Advocacy Video Series: Part 9

Join Allexa from Rooted in Rights in this series! Learn how to script, film, edit, and make accessible your own short advocacy video.
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Transcript of "Advocacy Video Series Part 9" produced by Rooted in Rights Alright, we've made it to Part Nine! You have filled out your script, and you are ready to film! Here are some tips to film successfully. As a reminder, if you're looking for script templates or examples of fully filled-out scripts, we also have those at the link in our bio. So, you're ready to film. For this workshop, you're likely filming with a mobile phone or another very portable and accessible device I'm filming on my phone right now. There're a couple things to consider. Before you start filming, you want to make sure you decide if you want to film vertically or horizontal. Vertically, also known as 9 by 16 (9:16), is how we're filming right now. Horizontal, also known as 16 by 9 (16:9), is more of what you see when you watch television. It's totally up to you to pick which is going to work best, but decide, and keep it consistent before you start filming, and think about where you're going to post it. If you're looking to post it on an app where vertical is prioritized, that's great. If you want to put it somewhere where horizontal is more watched, you might want to film it in 16:9. Once you have decided on horizontal or vertical, or "aspect ratio," you also want to make sure you know the frame rate, and the resolution that you're filming in. We're filming right now in 1080 and 30 frames per second (fps). That's a perfectly great, high-definition way to film. You can also, on a lot of devices these days, shoot in 4k and 60 fps, or even higher frame rates. For a typical video where it's you hosting to camera, I think that 1080 and 30 fps is just great. If you do want that higher resolution, have fun with it. It can take a little bit longer to edit, and it also takes up more storage on your phone. So I would just make sure you know why you want that higher resolution. If there's a good reason, go for it. If not, I'd stick with 1080. Another thing you want to make sure of is that you have enough storage on your phone to record. You might be stopping and starting, or taking longer takes, and you want to make sure that you're not cut off in the middle by lack of storage. So see how much storage space you have available, and make sure, I would say, you have at least 10 gigs. That might be overestimating it a little bit, but depending how long your video is, the more space that you will need. When it comes time to film, we always recommend putting your phone on Do Not Disturb and Silent Mode so that other things aren't popping up while you're trying to do a take, and throwing you off. So as much as you can, basically, turn off any other functions of your phone while you're filming, so you can just focus on filming, the better. I've got some more tips for lighting and audio in the next video. End of transcript.