Get Your Feet Wet with Digital Video

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Get Your Feet Wet with Digital Video

• Donna Teuber
• Ridge View High School

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Examples

• On Stage Healthy SC Challenge -
  http//www.ourstage.com/video/channel/58-healthy-s
  c
• KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative -
  http//dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/story_big/76
  /
• Apple Student Gallery - http//edcommunity.apple.c
  om/gallery/student/collection.php?collectionID8

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Production Steps

• Plan your project (storyboard, script)
• Shoot your video footage
• Capture to computer
• Edit
• Distribute VHS tape, DVD, Hi-8, Mini DV,
  Internet

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What You Need

• Digital Video Camera any format (Mini DV, Hi-8)
  with USB or Firewire for connecting to a computer
• Microphone
• Tripod
• Computer for editing you will need a lot of
  hard drive space

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Selecting a Camera

• Storage Formats (S-VHS, MiniDV, Hi-8, DVD)
• Lens
• Inputs and Outputs
• Image Stabilization
• Still Photo Capability
• Low-Light Performance
• Battery Life

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Basics of Video Production

• Lighting
• Audio
• Shot Composition
• http//ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/100001
  9/Camera_Movement.html
• http//www.atomiclearning.com/freeexamples.shtml

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Capture Video

• Video Capture Card
• Firewire Connection
• USB
• Casablanca Editor

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Edit

• Sound
• Sound Companion
• Video
• Adobe Premiere
• Apple iMovie or Final Cut Pro
• Windows Moviemaker
• Casablanca

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Media Formats

• Audio
• MP3
• wav
• Video
• Avi
• Mov

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Hardware Requirements

• Digital Video Camera with capture card
• Microphone for audio recording

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Permission Forms

• Always have parent permission forms signed if you
  are going to videotape students and share the
  video outside of the classroom

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Examples

• Zoo Trip - http//www.apple.com/education/ilifeawa
  rds/project_zootrip.html
• Word of the Day - http//www.apple.com/education/i
  lifeawards/project_wordoftheday.html
• Other Examples - http//www.apple.com/education/il
  ifeawards/