Digital Learning Workshops

As with all successful projects, the planning, preparation and practice stages are 3 essential elements to making a good video.

Here are a few suggestions for the 3 P’s, you may have a few of your own.

Planning:

• What your video is about.
• Your target audience.
• The content.
• The length of your video.
• Filming location: consider lighting, if filming outdoors, do you have an alternative if weather conditions are not suitable?
• Who is being filmed.
• What equipment to use for filming.
• Where will it be hosted.
• Audio – external audio or use built in microphone audio?
• Any music to play on top of video.

Preparing:

• The script – write down what you intend to say in front of the camera.
• A storyboard if filming a scenario. A storyboard is a pictorial script of what is happening in a scene, who is in it, camera angle and movement and type of shots (wide, medium or close up).
• Any supporting shots to cover up jump cuts.
• All equipment is charged up and ready to go with extra batteries and SD cards.

Practice:

• Feel comfortable with the script, written words are not the same as spoken words.
• Try not to read from a script, use a sticky note stuck under the camera with bullet points as a reminder.
• Practice in front of relatives or a mirror.
• Practice filming yourself so you can playback to see the results, it doesn’t have to be perfect.




Planning is a really important stage. Get this stage sorted and you're half way there.

Prepare all you content, write your script, decide how you will deliver the script and all the supporting material.

Don't just blag it on the day, practice many times to an audience or in front of the mirror. Consider the delivery style.