The style of film was, quite literally, developed for the big screen. Today, as videographers and eLearning developers cater to online learners who consistently view more and more training content on smaller, more portable screens, new styles of video production and video engagement are being developed to meet the needs of the small screen, the tinny speaker, and the short-engagement portable learning context. Meanwhile, many of the classic strategies of video production apply to all screens, and the standard questions about bandwidth, file size, compression, and video CODECs always come up.

Course Description:

The goal of this course is to empower you to shoot, edit, and distribute your training video content online. Participants will learn about all aspects of production for video content, focusing on media designed for mobile delivery. Topics will include:

• Equipment and studios
  • Minimum equipment: iPhone and mic
  • Studios on various budgets
  • Basic studio setup
• Pre-production: Video production planning
  • Strategies for authentic, low production value video
  • Storyboarding for training
  • Eliciting content from SMEs and interviews
  • Typical video production project management overview
  • Hands-on: Storyboard your video
• Production: Shooting for production
  • Becoming the director
  • Camera handling and image composition
  • Recording pro-quality audio
  • Sets and lighting
  • Hands-on: Shoot your video
• Post-production: Editing your prodction
  • Handling your files and staying organized
  • Cutting your video on the Premiere Pro editing deck
  • Bringing in computer graphics, cutaway shots, and music
  • Hands-on: Edit your video
• Distribution
  • CODECs, resolution, bitrate, and compression for mobile streaming
  • Export standards for online and mobile videos
  • Streaming hosts and their services
  • Hands-on: Export and upload your video

Course Objectives: Although it’s becoming ever easier to create video content, producers who understand the challenges (and sometimes advantages) of mobile delivery will have a significant leg up in engaging their increasingly mobile learners. They’ll be capable of supervising mobile-destined video productions and ultimately more competent at using mobile technology to instill behavior change among their learners.

Our objectives will be to:

• Recognize new learning opportunities afforded by mobile video delivery
• Understand the video and audio challenges of the “small screen” as opposed to the “big screen”
• Be ready to shoot video in a style geared towards mobile viewing
• Learn the process of editing a video built for training
• Master the ever-present technical challenges of mobile streaming, file types, and bitrate

Syllabus:

SESSION ONE:

Synchronous Web Session via Adobe Connect

Introduction to video production and direction methods

SESSION TWO

Synchronous Web Session via Adobe Connect

Equipment, studio setup, and preparing for the conference

SESSION THREE & FOUR

Face to Face in Austin, Texas

In-person training

SESSION FIVE

Synchronous Web Session via Adobe Connect

Video review practicum: Show off your production!

Who Should Attend:

Anyone interested in getting started with video production or with designing video for the mobile screen will enjoy and expand their skills in this course.

Pricing:

$1195.00 USD: Rate for Associates and Non-members
$995.00 USD: Rate for Associates and Non-members with mLearnCon Registration
$956.00 USD: for eLearning Guild paid members
$756.00 USD: for eLearning Guild paid members with mLearnCon Registration

Learn more about other registration discounts for which you may qualify.

Dates & Times:

• Tuesday, May 26: Live online training from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
• Tuesday, June 2: Live online training from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
• Sunday, June 7 and Monday, June 8: In-person training (mLearnCon 2015 Conference, Austin, Texas) from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM local time
• Tuesday, June 23: Live online training from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT

Instructor:

Ty Marbut is an independent producer, director, editor, and adviser of instructional multimedia productions and documentary film. Focusing on training principles drawn from his own and others’ research about multimedia pedagogy in the field of cognitive psychology, Ty works with teachers and teams in higher education, private companies, and government to deliver their message as effectively as possible through multimedia immersion, high level-of-processing interaction, and the efficient use of existing media and human talent. His specialty areas include instructional video production and direction, training others in video production, video for Millennials, and interactive video pedagogy.

Additional Information:

Duration: This blended course combines two live virtual instructional sessions, a two-day face-to-face workshop, and one live virtual review practicum.

Class Size: Class size limited to 24.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites.

Requirements: The live online component of this Guild Academy course uses Adobe Connect 9—more info. For the face-to-face component, students will need to bring a laptop computer, headphones with standard headphone plug, and Adobe Premiere Pro CC free 30-day trial. Installation of Premiere will be covered in the online session before the conference.

Other technology needs: Participants are invited to bring anything that records video. This could be anything from an iPhone to a DSLR or pro camcorder. Please also bring whatever is necessary to transfer its files to your computer if you choose to bring a camera.