A great way to communicate is to make and post a video. There are many ways videos are used in journalism. Video can be as simple as an interview with the newsmakers or footage of a news event. There are many different types of videos you can make, just depending on what type of message you are trying to communicate. These videos can be just a simple short film or you can make a documentary video. What’s great about videos is you can post them on so many different media outlets online and really get your message out to the public
You first need to pick out a video camera. You will want to find a camera that is High Definition; these types of cameras have more megapixels which will give you a better resolution in the detail of your video. If you are making documentaries for yourself you can purchase a basic point-and-shoot camera.
Next you need to figure out what you want to film and where you want to film it. It’s always good to brain storm ideas of what types of images you want to capture in the clips of your film, make a story board with those images. It will be easier to edit your video once you what message you want to produce with your video.
When shooting a video there are three main rules you should always do!
1. Ten seconds
ü Always try to hold the shot you are filming for at least ten seconds, if not more. This is to ensure that you are able to get a good clip out of the ten seconds you shot to put into the video you are making.
2. Little or NO movement
ü Let’s face it, no one wants to watch a shaky video. This smallest movement will end up looking like the largest once you watch the video. Always use a tripod while filming. If you don’t have a tripod you can always use the objects around you to balance your camera on. If you have to stand up and film lean against a wall with you arm against it to ensure there will be no movement.
ü DO NOT pan, moving side to side/ Tilt, moving up and down/ Zoom using the T&W button.
ü When you zoom the camera in and out you can end up with a blurry image because it will be less pixilated and will look grainy. My professor told the class that the best advice he was given about zooming was either step closer to the object or step backwards.
3. Getting a Varity of shots
ü There are three types of shots,
i. wide shots- a full body shot of a person.
ii. Medium shot- from the waist up on a person.
iii. Close-up- just the face of a person
ü Make sure you have a good variety of wide shots, medium shots, and close-ups.
ü Close shots are a great way transition shot from your wide to medium shots. Let’s say that you are filming a classroom, you can first film a shot of the class as a whole, then focus just on one person, real close. The close the better, if you are making them feel uncomfortable with how close you are, you are doing a good job.
With your video’s you can create video blogs, and have people fallow and watch your videos you are posting!
Now it’s time for you to get out and start filming, Check out this video I make for my Digital Media class!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmJ5s9GPz14
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