This is a half-hour TV special shot entirely on an iPhone. It’s also a great example of how to tell stories about people and places through video!
Tag: video
Tutorial: exporting video and adding it to the Vimeo group
There are many different file formats for video. The file format is separate from considerations such as frame rate (fps), aspect ratio (width-to-height size, sometimes called resolution), and bit rate (how much data is compressed or saved). Vimeo has an entire page explaining the best options for your video. Notice they never specify a file format because it doesn’t matter necessarily for the video’s quality.
For example, .MOV and .MP4 are lossy file formats (i.e. they throw out data during compression in order to make the file size smaller) that are popular file formats for iMovie. .MOV was initially developed by Apple as a file format for QuickTime. .MOV is proprietary. While .MP4 is more popular than .MOV, saving your video as either .MOV or .MP4 would result in the same video if you use the same codec. Both .MP4 and .MOV usually contain the MPEG-4 codec.
The bottom line: export your video in a large or HD size when possible, to save more data from being thrown out. Again, this page on Vimeo explains the best options to choose when exporting.
iMovie 10 has an option to export your video and upload directly to Vimeo. This process makes all the export and file format decisions for you. Here are instructions for doing that.
These settings are good because we want HD video and 1280 x 720 (16:9 aspect ratio) is one of Vimeo’s suggested sizes. Note that you can only upload one HD video per week on Vimeo’s free basic plan.
Next you need to add your video to the COM 202 group on Vimeo. If you didn’t export your video directly to Vimeo from your movie editor, here are also instructions for getting the video on Vimeo.
For the Monday after spring break
Monday is an important class, since it’s our only meeting during the week after spring break. To prepare, please complete the three short readings listed on the course calendar. Also, I would like you to come to class on Monday 3/16 with an example of a sound design that you think is effective, and one that you think is ineffective. The designs can come from movies, TV commercials, video games, etc. Actually have the link and I want you to show me that you have done the reading and have thought about it in terms of the examples you’re bringing to class. Generally, participation in class has been pretty poor and I have the sense that reading assigned for class is either low priority, or in some cases totally ignored.
Lastly, please read over the Sound Design Mini Project guidelines and go through the three tutorials linked in that assignment. The tutorials are for Adobe Premier. If you have never edited video before and you purchased Creative Cloud, I recommend learning video editing with Premier. If you have never edited video before and you did not purchase Creative Cloud, you may choose to use a different program such as iMovie. Tutorials are everywhere online. Begin thinking of ideas for this project over spring break.
Today, I would like to troubleshoot any issues you are having with Project 2 and then take some time to get familiar with Audacity. While you may choose the software for video editing, I would like everyone to use Audacity for audio editing. Unlike video editing, it does not really have a rival in terms of popularity or the amount of documentation/support available online.