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Creating video for teachers and trainers producing professional video with amateur equipment
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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 ...
"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"--
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- Creator
- Timothy W. Spannaus
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st edition
- Hoboken, N.J. : Pfeiffer, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- text file
- ISBNs
- 1118223454, 9781118088098, 1118236750, 9786613648648, 1280671718, 1118088093
- OCLC
- ocn814403749, ocn780161682, ocn757478694
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Creating Video for Teachers and Trainers; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: Planning and Managing Video Projects; Chapter One: Why Video? Why Now?; Demonstration of Procedures; Presentation by an Expert; Introduction to a Case Study; Excerpt of a Dramatic Production; Show a Process; Virtual Tours; Why Video?; Low Cost of Equipment and Software; Reduced Expectations of Quality; Traps for the Unwary; Chapter Two: One Time Through the Process-A 30,000-Foot View; Treatment; Media Specification; Prototypes; Script Site; Concurrent Work; Shot List; The Shoot; Edit
- Site Construction-HTML PagesFinal Assembly and Test; Launch and Distribution; Chapter Three: Planning; Goals and Objectives; ID Considerations-First Principles, Solving Problems; Integrating Video with Other Media; Story and Character; Chapter Four: Writing the Script; Organization; Treatment; Format; Writing; Write in Active Voice; Personalize the Writing; Think Visually; Style Guide; Integration with Other Media; Script Breakdown; Chapter Five: Other Ways to Produce Video; Webcams; Screen Recorders; After Capture, You Will Want to Edit; Adobe Flash Animations; Single Frame Animations
- Chapter Six: Managing Video ProjectsComplexity; Defining the Project; Planning; Tasks/Activities; Roles; Resources; Adjusting the Schedule; Executing; Monitoring; Reporting and Controlling; Delivering and Closing; Chapter Seven: Your Assignment 1; Plan; Script; Section II: Essential Equipment; Chapter Eight: Camcorders; Video Formats; Lens; Sensors; Resolution and Size; Storage Media; Necessary Features; Chapter Nine: Using the Camcorder; Composition; Common Shots; Camera Movement; Zooms; Chapter Ten: Lights and Lighting; Color and Intensity; Basic Lighting Equipment; Basic Lighting Setups
- Lighting ProblemsChapter Eleven: Mics and Sound; The Importance of Sound; Kinds of Mics; Mic Setups and Use; Voice-Over vs. Sync Sound; Chapter Twelve: Your Assignment 2 Edit in Camera; Plan; Shoot; Section III: Production; Chapter Thirteen: Selecting and Surveying Locations; Back to the Script; Location Survey; Shots and Camera Angles; Lighting and Electrical Power; Specific Locations: Offices; Specific Locations: Homes; Specific Locations: Factories, Shops, Warehouses, and Labs; Exteriors; Commercial and Retail Locations; Location Releases; Green Screen-Any Location, Any Time
- Chapter Fourteen: Planning the ShootProps; People; Equipment; Schedules; Chapter Fifteen: The Day of the Shoot; Set Up; Blocking and Walkthrough; Camera Rehearsal; The Actual Shoot; Ambient Sound; Tear Down; Chapter Sixteen: Your Assignment 3 Plan and Shoot; Plan; Shoot; Section IV: Post-Production; Chapter Seventeen: Video Editing; Essential Software; A Simple Event Shoot; A Planned Instructional Video; Cut-Ins and Cut-Aways; Intercutting; Green Screen; Chapter Eighteen: Audio Editing; Cleaning Up Camcorder Sound; Voice-Over Narration; Sound Effects; Music; Wild Sound
- Chapter Ninteen: Effects