student services information desk · • video (the actual filming, ) • sourcing any stock...

Digital Media Offer

Student Communications Team Student Services Information Desk

How can we help?

• Design • Develop digital media(video / animation) to your needs

• Consultancy • Advise on how to manage third party suppliers you have commission to do

the video • Advise on how to keep design in context of other Student Service

materials

• Project management • Manage the relationship with the third party you have commission to do

the video

Why use us?

The benefits of the student communications team managing the production of student-facing moving images include:

• Applying a consistently professional identity and style to Student Services images • Taking advantage of experienced, trained, design professionals to oversee the

production of moving image content liaising with external video production agencies and designers

• Coordinating a wider variety of communications campaigns with video-based elements

• Using consistent and appropriate voice and tone • Reducing the duplication of content • Applying content proofing more rigorous prior to publishing

Example Videos (1)

Welcome to the University of Sheffield

Handy tips to help you drift off

Making Your Money Matter

Working Out Your Degree Classification

Pre-Production

Pre production is the planning phase of digital media production

• Client requirements • Financing • Crew requirements (Producer, Director, Cinematographer) • Concept development • Scripting • Storyboarding • Set construction / dressing / props • Shooting schedule • Location scouting / permission • Casting / auditions • Permissions

Example Videos (2)

Discover Arts and Humanities SOAMS

Discover Us Moneywise

Production

• Video (the actual filming, ) • Sourcing any stock footage (rights managed/royalty free) • Sourcing music tracks • Lighting (1-4 point lighting set up, use of reflector) • Camera filters • Digital formats • Footage capture

• Tracking and panning shots (camera dolly) • Tripod shots • Slider shots

• Storage • SD cards • External HD

• Animation (designing the elements and animating them)

• Sourcing third party elements • Creating artwork / preparing animation files • Animating the elements • Character animation • Lip synchornisation

Video Examples (3)

Get Ralph Home Part 1 Get Ralph Home Part 2

Get Ralph Home Part 3 Global Campus

Post-Production

• Video Editing • cutting segments (trimming), re-sequencing clips, adding transitions, etc.

• Re-recording and mixing • Sound Design

• specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements

• Colour Grading • Altering or enhancing the colour of the video or still images

• Special FX • Computer Generated Imagery (CGI),

• Motion Graphics • Titles, lower thirds, basic animation

• Rendering • Generating the digital video file

• Final Delivery

Plasma Screen Moving Images

Ask Sheffield

Feedback from Students Introduction to SSiD

Things Not Going Right?

Next Steps

Interested in working with us on your next project?

Contact: studentcommunications@sheffield.ac.uk