Do you need a videographer?

Short pencil saga. youtube video. Heeee.
March of the Librarians

Can you use Youtube to reach your users?

Intro to library - usually a 10 minute speech, condensed into fun 2 minute movie. Makes the library more approachable.

Viral videos can have a widespread viewing. The machine is us/using us, technology of the book, angry librarian

-sometimes videos flop. failure is a part of the creative process.

tips:
actors- find people in your library who like being filmed. librarians relax when the camera is off.

tripods- a tiny jiggle in your hand shows up as a huge shake on screen. don't worry about fancy pans or zooms, just set the camera on something.

sound- the right piece of music sets the mood. take advantage of tolerated use. archve.org is a great source for unrestricted material. Tracks from iTunes may not work on other computers, even when they are embedded in your movie.

narraration- less audio is less work to edit. voice over has better sound quality. can you tell the story without spoken word?

uploading- get a youtube account for your library. work at DVD quality, and then compress for upload. read the youtube documentation on video quality. 320x240 mono MP3 sound, 30 frames per second. Less motion = better compression. Do the compression yourself, it'll be better than Youtube just doing it.

Time- 1 minute of finished video typically represents one day of work.

The L Team

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