Steps to a Better Video

Before you start

1: Decide on an aim and angle - who your target audience is!

• (The People who will watch it)

2: Equipment check

• Batteries charged plus a spare?
• Can your camera “talk” to your computer?
• Got editing software and can you use it?

Plan

3: Working in a group? Nominate a coordinator and clearly define all roles

• Director: runs the show and makes sure the video is taken properly
• Camera man: shoots the video!
• Presenter/actor: acts in front of the camera
• Producer: edits the video

4: Specify time needed, ideal plan, and contingency plan

5: Do a dummy run.

• Walk through the shots to be filmed!

Filming

6: Use cheat sheets for dialogue 

• (Hold up the large script so the presenter can read it)

7: Use “action” and “cut” it is easier to edit later

8: Use a quiet room because background sound is picked up easily

Tidying it up

9: While editing, cut out problem areas and reshoot as necessary

10: Get feedback from your target audience

Stuck use the Panic Button

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