Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos

1. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Suitable for: Improver Advanced

2. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Improver Advanced

3. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Sharing your videos Improver

4. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos If you’ve made a drama or documentary video, you will want lots of people to see it. Start by thinking about your audience and how you can reach them. Improver

5. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos • Who do you want to see your video? • Where might they want to watch it? • What’s the best way to share the video with them? • These questions will help you choose how to format, store and send your video to others. Improver

6. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Your video editing software will have a menu option or toolbar button for saving, exporting or sharing. The right format will help your audience get the best from your video. Improver

7. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos To show your video on a TV or large screen, choose a ‘high quality’ option. This will save your video using the highest resolution (number of pixels high and wide). Improver

8. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You may also have a ‘Burn to DVD’ option. This will format a simple DVD to play your video on any TV or computer. Improver

9. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You can also save your video using formats that any computer can play. You can store your video on any memory disk or card that is big enough, or share on a network. Choose the highest quality setting you can. Improver

10. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You can export a video so it’s ready to play on smartphones. The file size will be smaller and the video will look good on a phone screen. Think carefully about what videos you share this way. Improver

11. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You can add your video to slide presentations. Save your video file in the same folder as your presentation. If you add your presentation to a memory stick or drive, copy the video as well. Improver

12. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You may be old enough to share with your friends and community using social networks and video sharing sites. Most video editing software has this ‘publishing’ option built in. Think carefully before sharing video online. Improver

13. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Choose the resolution of your video. Larger is better as this will show more detail and give a better viewing experience. Some video-sharing sites may have a maximum file size for uploads. Improver

14. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Once you have put your video online or have it ready to share and present, it’s time to let people know about it!  If you are old enough, share your new video with social network friends. Add a message on your blog. Send SMS messages and emails. Include the web address (URL) of your online video. Improver

15. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos You may want to share your video with people who are not online. Why not present your video in your school, college or community? Promote your video using posters. Contact your local news and see if they will interview you. Improver

16. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways! Improver

17. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Sharing your videos Advanced

18. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Create a trailer for your video. You can share this on social networks and invite people to view the whole film online or in person. Advanced

19. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos A good trailer shows enough to get people interested, but doesn’t give the plot away. Start by thinking about the questionsyour drama asks, or the story behind your documentary. Advanced

20. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos • Use your editing skills to bring together key events from your film. • Include: • Clips from scenes that ‘ask questions’at the start. • Clips from scenes that show key events or the climax. • Keep these clips very short. Don't include clips that answer any questions or give away surprises. Make it as dramatic as you can! Advanced

21. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Add a voiceover to your trailer. Use this to set the scene and introduce your characters and the event that begins the story. Tell people how, where and when they can see your video. Advanced

22. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Add credits that show how, where and when people can see your video. Create a trailer that leaves people wanting to find out how your story ends! Advanced

23. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Add your video to your website or blog. First, upload it to a video-sharing site. Your video editing software will let you do this as an ‘Export’ or ‘Publish’ option. Go to the video-sharing site and view your video. Click on the ‘Share’ button underneath the video and then on ‘Embed’. This will show some web code you can copy and paste into your web page or blog. Advanced

24. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Present your video in your school, college or community. Create a presentation to explain the background to your video. You could include ‘making of’ video clips and still photos. Hold a ‘question and answer’ session after your video. Advanced

25. Cameras and photos: Sharing your videos Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways! Advanced