Tutorial Four & Five: Video Production

You tube is a video hosting and sharing website that provides many services including:

- Finding video's - you can subscribe to many channels and save videos to view later.
- You can post your own videos online, others can watch these and comment on them.
- Watching videos for educational and entertainment purposes
- Youtube can also provide you with tips and tricks for making your own videos
- When you make your own profile, you can connect with people around the world, who
share similar interests.

You tube was created in December 2005 and almost became an instant hit! Youtube was purchased by google in 2006 for approx. 1.6 billion dollars.

When filming it is useful to plan your film by the use of a storyboard. A storyboard is a series of drawings that depict the sequence and action of the proposed film. In my group, I found it useful to collect my thoughts and create a precise plan of what each shot would cover and the angles they would be shot at. This made the filming flow better and it was easier to edit the film using the storyboard to position the clips in the right sequence. For confidentiality reasons, we did not film individuals faces and did not have any verbal input, so scripting including facial expressions was not needed. However, we did look at the movement of actors and the mood we could portray through this movement. We discussed the aim of our film, developed our lead actress role and mapped out the begginning, middle and ending of our plot. Camera angles and shots were important to portray our message clearly (e.g. close up of computer message)and props (e.g. asignment papers) were used.