{"id":837,"date":"2015-02-27T13:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/?page_id=837"},"modified":"2015-03-02T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T10:29:08","slug":"how-to-video-essays-by-greer-fyfe-and-miriam-ross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/resources\/how-to-guides\/how-to-video-essays-by-greer-fyfe-and-miriam-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW-TO VIDEO ESSAYS by Greer Fyfe and Miriam Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-838\" style=\"max-width: 500px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-105-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-838 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"ROSS How to\" data-height=\"250\" data-width=\"500\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_838\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_838\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-839 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-02-27 12:14:57\" data-filename=\"GUIDE-A-Downloading-Audiovisual-Content_-Ross-500x250.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-A-Downloading-Visual-Content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-A-Downloading-Audiovisual-Content_-Ross-500x250.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-838 slide-839 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-840 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-02-27 12:15:18\" data-filename=\"GUIDE-B-Editing-your-Own-Content_-Ross-500x250.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-B-Editing-Content-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-B-Editing-your-Own-Content_-Ross-500x250.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-838 slide-840 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-841 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-02-27 12:15:57\" data-filename=\"GUIDE-C-Creating-a-Mash-Up_-Ross-500x250.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-C-Creating-a-Mash-Up.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-C-Creating-a-Mash-Up_-Ross-500x250.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-838 slide-841 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-842 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-02-27 12:16:14\" data-filename=\"GUIDE-D-Sharing-your-Work_-Ross-500x250.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-D-Sharing-your-Work.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-D-Sharing-your-Work_-Ross-500x250.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-838 slide-842 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-845 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2015-02-27 12:52:19\" data-filename=\"GUIDE-E-Extra-Software_-Ross-500x250.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-E-Extra-Software.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-E-Extra-Software_-Ross-500x250.png\" height=\"250\" width=\"500\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-838 slide-845 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[toc]<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW-TO VIDEO ESSAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Greer Fyfe and Miriam Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have never done any video work before it may seem intimidating at first but you will find it easier than you think if you work through the following steps. Seek help if you get stuck (Google is often a quick solution).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Getting started<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>What is your argument?\n<ul>\n<li>Ideally just one sentence;<\/li>\n<li>Write this down, keep referring to it and don\u2019t be afraid of modifying it as you go through the whole process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What type of video essay do you want to create:\n<ul>\n<li>voice-over (<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/96558506\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/96558506<\/a>)?<\/li>\n<li>text+image\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28201216\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28201216<\/a>)?<\/li>\n<li>supercut (<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88077122\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88077122<\/a>)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Start small.\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t try to create something too complicated. Start with simple ideas and gather limited material at the beginning until you are confident that you can add more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Have a look at other video essays to see examples of good practice.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o47Lr9GXEnI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o47Lr9GXEnI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/album\/3198467\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/album\/3198467<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/groups\/essay\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/groups\/essay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Read a little more about the video essay:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/framescinemajournal.com\/article\/video-essays-in-the-cinema-history-classroom\/\">http:\/\/framescinemajournal.com\/article\/video-essays-in-the-cinema-history-classroom\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalists.com\/post\/110533801961\/videoessay\">http:\/\/festivalists.com\/post\/110533801961\/videoessay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediacommons.futureofthebook.org\/intransition\/\">http:\/\/mediacommons.futureofthebook.org\/intransition\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/\">http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Collecting material<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Look at the info in <a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-A-Downloading-Visual-Content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guide A<\/a> for downloading audiovisual material\n<ul>\n<li>Remember not to go overboard at the beginning as it is easy to download multiple files. Think about what you need to start the project and add more later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Consider ripping DVDs (note <a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/resources\/how-to-guides\/how-to-video-essays-by-greer-fyfe-and-miriam-ross\/#Copyright_information\" target=\"_blank\">copyright, Fair Use and Fair Dealing guidelines below<\/a>).\n<ul>\n<li>There are some online guides to ripping DVDs using readily available software: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/380702\/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools\">http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/380702\/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/howto\/2696\/how-to-rip-dvds-with-vlc\/\">http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/howto\/2696\/how-to-rip-dvds-with-vlc\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This can be a tricky area, particularly as some DVDs with greater level of encryption might be harder to rip than others. If you are not confident in this area stick to the other options for gathering material.<\/li>\n<li>Try to cut down ripped files into sections that you will need. If not you will be working with very big files that may overload your editing software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Screen grab\/screen shot still images.\n<ul>\n<li>If you can play a film on your computer then you can grab still images from it.<\/li>\n<li>On a PC. Press PrtScn and then find somewhere you want to paste the image (ie. image editing software). Press Ctrl+V. If you have captured the whole computer screen you may need to crop the image.<\/li>\n<li>On a Mac. Press Command+Shift+3. This will save the image to your desktop. If you have captured the whole computer screen you may need to crop the image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Consider creating a voice-over file.\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have a microphone available, look at your phones and your computer to see if they have a voice\/sound recording option.<\/li>\n<li>Think about who will provide the voice. Make sure whoever does so is comfortable with their voice being used in this way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Getting stuck copying moving-images?\n<ul>\n<li>One DIY solution is to use your phone to film material when it plays on a TV or other device. This will create low quality images but is an option if all else fails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scholarly material.\n<ul>\n<li>Use your academic skills to find quotes, factual statements and citations you might incorporate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye on the quality of the visual material you are working with.\n<ul>\n<li>Although the footage and images you are working with don\u2019t have to be HD, they should be clearly visible when blown up to full screen size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Delegate\n<ul>\n<li>When working in groups decide who is gathering what material and make sure this workload is distributed evenly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Storage\n<ul>\n<li>Some of this material will take up a lot of space. Make sure you have designated folders available, that you label your material carefully so you know what it is and that you have a plan for backing-up this work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Editing material<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Look at the info in <a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-B-Editing-Content-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guide B<\/a> for how to use free editing software.\n<ul>\n<li>If you have not used this editing software before, familiarise yourself with it and do a short practice run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you are familiar with other editing software you can use it.<\/li>\n<li>Keep it simple.\n<ul>\n<li>Feel free to experiment with split screens, diagrams and text but don\u2019t over do it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Voice overs\n<ul>\n<li>If you are including a voice over you will need to decide if you do the voice over first and edit the visual material to match the voice over or if you organise the visual material first and then create a voice-over to match it. Neither way is better than the other and there will be some to and fro between the two options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Include a bibliography\/filmography of sources used at the end of the video<\/li>\n<li>If this is an academic piece that will be assessed in an academic context aim for a formal rather than colloquial\/funny style.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>Post-first draft<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>What happens to the tone of your piece if you change:\n<ul>\n<li>The music<\/li>\n<li>Add colour filters<\/li>\n<li>Swap a voice-over for text screens and vice-versa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Return to your original argument. Have you made a clear and obvious argument in the video essay?<\/li>\n<li>Test playback. Check the video will play okay on different computers\/television screens.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><strong>The How-to Guides as PDFs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-A-Downloading-Visual-Content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GUIDE A:\u00a0Downloading Audiovisual Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-B-Editing-Content-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GUIDE B:\u00a0Editing your Own Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-C-Creating-a-Mash-Up.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GUIDE C:\u00a0Creating a Mash Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-D-Sharing-your-Work.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GUIDE D:\u00a0Sharing your Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/GUIDE-E-Extra-Software.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GUIDE E:\u00a0Extra Software<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/files\/2015\/02\/How-to-Video-Essays.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How-to Video Essays [as PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Copyright information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The above and linked to information, where it pertains to the use of copyright material, is shared under the understanding that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_use\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Use<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fair_dealing\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Dealing<\/a>\u00a0legal exceptions are generally established\u2014for educational, critical and private research purposes\u2014in many, if not all, national jurisdictions. These\u00a0exceptions have\u00a0also been supported and successfully defended by a number of prominent professional academic associations including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmstudies.org\/default.asp?page=fair_use\" target=\"_blank\">Society for Cinema and Media Studies<\/a>. Readers or users of\u00a0this information will need to ensure for themselves that they obey the laws of the legal territories in which they live. Neither the authors nor <a href=\"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">REFRAME<\/a>, University of Sussex, will accept any liability\u00a0for actions readers or users freely choose to take.<\/p>\n<p>The authors and copyright holders of the above text and linked PDFs\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/nz.gradconnection.com\/universities\/victoria-university-of-wellington\/greer_fyfe\/697932\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greer Fyfe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoria.ac.nz\/seftms\/about\/staff\/miriam-ross\" target=\"_blank\">Miriam Ross<\/a>\u2014have shared their work under a<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Creative Commons\u00a0Attribution-ShareAlike licence.<\/a>\u00a0CC BY-SA. February 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>TEXT: Greer Fyfe and Miriam Ross<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>GUIDE Design: Greer Fyfe<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Biographical Note<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoria.ac.nz\/seftms\/about\/staff\/miriam-ross\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miriam Ross<\/strong><\/a> is Senior Lecturer in the Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington. She is the author of <em>South American Cinematic Culture: Policy, Production, Distribution and Exhibition<\/em> (2010) and <em>3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences<\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nz.gradconnection.com\/universities\/victoria-university-of-wellington\/greer_fyfe\/697932\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Greer Fyfe<\/strong><\/a> is a Research Assistant at Victoria University of Wellington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[toc] HOW-TO VIDEO ESSAYS By Greer Fyfe and Miriam Ross If you have never done any video work before it <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/resources\/how-to-guides\/how-to-video-essays-by-greer-fyfe-and-miriam-ross\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HOW-TO VIDEO ESSAYS by Greer Fyfe and Miriam Ross<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":818,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4VcpT-dv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878,"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/837\/revisions\/878"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/audiovisualessay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}