Video Training

1. Three techniques that can be used when trying to shoot steady shots without a tripod are gripping the camcorder tightly by the strap with your right hand and steading it with your left hand under the lens, supporting yours elbows against your chest to keep your hands stable, or  while standing, holding the camcorder at eye-level and secure your footing standing slightly apart. 


2. Camera shake can be minimized when walking and taping by keeping your legs bent and and your body lowered all the time, and by moving slowly to create a gliding feeling.


3. Panning, or moving the camcorder from left to right or right to left, and tilting, moving the camera up and down or down and up, are camera movements that mimic the way the eyes move.


4. It is important to consider how long you remain on a shot and how quickly you move the camera so that the image does not blur and the audience can take in the information from the image they are looking at.  


5. (Watched the videos and read the information on copyright, creative commons, and video releases)


6. The main points of learning for videos in #5 are intended to protect me. The video on copyright discussed fair use rules and what is considered copyright. People have access to a public domain and can use that work without copyright infringement. Work that has been made in the last 70 years, however, is under copyright laws. You can not use work without permission, unless it falls under the fair use rules. It is usually best to make your own sound piece. Creative commons discussed how people can legally share and use other peoples' work without it being copyright infringement, depending on the type of license he or she has. It then discussed the symbols for the various types of licenses, which are sharealike, non-commercial, attribution, and noderivatives, and what they entail. Video releases discussed the four main elements of informed consent, which are disclosure, voluntariness, comprehension, and competence. Disclosure is that the use and purpose of the information sought must be fully explained. Voluntariness is that the subject must consent voluntarily and must consent to the use of the material. Comprehension is that the subject must understand the implications of the interview, and competence is that the subject must comprehend the implications of his or her participation.