Video - J310 Writing, Reporting & Ethics III

iMovie Basics

Online explanations:

*Brief video
*Complete video demo

Importing a video file:
·   Either click Import  in iMovie or simply drag
and drop the file from wherever it is (the latter
is easier)

  ·  Imported clips appear in the Clip viewer (the little set of boxes on the upper right)

Editing
Editing with the crop tool
Dragging the yellow triangles to define an area, then going to Edit, Crop to cut what is not defined in yellow

OR

Timeline editing
·         Drag the clips down onto timeline
·         To split it a clip, drag the “playhead” and click “Edit” and split the clip (makes for easier editing)   Or Command T
Drag the playhead further down and select next out point.  Select section you don’t want and hit delete.

Can also length or shorten the clip

Alternative Timeline Editing
Drag the beginning or end of  a clip

Transitions
At the cut point, you might add a transition.

(Under Editing button lower toolbar just above timeline)

Photos
·         Drag and drop into the clipsheet
·         Media
o        Photos
o        Show photo settings
§         Adjust and then click update

·         Edit
§         Create Still

Narration:
·         Media
o        Audio
§         Record button (microphone) : to record narration

Posting to YouTube & then to your blog

Posting to YouTube

1. You need an account.
2. Sign in
3. Look for the gold “Upload” button (toward top, to the right of the search box)
4. The upload page will ask for things like “Title,” “Description,” etc. which are required.
5. You can opt to make the video private, so no one can see it unless you invite them.
6. Use “Browse” to find the video on your computer.
Wait
7. When it’s finished, it will give you the code to embed it on your blog. You can ignore this and instead use the URL for the video (see below).

Annotating a video

1. Click account
2. Select my videos
3. Each video you have posted will come up. Under each is a series of options.
4. Click “Annotations.”
5. On the Annotations page, play around with the options. You can add a note, a speech bubble, a spotlight. You can even paste a link within the video.
6. You can use the counter to set for how long you want your annotation to appear.
7. On the left, you can preview changes or save them.
8. Changes appear below those choices. If you decide you don’t like your changes, just click the little box with an “x” through it in the upper right.
9. You can also choose to replace the soundtrack by clicking “Audio Swap.” Remember, if you do, that you can’t get the original back. You would have to upload the video again.

Posting a video to a blog

On Word Press

1. Click "Write" and the box for writing a post comes up
2. At the top right, there is a series of options called “Add Media.”
3. Pick the second one (looks like a filmstrip) called “Add video.”
4. Copy and paste the video’s URL into the box.
It will then show up in the box where you are writing your post. It should look something like this:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-QC2Cl6AAo]
5. Save.
6. Click “Preview this post” to make sure it works. If it does and you are happy with it, then go back the post and click “Publish.”

Resources

Reuters on how to shoot video

EXAMPLES

Taos News

Bakersfield Californian

Working with Audio in iMovie

1. Identify the section of audio you want to change.

2. Go to Edit (at top of screen.) Choose "Split selected audio clip at playhead." This will break your clip into pieces for more flexibility.

3. Select that clip.

4. At the top of screen, click Advanced, then "Extract Audio." Now the audio waves will appear in the second screen of your timeline.

5. Highlight the audio and lower or raise the volume. (More than one way to do this).

At the bottom of the screen is the volume or you can manipulate the audio by grabbing the audio wave and dragging up or down to raise or lower the sound.

6. Go to your right and click "Editing," then Audio FX. Graphic Equalizer lets you lower volume. Test all the things you can do with the clip (reverb, delay etc.)

7. More complicated audio work needs to be done in Garageband.

8. You can move audio by grabbing the end of the segment. Point cursor at end until a cross type icon appears. Drag it forward or backward to change the length of the clip.

9. If you run into problems with the audio, check to see if the little box at the right end of the timeline is clicked. This turns the sound off and on.

Narration

Use the headset
Define a section (divide a clip by going to the upper toolbar and under Edit, selecting Split video clip.
Extract the audio (see above)
Lower the volume on a clip, then record your own narration onto the computer over the clip.

More iMovie Stuff

Titles

Click Editing (to the right), Titling

The title will be inserted at whatever point you have selected. Are you at the beginning of the complete piece? Or the beginning of a segment?

Unselect "Over black" in order for the words to appear across the image.

Click "subtitle" so that whatever you write appears at the bottom of the screen (for example, identifying someone being interviewed). "Strip subtitle" puts it in a stripe.

Transitions

Go to the Edit button on the right.
Transitions can be dragged and dropped onto the Timeline.
To eliminate, highlight, then top of screen, Edit, and Cut.
The more dramatic the transition, the more it may be distracting (dissolve or fade out is generally less noticeable.

Create a still frame

Video FX In general, these are tricks you would avoid.

Posting online

To post your video to YouTube:
File then scroll down to

Export – the box that comes up asks you abut compressing the file (making the file smaller so it’s fast to upload but also lowering the quality a bit)

Here, click Export Settings

§         It will compress your file

·         Save as MPEG-4 (there is an options button; gets into more detail than you need: changing framerate, etc. )
·         Save to the Desktop