How to YouTube – Course Structure
Learn how to video, edit and upload your YouTube clip
What’s in our all day How to YouTube class?
Here’s the rundown:
Morning Session:
What are your objectives?
What podcasts or videocasts are you familiar with?
What do you want to videocast?
Who is your expected audience?
Is it for fun or for commercial or professional reasons?
What’s the best output for you?
Some examples of successful video and audio podcasts and the latest developments in video on the web.
An introduction to the equipment and process.
Setting up your camera –Tripods Lighting and the use of reflectors
External microphones
Headphones
Your Show:
What sort of videos do you want to make?
What are they about?
Who is your audience?
What’s in it for them?
Who is your competition?
What are they doing?
What’s the appropriate platform? YouTube/Google/ podcasts or on your webpages?
What do you want to brand it?
Is the name available?
What’s your format?
Duration? Content? Frequency?
What graphics and audio will set your style?
Creating the Video and Audio:
Storyboarding
The set up and pay off
Narration leading vision
On location – dos and don’ts
Be very aware of the sounds that are around – listen through headphones.
Avoid direct sun – go for soft shade if you can – a verandah or next to a big window with a reflector bouncing back light is excellent.
Try cutaways, reverse shots and noddies, use two cameras if they’re available.
The Shoot:Write a story board, then go shoot it. Working in groups of two or three please shoot a short piece on video.
It could be an interview on the verandah, or a piece about the Training Centre, or something that you do down on the harbour.
Create a final edited version that runs around 3 minutes.
You can look for still images to use on the net too. And try to record some narration. Don’t forget to get atmos.
We’ll be around to offer help.
Afternoon Session:
Editing and Uploading
Downloading video to your computer.
Editing – You’ll learn to arrange your shots in order, trim your video clips, choose and experiment with transitions, add a narration and do graphics.
Encoding – Conversion to the appropriate file type and size – which ones are best for your purposes.
How do you encode for mobile phone and DVD replay.
As appropriate:Camera and audio techniques clinic
Your voice and how to use it better seminar – Bob’s tips on improving the quality of yourvoice, and microphone technique.
Interview techniques – how to get the best out of people you talk to.
Uploading – Which platform suits you best?
We’ll upload to webpages, to the Liberated Syndication server, and to YouTube.
Revision, questions, feedback
Call Bob in Sydney at 9692 0009 to find out when the next available course is.
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