Tim Spannaus

Creating Video for Teachers an

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Incorporating advice from message design and multimedia research, this practical guide helps trainers plan, produce, edit, and distribute compelling, professional video, using inexpensive or free consumer-grade equipment and software. Paralleling the work process a teacher or trainer would follow, the guide shows how to "tell a story" that will engage an audience and enables trainers to create instructional videos for a wide variety of uses and traditional and digital media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781118088098
• ISBN-10: 1118088093
• Artikelnr.: 34447692

Autorenporträt

Timothy W. Spannaus is instructional technology program coordinator and senior lecturer at Wayne State University in Detroit. He teaches classes in interactive technologies including web design, multimedia, digital video and message design. In addition he directs the Certificate in University Teaching program.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii SECTION I: PLANNING AND MANAGING VIDEO
PROJECTS 1 CHAPTER ONE: WHY VIDEO? WHY NOW? 3 Demonstration of Procedures 4
Presentation by an Expert 4 Introduction to a Case Study 4 Excerpt of a
Dramatic Production 5 Show a Process 5 Virtual Tours 6 Why Video? 6 Low
Cost of Equipment and Software 7 Reduced Expectations of Quality 8 Traps
for the Unwary 8 CHAPTER TWO: ONE TIME THROUGH THE PROCESS--A 30,000-FOOT
VIEW 11 Treatment 13 Media Specification 14 Prototypes 16 Script Site 17
Concurrent Work 18 Shot List 19 The Shoot 19 Edit 20 Site
Construction--HTML Pages 21 Final Assembly and Test 22 Launch and
Distribution 22 CHAPTER THREE: PLANNING 25 Goals and Objectives 25 ID
Considerations--First Principles, Solving Problems 26 Integrating Video
with Other Media 29 Story and Character 31 CHAPTER FOUR: WRITING THE SCRIPT
35 Organization 36 Treatment 36 Format 37 Writing 39 Write in Active Voice
40 Personalize the Writing 40 Think Visually 41 Style Guide 41 Integration
with Other Media 42 Script Breakdown 42 CHAPTER FIVE: OTHER WAYS TO PRODUCE
VIDEO 45 Webcams 45 Screen Recorders 47 After Capture, You Will Want to
Edit 48 Adobe Flash Animations 48 Single Frame Animations 49 CHAPTER SIX:
MANAGING VIDEO PROJECTS 51 Complexity 51 Defining the Project 52 Planning
53 Tasks/Activities 53 Roles 57 Resources 58 Adjusting the Schedule 58
Executing 60 Monitoring 60 Reporting and Controlling 62 Delivering and
Closing 62 CHAPTER SEVEN: YOUR ASSIGNMENT 1 65 Plan 65 Script 65 SECTION
II: ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT 67 CHAPTER EIGHT: CAMCORDERS 69 Video Formats 69
Lens 71 Sensors 74 Resolution and Size 74 Storage Media 74 Necessary
Features 75 CHAPTER NINE: USING THE CAMCORDER 77 Composition 77 Common
Shots 78 Camera Movement 83 Zooms 84 CHAPTER TEN: LIGHTS AND LIGHTING 87
Color and Intensity 87 Basic Lighting Equipment 90 Basic Lighting Setups 94
Lighting Problems 97 CHAPTER ELEVEN: MICS AND SOUND 101 The Importance of
Sound 101 Kinds of Mics 102 Mic Setups and Use 107 Voice-Over vs. Sync
Sound 108 CHAPTER TWELVE: YOUR ASSIGNMENT 2 EDIT IN CAMERA 111 Plan 111
Shoot 111 SECTION III: PRODUCTION 113 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SELECTING AND
SURVEYING LOCATIONS 115 Back to the Script 115 Location Survey 116 Shots
and Camera Angles 116 Lighting and Electrical Power 117 Specific Locations:
Offices 117 Specific Locations: Homes 118 Specific Locations: Factories,
Shops, Warehouses, and Labs 119 Exteriors 120 Commercial and Retail
Locations 121 Location Releases 121 Green Screen--Any Location, Any Time
121 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: PLANNING THE SHOOT 123 Props 123 People 126 Equipment
126 Schedules 127 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE DAY OF THE SHOOT 133 Set Up 133
Blocking and Walkthrough 134 Camera Rehearsal 135 The Actual Shoot 136
Ambient Sound 136 Tear Down 137 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: YOUR ASSIGNMENT 3 PLAN AND
SHOOT 139 Plan 139 Shoot 139 SECTION IV: POST-PRODUCTION 141 CHAPTER
SEVENTEEN: VIDEO EDITING 143 Essential Software 143 A Simple Event Shoot
146 A Planned Instructional Video 151 Cut-Ins and Cut-Aways 152
Intercutting 152 Green Screen 153 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: AUDIO EDITING 155
Cleaning Up Camcorder Sound 155 Voice-Over Narration 157 Sound Effects 157
Music 158 Wild Sound 158 CHAPTER NINTEEN: EFFECTS 161 Transitions 162
Titles 162 CHAPTER TWENTY: YOUR ASSIGNMENT 4 165 Edit 165 Make a DVD 165
SECTION V: DISTRIBUTION AND USE 167 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: VIDEO ON OPTICAL
MEDIA 169 CD, DVD, Blu-Ray 169 Video on CD 170 DVDs 171 Blu-Ray 171 Making
the Disc 172 CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: VIDEO ON THE WEB 173 Adobe Flash 174 MPEG
and MPEG-4 174 HTML5 175 Development: Finer Points 177 Use of Media 177
Human Resources 178 Fine-Tuning for the User's Environment 178 Video
Options 178 CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: USING VIDEO IN YOUR TEACHING AND TRAINING
181 Stand-Alone Video 181 Problem-Centered 182 Prior Knowledge 182
Demonstration 183 Practice and Feedback 184 Integration 184 Video Story by
an Expert 185 Documentation 185 Video in PowerPoint or Similar Products 185
File Formats 186 Moving to a Different Computer 186 Web Video 186
References 189 About the Author 191 Index 193