Video techniques

Here is a direct link to my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktQiTnZhKgs

It has been a while since I have been in a course  where I’ve been continually faced with tasks that at first appear so daunting and where my knowledge base feels so low. It has helped me to empathize with students who face this on a daily basis in class. The video techniques was yet another assignment for this course where I started with that classic student defensive statement “this is so dumb!” and ended up by the end feeling like it was so much fun. While I have resisted many of these tasks, they have forced me to finally try new apps and tools that have been around for awhile now. Thankfully, at every utterance of “this is so hard”, I’ve had a small child swoop in and say “I can show you how to use iMovie, mom”. 

I used my new iphone for the video tools and now have a few tools under my belt, such as the AE-AF lock. 

For the green screen video, I ended up downloading the Green Screen by Do Ink simply because it works on an iphone and I wanted to keep all videos on the same platform.

In place of a screen or green wall, I used a green sheet hanging over a doorway. I tried as best as possible to smooth the sheet out. Experimenting with the right distance to hold the camera took a while. I also found I had more or less success with different background images. This photo of my yard, with so much green in it, somehow worked best. 

As for the video editing tool, I used iMovie and was it ever a confidence booster! It was so user friendly that I now know how to add background music, titles, video, stills, and my green screen video.

The most time consuming aspect was uploading the video from my phone to google drive and youtube. In the end, uploading directly to youtube on my phone was the quickest way to go. If anyone has tips on shortcuts that may help for students uploading from ipads in the classroom, I would most appreciate it. I often had students upload videos from ipads to classroom or drive, and it took forever.

References

Adame, D. (2020) A Studio At Your Fingertips: 5 Apps Teachers Are Using To Make Student Podcasts. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510354/student-podcast-challenge

Green Screen. Retrived by http://www.DoInk.com

Ludlow, D. (2014) How to Shoot Better Video on Your Ipad and Iphone. Expert Reviews (Website). Retrieved from https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/tablets/8055/how-to-shoot-better-video-on-your-ipad-and-iphone

Swain, M. (2000). The output hypothesis and beyond: mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue. In Lantolf, J. Sociocultural theory and second language learning (pp. 97-114). Oxford, England : University Press.