Working with videos

WBI Social Reporting Apprenticeship Program

October 2012

Intro /definition

Creating videos is increasingly easy - many mobile phones and cameras allow short video's to be made. Once saved and edited, these can be uploaded to the Internet. From there they can be tagged, promoted, embedded in most web sites and included in feeds and podcasts.

Source: https://compartnetwork-web2share.pbworks.com/

 

Key functions it supports

Awareness raising and advocacy

Stakeholder engagement and action

Capacity building (includes videos for rural learning and for exchange of experiences and reflection)

Reporting and data collection

Source: Rico, L. and Mandler, A., "Video in development: Filming for Rural Change"

Examples

Your toolkit

Sony cybershot

Windows Movie MakerMac iMovie

YouTubeBlip.tv

How to use it

Record Edit

Upload Share

1- Record video

• Prep your interviewee

• Lights

• Background noise

Photo credits: IAALD

(If needed..,convert your file before editing..)

Any Video Converter– Desktop based, free to download

Online Video Converter– Online, free

2 – Edit movie in YouTube video editor

• Crop file (when needed)

• Fade in/fade out effects

• Combine multiple videos

• Credits and links

Upload privately on hosting service – YouTube

Drag from collection…

…drop into video box

Fade in – fade out

Titles and credits

Titles and credits

End credits

Save movie

• Add title, description, tags, select thumbnail…

Publish!Make public and save

2 – Edit movie: Windows Movie Maker

• Crop file (when needed)

• Fade in/fade out effects

• Credits and links

Import video

Drag from collection…

…drop into video box

Fade in – fade out

Titles and credits

Titles and credits

Thumbnail

Import credits

Drag and drop credits in video box

Save movie

3 - Upload on hosting service – YouTube, Blip TV, Vimeo

• Title, description, tags…

4 – Share your content

http://blog.cifor.org

http://paper.li/ILRI/1321686750#!media

• On blogs and other channels

M&E

YouTube offers great Analytics

Blip TV has own stats that allow to track content distributed to multiple websites

Look for trends: total views, comments and shares, country, etc..

Hands on exercise

In pairs, find a nice corner and interview each other

– What’s the 1 Social Media tool that you will use after the workshop?

Upload video on YouTube

Edit videos with YouTube Editor

Embed the video on your blog post on Pro-Act

Sources

KSToolkit - http://www.kstoolkit.org/Video

iMark – Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development

CIARD Pathways - http://www.ciard.net/

Working with videos

WBI Social Reporting Apprenticeship Program

October 2012