Video Projects

Video projects in Writing and Rhetoric courses take a number of forms. You might be asked to create an image essay, a mini-documentary, a product pitch or a public service announcement based on earlier writing you completed for the course. There are many affordances (and challenges) that come with video production. This page will provide links to resources and tutorials to help you become an expert multimodal video producer.

General Tutorials

• Vimeo Video School
  A quick video tutorial course from Vimeo. Mostly not Vimeo-specific.
• iMovie Help from Apple
  Official tutorial pages from Apple.
• iMovie 2015 Full Tutorial
  Class-length tutorial on the newest version of iMovie
• iMovie Help on Youtube
  A good playlist of Youtube videos about iMovie.
• Creating Accessible Videos
  Always think about accessibility when you make videos. This is a quick intro.
• Using YouTube Captions
  This YouTube help page will get you started with YouTube’s caption generator.

Equipment

• Using your iPhone to Shoot Video
  Useful video demonstration for using your smart phone to shoot footage.
• 10 Tips for Shooting iPhone Video
  Ten quick tips to up the quality of your smart phone video footage.
• Use your iPhone to Record High Quality Audio
  Use the capabilities built in to your iPhone to improve audio quality
• Shoot Pro-Quality Video on a Budget
  (For more advanced video work) how to get the equipment you need on a small budget.

Software & Tools

• youtube-dl 
  Command-line tool to download videos from YouTube and most other streaming video sites
• Screencast-O-Matic
  Record your screen and upload your screencast to Youtube
• Audacity
  Open-sourced audio editing
• Animoto
  Web-based tool for making images essays, limited version is free