1. Joanne Littlefield Director, Outreach and Engagement

2.  http://issuu.com/rwillson/docs/video- production- handbook?viewMode=magazine&mode=emb ed http://issuu.com/rwillson/docs/video- production- handbook?viewMode=magazine&mode=emb ed

3.  Short educational videos ◦ alternative educational tool ◦ viewed online or at workshops and trainings.  Increasing popularity ◦ YouTube and other social media ◦ ‘short and sweet’ information

4.  Step by step, with specific examples, we’ll guide you in producing your own short educational video.

5.  What I’ll cover today ◦ Ideas ◦ Script ◦ Shoot preparation ◦ Legal issues

6.  Next steps ◦ Script development ◦ Site scout ◦ Props ◦ Shoot day(s) ◦ Logging ◦ Editing preparation

7.  CSU Extension fact sheets (www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/pubs.html) offer a bounty of peer-reviewed information that can be adapted for video production.www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/pubs.html  Videos streamed online should be no longer than two to three minutes.

8.  script  storyboards  b-roll

9.  A three-minute script written in 12 point font will be less than one page long.  Read the script out loud to time the length; once you do that you’ll know how to better rework the material and/or cut, for the spoken word.

11.  Shot list developed  Props needed

12.  Next steps ◦ Equipment

13.  Microphone ◦ Clip on (laviliere)

15.  Next steps ◦ Site scout ◦ Props ◦ Shoot day(s) ◦ Logging ◦ Editing preparation

16.  Narration vs field ◦ Get scripts to talent ahead of time  Photo releases  Property releases if necessary ◦ Watch for backgrounds  Props ◦ Avoid product placement

17.  Music, etc. ◦ Non-copyright, public domain possible for open and close ◦ Avoid the use of music in bridge between sequences  Natural sounds, recorded on location, can add interest  Add as appropriate to the topic

18.  Next steps ◦ Logging ◦ Editing preparation

21.  Joanne.Littlefield@colostate.edu Joanne.Littlefield@colostate.edu ◦ (970) 980-5880 (cell) www.ext.colostate.edu/menustres.html#communication