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Videotaping Your Family History
A Presentation byJennifer Sias
Types of Video Cameras
• Analog• Mini DV• Disc based• Flash memory• Hard-drive built in camera
Analog camcorders
– VHS-C, Super VHS-C, Hi*8
– Fading from the market
Mini DV
• Digital Video – Digital camcorder dominates– Mini DV tape format is most popular, but some digital
video cameras store their recordings on dvds. Newer cameras use flash memory or store on the camera’s own hard drive
• Top brands:– Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic– Prices range from a couple hundred dollars to over $1000
• Mini DV tapes = 60 minutes• Playback
– On camera screen/viewer– hook camera to TV or VCR/DVD player to watch onTV screen– Download to computer for editing and burn a DVD
– “Going the way of the steam engine?”
Disc based
– Hailed as more durable and you can skip easily to specific scenes or parts (think cassette tape vs CD or VHS tape vs DVD)
– Compatibility issues
Flash memory based Camcorder
• Records to a small card, such as an SD card
Hard-drive based Camcorder
• Saves to the camera’s internal hard drive
• Pro – don’t have to buy tapes or dvds
• Con – if a tape breaks, you can buy another tape for recording. However, what will you do if the camera’s hard drive fails?
Digital Video Camera Accessories
• Tripod – a must– Also, if you buy a new camera,
find out if it has an image stabilizer
• External microphone – lavalier mic
• Lighting
Editing Software
• PCs – Windows Movie Maker• MAC –
– iMovie and iDVD– Final Cut Studio – contains Final
Cut Pro
What if I don’t have a digital video camera?
• Images– Use a regular digital camera for
still shots– Gather together old photographs
and scan them
Audio
• Record a family member telling a story
• Use a digital voice recorder , such as an iPod voice recorder – then download audio file to computer
• Regular cassette – play it next to your computer’s microphone and record/save to computer
Putting together your film
• Make a storyboard to help you organize your narration and images
Story IntroductionGrandma as storyteller – told ghost stories
Grandma told story of old woman who had to smoke outside
What makes a story?
• Memories of others – video or audio tape them
• Photos• Video of the
subject• Audio of the
subject• Your own memories
– be the narrator
Video Memoir of Grandma Johnson
• Grandma was a storyteller
• Wishes and regrets• Rick Bragg’s
influence• Mailed
questionnaires and started interviewing family members
Grandma Johnson – Introduction to Video
Memoir
Video Memoir Celebrating the 90th Birthday
of a dear friend
• Still photos from digital camera
• Digital video and audio
• Music• Subtitles to
compensate for unclear audio
My HON 396 Storytelling Students’ Veteran’s
History Projects• Major project –
– select a veteran (any 20th Century war)
– interview veteran• record audio of interview(s)• take notes during interview
– transcribe the audio interview – write a narrative journalism story– prepare classroom presentation
HON 396 – Spring 2005Tell Me a Tale:
The Culture of Storytelling in Oral History, Narrative Journalism
and Literature.
Student presentations
How do I start?
• Start small• Define your
subject• Think memoir, not
biography or autobiography
• Write!• Gather your
pictures & scan them
• Gather videos if you have them
• Shoot your own videos if you can
• Take still shots with digital camera or film camera
• Storyboard
Interviewing• What questions should I ask?
– Veteran’s History Project – suggested questions
• Interviewing tips:– Share questions ahead of time– Select a quiet, well-lit, comfortable
environment– Make sure you have a microphone and tape!
Test before launching into interview– Ask open-ended (rather than yes/no) questions– Start a question with “tell me about …”
Editing
• At work I use Windows Movie Maker
• At home I use iMovie and iDVD on my iMac
• Will need lots of hard drive or external hard drive for movie
• Be aware of copyright issues • Burn a dvd
Questions?
• Thank you!• Jennifer Sias, M.S.L.S. & M.A.
Associate Professor, Information Literacy Librarian
Marshall University Libraries, Drinko [email protected]