Review of PD – How to shoot video using your mobile

Thanks to Geoff Anderson from Sonic Sight who presented an excellent PD about using video in the school setting. With over 500 billion videos watched on You Tube every day around the world, we need to keep up and take a strategic approach to video content for our institution.

One of the main takeaways of the day was to always shoot landscape as this is how we view content best on the plethora of screens we use daily.

And why would we use a phone for video? Because “the best camera you have is the one you have now!” Such excellent advice.

There were many other gems regarding audio and lighting, effectively presenting our messages, editing and more. The attendees enjoyed ‘playing’ with some of the latest cameras and technology available, and appreciated the opportunity to practise what we were learning during the session.

I enjoyed this PD so much that upon return to my campus, I went to the sports hall and videoed the teacher versus student volleyball game – landscape of course – added music, used newfound techniques including slow motion and text, and had it uploaded to our Facebook page before the final bell. For the marketers out there, this post had excellent community engagement and reach!

Video works. And thanks to this Educate Plus PD, my video now works better.

Lucinda Gray
Development Office – Communications and Alumni
Citipointe Christian College