Video Blogging
Outcome of the workshop
At the end of this workshop you will have the technical and creative skills to produce, record and edit a Video Blog. You will also be able to upload your Video Blog to the SYN website and engage with SYN’s online community of youth media makers.
What is a Video Blog
Videoblogging is a form of expression that involves posting videos to a weblog and encouraging an audience response. It is the next step of participatory media, following text blogging and podcasting. Some people call it video podcasting, others call it vlogging.
Video blogs often present a diary-style performance by their creators. They are often set in personal spaces like their creators’ bedrooms and homes, and appear “raw” due to the amateur production values.
Similar to text blogs, video blogs are often presented in reverse chronological order. Like podcasts, video blogs use web syndication to distribute episodes or updates for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and computers.
Video blogs have risen to centre stage with the popularization of YouTube, which stores over 75 million videos on line, there are also a number of other sites including Miro, a user generate distribution site. Some blogs created are gaining in excess of 100,000 subscribers per episode.
You can work in groups of 2 or 3 to make a class Video Blog composed of linked segments. Each group will present and produce a segment as well as assist with the production of the rest of the Video Blog.
Steps to video blogging
Preparing = watching video blogs and thinking about the kind of video blog you will make
Planning = creating, outlining, and scripting your ideas and materials
Recording = producing high quality video
Editing = cleaning up and shaping your video blog
Reviewing = assessing and revising the final video blog
Publishing = uploading your video blog
Networking = interacting online with other youth media makers on SYN.org.au or SYNmedia.edublogs.org
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