofthe shot. This helps to explain, to everyone, what you are planningand help you to stay on track

3. Types of Camera Shots

These are some of the basic camera shots:

● Extreme Close-up: usually used in emotional scenes.

● Close-up: basic interview shot

● Mid shot: shot used to introduce a character orinterviewee.

● Mid long shot: again used to introduce a character orinterviewee

● Long shot: often to capture an action, e.g. a football game

● Extreme Long shot: often used at the start of video tointroduce a location

Smartphones are a great way of filming short videos. Here’s a few tips when filming ona smart phone:

● Orientation: be sure you film in landscape mode. If you film in portrait your videowill not fit the screen when editing.

● Lighting: smartphones will struggle in dimly lit places. Use natural light and avoidbacklighting.

● Audio: avoid echo-y rooms. If you are filming outside beware of the wind, it cancause interference in the mic. It is good practice to wear headphones when filming,that way, if there are any issues you can pick it up straight away.

● Steady shots: to avoid hand shake try to keep the camera as still as possible. Keepyour elbows as close to your body as you can and rest them on your waist. Tripods arealso available for smartphone which would help immensely with this.

● Zoom: zooming can be difficult to get right on a smartphone. It is often better justto film a wide shoot and then cut to a close up, thus avoiding zooming.

● Storage: if you are running short of storage on yoursmartphone you can use cloud based storage, such asDropbox, to save your footage too. You can then download thefootage straight to your PC or Mac.

4. Top tips for movie making on a Smartphone

● Plan shots before you go out filming.

● If you have a tripod, try to use pans, (moving from left to right)and tilts, (moving up and down). Too much movement can bedistracting, so use it sparingly!

● If you don’t have a tripod try to keep the camera as steady aspossible. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, breath slowly andsmoothly, with one hand hold the camera and place your second handunderneath the base. Keep your arms close to your body, as you will gettired if you are holding your arms out straight.

● Have your subject facing the light to avoid harsh shadows.

● Use a variety of angles and positions -be creative!

● Most importantly: have fun!

5. L ights, Camera, Action! Filming with aDigital Camera or a Camcorder

6. Common mistakes

● Overzealous Zooming: Zooming in and out on your subjectcan add a flashy veneer to your video. However, excessivezooming can be a distraction for the viewer, plus it can also lead toshaky images.

● Backlight Boogiemen: Don’t make the common mistake ofshooting your subject with a bright light source behind them. If youdo, then chances are good that your subject will appear as a darksilhouette throughout your video.

● Camera Shots: Use a variety of shots to make your video interestingbut avoid going from a wide shot to a wide shot. Transitioning from a wideshot to close up with make the video look more professional.

● Audio Nightmares: Consider the level of background noise first. For example,if your interviewee is in danger of being drowned out by passing cars, you maywant to consider moving elsewhere. Another very common audio pitfall to be awareof is windy weather. If you wear headphones when recording you will hear exactlywhat your device hears, that way you can pick up any problems straight away.

Common mistakes continued

● Shaky Shots: Shaky shots will make your video look amateurand can make an audience feel dizzy. You can avoid this by using atripod. You can usually find them for sale online or in stores at avery reasonable cost and are even available for iPhones andAndroids. (If you can’t get your hands on a tripod use thetechniques outlined above to keep your camera as still as possible.)

● Text: If you are adding text to your video, it needs to last longenough for everyone to read it. The general rule is to read it twiceyourself.

EDITING!

Editing

When you have all your footage shot, it is timeto edit it all together. It is kind of like putting ajigsaw together.

There are quite a few different editingsoftware packages out there but we are goingto stick to the three that or most widelyavailable; Windows Movie Maker, iMovie andYouTube.

When it comes to editing your video, thisguide will provide you with the basics. Belowyou will find instructions on how to importyour video, make basic edits, add titles and credits, and how to publish your movie.

Windows Movie Maker Tutorial

1 Click the mainfile menue buttonand then clickSave Project as...

2 Type in asuitable name foryour project andthen click Save

Step 1 - Creating and Saving your Project

To avoid any frustrating losses of data, please save your project OFTEN

1. Click the Home tab and then click Add Videos and Photos

Alternatively, you can just drag and drop your video files /photos into Movie Maker from a file browser window of yourexternal storage device

2. Browse to your external storage device, select the file(s) youwant to import and click Open

Step 2 - Adding your Videos and Photos

Once you have imported your video(s) into WindowsMovie Maker Live, they will automatically be displayed inyour timeline. Next you will learn how to use the timeline to turn your raw video into a neatly editedmasterpiece

Sidebar: Behold, the Mighty WindowsMovie Maker Live Timeline

Step 3 - Splitting Video Clips & Deleting Unwanted Footage

1. Drag the black bar on your timelineto where you want to split yourclips.

2. Go to the Edit tab and click Split.(To delete any unwanted clips,right click over the clip you want todelete and click Cut.)

Step 4 - Spicing Things Up with a Little Music1. On the Home tab, click the Add

Music button. (You will have anoption to enter your music from the beginning of the video or from a specific point.)

2. Click on the Music Tools tab at the top of the window to view arange of music editing tools including Fade In / Fade Out,volume controls and start / end points

Using non-licenced music with your video may lead to it’s removal from Youtube.

See Additional Resources section below for ‘Podsafe’ music options.

Step 5 - Smooth Transitions

1. Select the Animations tab. Hover your mouse over any transition tosee a preview.

2. Once you have chosen a suitable transition,click on the beginning of the video clip (orphoto) that you want to add the transitionto. Then click the transition you want toapply.

Step 6 - Creating Captions

1. Click on the video clip you want to put a captionon. Next, select the Home tab and then clickCaption.

2. A text box will appear on the lower part of yourvideo clip (or photo). Click inside the text box andenter your caption. If you need to change yourcaption, double click on the caption in yourtimeline and then change the text in the videopreview pane. Right-click on the caption in yourtimeline and click Remove if you want to delete it.

1. Click on the Home tab and then clickeither Title or Credits.

(Titles at the start of the video, credits at the end.)

2. A black slide will appear. Click inside the text box and enteryour title / credit.

Note: Titles automatically display as a slow zoom and creditsas downward scrolling text.

You can use the motion options in the top right corner of theFormat tab to adjust these setting.

Step 7 - Adding Titles or Credits for a Perfect Finish

1. Click on the main file menu and then click Save movie

2. Select Standard-Definition (unless youfilmed in HD, in which case you should select theappropriate option).

Enter your video title and click Save.

Once your video hasfinished saving, click Play to make sure yourvideo hits the mark.

Step 8 - Saving your Movie

iMovie Tutorial

Step 1 - Creating and Saving Your Project1. Upon opening iMovie click

File and New Project2. Give your project a name

and choose where to storeit. Easiest thing to do is tocreate a new folderspecifically for the videocompetition

To avoid any frustrating losses of data, please save your project OFTEN.

Step 2 - Adding your Videos/Photos1. Click the File tab and then

click Import2. Browse to your camera or

the folder where you havestored your video files.

iMovie Timeline

Once you have imported your video)s) into iMovie they will be displayed in your timeline (see below).

Here you can edit and manipulate them.

Step 3 - Splitting Video Clips & Deleting Unwanted Footage

1. Move the little triangle on the timeline (known as the “Playhead”to where you want to divide the clip.

2. Go to the Clip tab and click Split Clip. (To delete any unwantedclips, click the clip you want to delete and hit the Delete key.

Step 4 - Spicing Things Up with a Little Music

2. You can add music from any source on your computer, includingiTunes. Simply drag the selected track into your project, justbelow the video timeline.

1. Click the Music and Sound Effectsbutton on the iMovie toolbar

REMINDER: Using non-licensed music with your video may lead to it’s removal from Youtube. See Additional Resources section below

for ‘Podsafe’ music options.

1. Click the Transitions button in the iMovie toolbar.

Step 5 - Throwing in Some Smooth Transitions

2. Select a transition and drag it to before or after the video clipyou want to add the transition to.

1. Click on the video clip you want to put a caption on. Click theTitle button in the toolbar.

2. Pick title style anddrag it onto the clip.

3. A text box willappear on the lowerpart of your videoclip (or photo). Clickinside the text boxand enter yourcaption.

Step 6 - Creating Captions

Step 7 - Credits for a Perfect Finish

1. Click on the Titlesbutton again butthis time choosethe Creditsoption.

2. Edit the credits tofit your movie andthen drag to theend of the video.

When you are happy with your movie it’s time to save your movieso you can put it on YouTube, Vimeo, etc., for entry to thecompetition.

Click on File and choose FinaliseProject. Finalise Project will renderyour project in all sizes available.This may take some time, so youmay want to do it overnight or whileyou are away from the computer.Once you have done it, you can shareto iTunes, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

Make sure to watch your full videothrough before submitting it andmake sure you are happy with it.

Step 8 - Saving Your Movie

Edit in

1. You can also edit yourvideo in YouTube.Simply log intoYouTube go to Uploadand Video Editor

2. There you canupload your clips orphotographs andmake your video.

3. Pull your clips downonto the timeline.

4. You can cut the clipby using the scissorsicon or but sliding theblue bars closertogether

5. Cut it to however long yourequire and pull down nextclip onto the timeline.

6. You can add text over theclip by pressing the Texttab.

7. When editing on YouTubethere is a whole library ofcopyright free music foryou to choose from.Just click on.

8. Drag the music onto thetimeline underneath theclips.

9. Again drag the two bluebars make the music thelength you want.

10. There are a range offilters available. Justclick on the clip in thetimeline and thenselect The filter youwant.

11. Don’t forget to addcredit to the end ofthe video, Just hit on

the a

11. The great thing aboutediting in YouTube isthat once you arefinished you can uploadit straight away. You justhit the create videobutton on the top righthand side of the screen.

Congratulations! You have edited and uploaded your entry.

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GOOD LUCK!