creative media production session

Getting Creative: Developing Multimedia Resources

Photo by Chris Kelk

In this session:

• 7 steps to multimedia production

•Video production

•Audio production

•Screencasting

• Resources available

• Help, advice and training

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Who we areCreative Media Team (CiCS), supporting all staff and students across the university in the creation of multimedia artifacts.

• Chris Clow

• Tommy Wilson

www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia

creativemedia@sheffield.ac.uk

The Steps of Multimedia Production

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7 steps…

• Planning

• Recording

• Transferring

• Editing

• Exporting

• Uploading

• Embedding

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PlanningRoland O’Daniel

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Planning• Plan your video as much as possible in advance

• Storyboarding, scripting, shot list

• Think about continuity

• Consider going on a location ‘scout’ beforehand

• Book equipment, interviewees, etc in advance

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Video RecordingChelsea

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Best practice

• Shot sizes

• Framing

• It takes time

• Things to beware of

• Using your own smart device

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Things to remember!

• Batteries or locate mains power source

• Record the ‘practice run’

• Look at the background

• Be consistent / continuity

• Avoid backlighting

• Noddies / cutaways

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Things to remember!

Headphones

Demonstration of Recording Equipment

Practical task

Chris Kelk

• Choose an object in the room, and make a short (30s) video explaining why it was designed the way it was. What two things do you consider most important about it’s design?

• Plan before you shoot

• Edit ‘in camera’• Show the object in use, in a relevant situation /

background

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Audio Recording

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Things to remember

• Position of Microphone

• Be aware of your surroundings: • Room noise• Building work• Phones, alarms, alerts• the public

•Don’t be afraid to stop

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Things to remember

Headphones

Demonstration of Recording Equipment

Practical task

Chris Kelk

● Talk about your favourite aspect of working and or living in Sheffield

• in under 1min

● In groups, take turn to record and be recorded.

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TransferringPiutus

Practical task

Chris Kelk

● Demonstration

● Your turn -

Log in to a computer and review your recordings.

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Editing

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Making it easier for the editor

• Think about how the video will be edited when you’re shooting

• Shoot cutaways and “noddies” to cover over gaps left when cutting a longer sequence.

• If in doubt shoot it anyway – better to have too much footage than not enough (within reason)

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Making it easier for the editor

• Consider going through your rushes and creating a log.

• Delete anything you will definitely not use.

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Editing Applications

Available to use at the university -

• iMovie

• Adobe Premiere

• Windows Live Movie Maker

• YouTube

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ExportingJeffrey B

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Uploading Rego Korosi

Practical task

Chris Kelk

• Demonstration of YouTube and SoundCloud

• Your turn -

• Create a YouTube or SoundCloud channel using your university account and upload one file.

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Embedding Lisa Omerali

Screencasting03/09/2014 © The University of Sheffield Loozrboy

Screencasting• Can be used for:

• Presentations

• Demonstrations

• Web searches

• Troubleshooting

• Can include voiceover and video

• Can be as polished as you like!

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Screencasting Applications

• Free online applications -• www.screencast-o-matic.com • www.screenr.com

• Software - •Camtasia•QuickTime

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Practical task

Chris Kelk

• Demonstration

• Produce a 1 min screencast using screencast-o-matic (screen capture only)

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qthomasbowerCopyright

Practical task

Chris Kelk

• Do you know how to adhere to copyright laws?

• Let’s put your knowledge to the test.

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Creative media resources

Resources available

• Editing suite and production rooms•audio, video, image, graphic and screen

• Recording equipment•audio and video

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How can we help you or your students produce media

• Drop-in service

• Advice (including legal/copyright issues)

• Support

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Contact

• Drop-in service: 1pm – 5pm, Skills Suite, Level 1, Information Commons

• creativemedia@sheffield.ac.uk

• www.sheffield.ac.uk/cics/creativemedia

Chris Kelk