Video Production Resources for Teachers

Good tutorial on the importance of focus and how to mark focus points on a lens. Ends with a DIY follow focus which is totally not worth it but hey, it sucked me in enough to watch it so I suppose it served its purpose.

Website for high quality DSLR camera rigs. I've seen these used in a few places before but not much in schools. As DSLR shooting becomes more and more prevalent, I think these will come down in price a bit for schools to buy. If the prices don't drop here, then the knock off brands will take over in a year or two.

Found this model of follow focus on an episode of Film Riot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pUZf-JY6JM. Pretty ridiculously expensive but if I had the money, it would probably be this one because it seems adaptable to just about any camera/lens.

Making a slow motion shot less blurry is all about shutter speed. Eric Franks breaks it down so it's easily understood. Towards the end, he shows some great sample footage that shows the difference between shooting at 1/24th of a second and 1/1000 of a second. The difference is clear.

Love this tutorial. Gives students 5 easy tips for how to frame up a shot.

Promote school events and marketing campaigns through video. Create videos for students, parents, alumni, community members, and school donors.

This is free. It turns a portion of your screen into a virtual camera source for streaming sites like ustream. Ustream and other live streaming video sites need a camera or something to recognize in order to broadcast. BoinxTV pops out a window, but ustream won't recognize it. Camtwist turns that window into a virtual camera that ustream can recognize.

An iPad Application that lets you Explain Everything, literally. GREAT app for flipping lessons, recording meetings so parents don't have to come to school, and a variety of other things.

Most inexpensive multi-camera live production solution for streaming/recording sporting events, debates, church services, and the like.

RigWheels are an affordable DIY professional dolly system.

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Live streaming website. 1 month free to try it out. After that, low resolution streaming with ads for free. 100/month unlimited broadcasting.

Great FREE audio editor for cutting/clipping audio, removing fan noise, and various other effects.

Excellent software for live streaming events, creating TV shows, and creating software/app tutorials.

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