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Hello, my name is Mrs. Jones.

And I'm really pleased that you decided to join this lesson today.

In this lesson, we will look at areas to consider when creating a digital video artefact, including camera angles, file formats, and software.

So let's get started.

Welcome to today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called creating digital video from the unit digital media.

And by the end of this lesson, you'll be able to explain the different features to consider when planning a video, and use software to create a digital video artefact.

There are three key words to today's lesson.

Frame rate.

Frame rate is the number of individual frames that are shown per second.

Container.

Container are video file formats containing video, audio, playback data, and encoding information.

Codec.

Codec is the instructions used to compress and decompress the video or audio data.

There are three sections to today's lesson.

The first is compare different camera angles and their uses.

The second is explain file formats and properties for video.

And the third is use software to create a short video clip.

So let's start with compare different camera angles and their uses.

When deciding how to create a film, you need to plan the different camera angles for different scenes.

Each camera angle can have a different effect on how the viewer interprets the scene.

A scene is a single moment in a film.

A closeup camera angle is used to show a character's face or a single object in detail.

It is used to show emotion or importance, and there's example here of a closeup of a lion's face.

An extreme closeup focuses on a very small detail like an eye seen in the example here, hand, or object.

It is used to show intense emotion or draw attention to something important.

A medium shot can also be called a mid shot and frames the subject from the waist up.

It is used in dialogue scenes as it allows for body language and facial expression.

A long shot or wide shot shows the full body of a character and some background.

It is used to help show the setting of the character's action in context.

An eye level angle is where the camera is positioned at the character's eye level.

It is used to help the audience relate to the character as it is the most natural and neutral.

A low angle camera angle is where the camera looks up at the subject from below.

It is used to make the character seem powerful, dominant, or threatening.

Let's have a quick check.

Which camera angle would you use to draw attention to intense emotion in the eyes? A, closeup.

B, extreme closeup.

C, medium.

D, long.

Pause the video to consider your answer and then we'll check it.

Let's check your answer.

The answer was B, extreme closeup.

Well done if you got that correct.

A high angle camera shot is where the camera looks down on the subject from above.

It is used to make the character look weak, small, or vulnerable.

And over-the-shoulder camera angle is where the camera looks over a character shoulder usually during a conversation.

It is used to create a sense of perspective and involvement in the dialogue or conflict.

Let's have a quick check.

Which camera angle would this be? A, closeup.

B, extreme closeup.

C, medium.

D, over-the-shoulder.

Pause the video to consider your answer and then we'll check it.

Let's check your answer.

The answer was A, closeup.

Well done if you got that correct.

Let's do an activity, and you'll need your worksheet for this.

Complete the table to compare different camera angles and their uses, and find or create an example of each.

You have a table with the angles on the left, closeup, extreme closeup, medium, long, eye level, low angle, high angle, over-the-shoulder.

You need to describe the angle, the use of it, and an example.

Pause the video, go back through the slides, use your worksheet, and then we'll check your answers.

Let's check your answers.

Closeup shows a character's face or a single object in detail.

It is used to show emotion or importance.

An extreme closeup focuses on a very small detail like an eye, hand, or object.

Used to show intense emotion or draw attention to something important.

Medium can also be called a mid shot and frames the subject from the waist up.

It's used in dialogue scenes as it allows for body language and facial expression.

Long, shows the full body of a character and some background.

Used to help show the setting of the character's actions in context.

Eye level, where the camera is positioned at the character's eye level, used to help the audience relate to the character as it is the most natural and neutral.

The low angle, where the camera looks up at the subject from below, used to make the character seem powerful, dominant, or threatening.

High angle, where the camera looks down on the subject from above, used to make the character look weak, small, or vulnerable.

Over-the-shoulder, where the camera looks over a character shoulder usually during conversation.

Used to create a sense of perspective and involvement in dialogue or conflict.

Well done if you got those correct.

Let's move to the second part of today's lesson, explain file formats and properties for video.

A film is made up of thousands of frames that are played quickly to show movement.

The frame rate, fps, is the number of frames shown per second.

Sam asks, "What different frame rates are there?" Good question.

The frame rates you have are 24 frames per second, which is standard and is used for films, streaming, video game captures.

30 frames per second is used for live TV and TV shows to increase quality, sports show as well for clear movement.

60 frames per second is 4K videos, and 120 frames per second plus is slow motion video and games with action scenes like fighting, shooting, and sports.

When you've created a film, it needs to be saved and stored.

When the file is saved in a video file format, it is stored in a container.

The container stores the video, audio, subtitles, metadata, chapters, language choices, and any interactive menus.

Examples of containers are also referred to as file types.

MP4, widely used and balances good quality and small file size.

MOV, high quality developed by Apple.

AVI, older format with good quality, but larger file size.

Let's have a quick check.

Which container balances good quality and small file size? A, MOV.

B, MP4.

C, AVI.

D, WMV.

Pause the video to consider your answer and then we'll check it.

Let's check your answer.

The answer was B, MP4.

Well done if you got that correct.

Let's do another check.

Which frame rate is used for 4K films? A, 24 frames per second.

B, 30 frames per second.

C, 60 frames per second.

D, 120 frames per second.

Pause the video to consider your answer and then we'll check it.

Let's check your answer.

The answer was C, 60 frames per second.

Well done if you've got that correct.

How the file is encoded in the container is known as the codec.

A codec is the software or method used to compress and decompress the video and audio data.

The word comes from CO in compressor, and DEC from decompressor.

Sam asks, "Which codec is used on videos?" A standard codec used is H.

264.

It compresses the video so it takes it less space without losing too much quality.

When you export a video from editing software and choose MP4, it often uses H.

264 automatically.

Your phone uses it to record videos efficiently, and streaming services use it so videos load more quickly without buffering.

Let's do an activity, and you'll need your worksheet.

Complete the table to describe the different properties of video.

You have the video properties on the left, frame rate, container, and codec, and you need to describe it and add an example.

Pause the video, go back through the slides, use your worksheet, and then we'll go through the answers.

Let's check your answers.

Frame rate.

The frame rate, fps, is the number of frames shown per second.

An example is a standard frame rate is 24 frames per second, but they can go above 120 frames per second.

Container.

When the file is saved in a video file format, it is stored in a container.

Example, the container contains the video, audio, subtitles, metadata, chapters, language choices, and any interactive menus.

Codec.

A codec is the software or method used to compress and decompress the video and audio data.

Example, a standard codec that used is H.

264.

It compresses the video so it takes up less space without losing too much quality.

Well done if you got correct.

Let's move to the last part of today's lesson.

Use software to create a short video clip.

There are lots of video editing software options.

Canva has a video editing environment where you can use your own clips or their library of assets too.

When you open Canva, you have a toolbar of digital artefact options, and you click video to open the popup options.

You can create a set video using templates for the type of platform it will be on.

Type in specific requirements or use a design template.

Here you can see a screenshot of that popup where you can type into the search bar what you'd like to create or use one of the templates that have the specific set up and dimensions of specific layouts.

Select Instagram story layout to open the editing area with that page sizing.

Here you can see that you have the current page in the middle, on the left you have the toolbar, you have the play button at the bottom there, and also where you can add pages.

Let's have a quick check.

True or false? You can create your own video in Canva, but there is only one template to use.

Pause the video to consider if that is true or false, and then we'll check your answer.

Let's check your answer.

The answer is false.

And that's because there are lots of templates, so you can use your video in different ways.

For example, on social media.

Well done if you got those correct.

Let's have another check.

In Canva, to add a new video clip, you need to add what to the canvas area? Is it: A, a page.

B, a frame.

C, an item.

Or D, a frame rate.

Pause the video to consider your answer and then we'll check it.

Let's check your answer.

The answer was A, page.

Well done if you got that correct.

In the software, that toolbar on the left, you can see you have templates in the design, in text you have text box and template text styles.

You can upload your own assets in the uploads area.

In brand, you can set brand colours, fonts, and add a logo.

And in the elements is where you can add different assets including images, shapes, graphics, video and audio.

Lucas asks, "How do I create a video using Canva?" Really good question.

And we're gonna play this video to explore the platform.

To use Canva for video editing, you start on the homepage of Canva and we click onto video, and you see a popup with different templates, and we're gonna use Instagram story as the template.

Click that and it opens.

We then have the layout where we can upload and use all the tools down the left hand side.

We are going to upload.

You can see I've already uploaded some of mine.

I have the videos in here ready and I have the image of the logo, but by clicking upload files you can get anything that you have downloaded and upload those into this area as well.

So on the first one, we're gonna have a video and I've got this one here with the ice cream and the falling elements on there.

I'm gonna click and drag it over, and as I get close I can put it on as a single little video on the whole screen, or as you can see, it jumps.

And if I have it so that it's over everywhere and let go, it will use part of the video and fill the whole screen.

So I can have that video there.

Now at the top we have the toolbar and I've got a time of how long that's on for, on my plan I've got it down as five seconds.

So change that to five.

And then I'm gonna add another page, and I'm gonna go back over and I'm gonna use this next video here, and I'm gonna drag it over again, making sure it fills the page to make sure I'm using part of it and using that there.

And yet this one is 19 seconds.

So again, I'm gonna trim this down to five and now I have a shorter version of that.

You can see that has reduced the amount of time on there, but it's just enough.

The last page, I'm going to have the logo, so I'm gonna go to my images.

I'm gonna click the logo so it adds it in.

I'm gonna put that anywhere that I want on the screen.

Now I can, if I want to, change the background of anything here.

Here's the background colour, and I can change other things.

I'm going to resize that just to make it a bit bigger.

And I'm gonna add some texts.

I'm gonna go over to my text and I can use just a text box specific headings, or I can scroll down and there are some different font layouts that I can use within that video there.

So you can change that around.

So we'll just use this one now.

And I'm gonna put opening, again, double clicking can allow me to change anything.

I can change the fonts if I'm not too sure about anything by just using the toolbar at the top.

I can also change the colours.

Green doesn't quite work, so I'm gonna put the text colour.

And you also have the logo already pulled out and it's picked the colours up that are in that logo.

So actually I can match the colour within the logo so that it has that flow and consistency of design.

I'm gonna have something at the bottom as well.

I'm just gonna have a, use that one again, and I'm gonna take off that last bit there.

Change the colour again on that one.

Just the colour.

And then I'm gonna change that to 10% off.

And then we'll add another, I'm just gonna add a normal text box underneath.

First 50, oops! First 50 customers.

And I'm gonna bring that down underneath and I'm just gonna resize that.

And I can change the font if I want to here.

Click, and there's lots of different options I might want to use there.

I'll leave it as that for now.

And the other thing I want is I want some sort of animation on here.

So I'm gonna go to my elements.

You can see that I've got a couple here that I've been looking at.

But if I put in animated sprinkles and go and look at all the graphics, you can see the different ones that are available.

Click there and add it in and just expand it so that it fills the whole page, you can move it around so that it's covering.

So now we've got that effect on that last page as well.

So now I want to add some audio.

I'm gonna go across over here onto audio.

And you can choose, you can have a look through what you'd like.

You can also click elements, and if you are not on here, you can scroll down as well to see that.

So there's lots of different options and you can press play on any of them to listen to it and see what you'd like to use.

So I'm going to use, take off that 'cause it's searching for sprinkles in the sound.

So I'm just gonna scroll down to the audio section now onto see all.

And here's the one that I was looking at, just a normal sound effect.

And if I click and drag, you'll see the bottom appears and I can move that underneath to fill the whole video there.

So I'll let go.

And then up the top right, I can preview that, (upbeat music) and the music doesn't start as soon as I want it to.

So if I click it, I can actually move the audio backwards, and that's just click and you can see the audio moving as I'm moving my mouse.

Let's try that out.

(upbeat music) And then we've got our video.

To download it, you go to the share, and using your version, which would be Canva education, you'll be able to download it as an MP4 and use the download into your area then.

Lucas asks, "Do I need to record all the video footage?" Good question.

And no.

You can use sites like Pixabay to search for copyright free videos to download and then import into Canva and use.

You can also search and use videos from the elements section on Canva.

Let's do an activity.

And the first part of this activity is to create a storyboard for a short advertising video for a dessert shop.

And here's an example of a layout for a storyboard where you have the frames, and underneath you can have the timing, how long is it going to be on that screen, the camera angle, and any audio.

Pause the video to complete your storyboard for your advertising video for a dessert shop, and then we'll go through an example.

Let's look at an example.

And here you can see that you don't have to have it drawn out, you can just write it in there as well.

So we have a video of toppings falling onto a bowl of ice cream and strawberries.

Notes, we've got ice cream bowl, timing, five seconds, camera angle, closeup, and we have upbeat music.

The second frame is a video of falling images of different desserts.

Five seconds closeup with still upbeat music.

And finally, we're gonna have the logo opening Saturday, the 10% off offer, for five seconds we've got upbeat music.

Well done for completing your storyboard.

Let's do the second part of this activity.

Follow your storyboard plan and open a digital video package of your choice.

Examples in this lesson use Canva.

Create your video using images, video, and audio, and export your video as MP4.

Pause the video, follow your storyboard, and create your video.

And then we'll go through an example.

Let's look at an example.

And we're going to play this example to show you.

(upbeat music) Well done for completing that activity.

In summary, there are lots of camera angles to consider when creating a digital video.

Each has an effect on how the audience interprets the scene.

The frame rate, fps, is the number of frames shown per second.

When the file is saved in a video file format, it is stored in a container.

A codec is the software or method used to compress and decompress the video and audio data.

There are lots of video editing software options.

Canva has a video editing environment where you can use your own clips or their library of assets.

Well done for completing this lesson, creating digital video.