The Engaged Researcher Online Training: Your Research Video online New
Why is YouTube popular? Because people love watching videos. A research video can be a great way to get your message across to your collaborators, your friends, and the wider world as well as being a condition of some funding bodies. But it isn't easy to do well - and this is where this course will make a difference. Come along and learn the skills needed to plan, shoot & edit high quality footage for research videos so that your video can stand out from the crowd. You just need yourself, a camera phone and your enthusiasm!
PGR students and academic and professional staff
Wear headphones or earphones at all times during VC sessions. Mute your Mic when you’re not speaking. • A fully charged smartphone with a camera and/or a digital camera capable of shooting video • Laptop (plugged in or charged) or Desktop computer • Phone’s &/or Camera’s USB cable to transfer footage • Write down the most common question you get about your research. Or a question you’d like to answer & explain using video. • Strong internet connection • Da Vinci Resolve editing software. Follow this link, scroll to the very bottom to see a link to download the free version on the left: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/ davinciresolve/ Please check it runs OK. If it does not, try https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express • If you have Adobe Premiere Pro, use this. • Optional but very useful: Tripod that works with smartphone, tripod for your digital camera.
Number of sessions: 4
Participants of this course will learn to • use a phone camera to record video • Shoot more professional video clips & photos • film themselves and present • Plan a video/film • Do more advanced video editing • upload a video online
Online
Mon 10am-11am VC Intro, Brief & Examples yes
1am-11.45pm VC Planning tips 1pm-2pm OT Small tasks: decide platform. Watch linked video clips. (Ryd not available) 2pm-4pm OT Small task: make plans for film (Ryd not available) Tues 10am-11am VC Shooting tips 11am break 11.15am-11.45 VC Shooting tips 2 1am-4pm OT Shooting time. Transfer footage onto your computer (Ryd not available) Wed all day OT Shooting time. Transfer footage onto your computer. (Ryd not available) Thur 10am-11am VC Video Editing 11am break 11.15am-11.45 VC How to export & upload 1pm-3pm OT Editing (Ryd available) 3pm-4pm OT Editing (Ryd not available) Fri 10am-12pm OT Editing/Exporting/ Uploading (Ryd not available) 2.30pm-3.30pm OT Editing/Exporting/ Uploading (Ryd available) 3.30pm-4pm VC Showcase and q&a
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