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Best Practices
- Limit video recordings to 6-8 minutes
- Segment lengthy topics sub-points to record separately
- Write a script for prepared content
- Determine key points; deliver them succinctly and concisely
- Extend longevity for lecture content intended for reuse by avoiding: references to current events, dates, page numbers, the weather, etc.
Examples of Use:
- Course lecture content
- Guest speakers
- Interviews
- Discussions
- Demonstrations
- Weekly communication
- Summaries of forums, assignments, blog posts, wikis, etc.
- Audio contributions to assignments or forums by students
Apps and Equipment
- Cameras
- Cannon video camera available for checkout from the BU Library
- Camera apps on smartphones
- For webcam recordings
- Windows Camera App
- Quicktime (for Mac)
- See Tips for Recording Audio for suggested microphones
- Editing
- iMovie (for Mac and iOS)
Setting
- Ensure that the place you are shooting will remain quiet
- Avoid settings that easily echo
- Static backgrounds make cuts between clips less distracting
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- Place microphone as close to the subject as possible, but at least a few inches away from their mouth
- Even light wind can negatively affect sound quality
- Microphone windscreens can help block out wind interference
- An audio recorder or phone smartphone may be used instead of a wireless microphone if the camera has no external microphone jack. However, this method requires syncing the audio with the video in an editing program
- Make sure audio quality and levels are good by recording a quick test and listening back to it
- Drink water before recording to avoid mouth noises
- Silence all devices
- See Tips for Recording Audio for more ideas, especially for webcam recordings
Tips for Recording From Home:
- Find a quiet room to record in
- Record during a quiet time of the day or night
- Avoid other voices, traffic noises, barking dogs, kitchen noises, etc.
- Mute phones and other devices with alarms or audible signals
- Select a room that has a significant amount of "softness" which will reduce echos. This includes items like:
- carpeting
- drapes
- furniture upholsetered with fabric
- bedding
- clothing
- pillows