Movie Making-Digital Video Images/Tutorial Four & Five

Over the past couple of weeks in Tutorials four and five we have been looking at using video production as a useful skill to use in the future as part of our therapeutic "tool box". Look out for our blockbuster feature we have filmed that is coming to a screen near you soon!!!

One of the most popular video services used around the world is You Tube. YouTube is a service that allows users to upload and view videos. It started in February 2005 in a residential garage. Google purchased the phenomenon in 2006 for 1.6 billion dollars.

You are able to locate videos by topic or a keyword, rate videos or provide your thoughts as to how you found the video.

YouTube has restrictions regarding the length of content (10 mins) and copyright. Videos are allowed to be embedded on blogs (I am good with this as I know now I haven't broken any laws) although it is recommended that only one video per page as this slows load times down. Don't we all know about the frustrations that this causes!!!!

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As part of our brief prior to making our "film" (it may be a stretch to call it that) we were required to plan by way of scripting and storyboarding.

Storyboarding is a series of illustrations or images in a sequence that shows what you propose to feature in your video/movie/animation.

Scripting a.k.a. as screenplay is a piece of written work outlining the structure of scenes including dialogue, scene layout, sound effects and mood.

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Having a planned storyboard and script enabled our group to get right into the 'doing' in tutorial time. Tasks were organised and filming was completed in a flash. In the real world of cinematography this would have saved millions of dollars! This also helped when it came time to editing as well. Distribution was via a You Tube account which again has been designed as a simple process to enable large proportions of the population to participate. This is particularly useful for families that live in different parts of the world or family members that may be off on intrepid journeys.

This experience has been fun/frustrating (especially when Wintec doesn't have the required software) and useful to add to my skills though I am not sure how good I would be if I had to do it on my own. Use of video technology would be useful in OT practice to monitor clients progress from the commencement through to the conclusion of treatment to see how much improvement has been made.

Watch this space for overcoming Adversity'.