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YOUR Video -
A practical guide to planning
and creating effective videos
Do you want to create and make effective video? YOUR Video - with it's easy to follow layout, useful diagrams and exercises, and free to use templates, is an indispensable source of expert knowledge. It breaks down the world of the filmmaker into simple language enabling anyone - from the video novice to the more proficient user - to pick up a camera and a computer to create brilliant video for all to watch either at home or across the internet.
This site and the accompanying book, will show you in simple steps how to:
- Plan your video
- Script and use professional filming techniques
- Create exciting and informative film
- Use equipment available on every high street
- Edit and package your video
- Successfully market your video
However, we don't stop there. YOUR Video will place the power of the media in your hands giving you all you need to use modern video equipment to get your story told creatively - from making home movies better to making an impact in your community or area.
The Toolkit was created through a learning, consultation and review process with 14 community groups across the North West. Through this process all the learning and experience of the participants from professional film makers to beginners was put together to create an informative and easy to follow learning and teaching aid.
This toolkit is aimed at YOU. YOU are anyone who wants to know how to make good or better videos. YOU want to tell the world (or maybe just a few friends to start with) about your story. YOU may want to create a great home movie, tell a news story, or even make a music video.
This is all YOU need!
The Your Video book can also be found in PDF format in the appendix.
"This is a really informative, easy to use toolkit and very accessible... really useful and packed with good information" Rachel Stabb, International Video Producer
"Well done, fantastic bit of work, a video bible"......"excellent and it's the kind of thing that will be invaluable to groups at the planning stage. I'll certainly be promoting it..." Babs McCool, Producer
"A very useful resource for centers and people learning video, it will enable groups to use the equipment to create good film and use as a training resource with community groups." Trish Adam, Youth and Community Area Coordinator
"The participants (community members) were impressed that the toolkit explained the technical terms. Their collective IT capability varied from the complete novice to the confident beginner level, but all found that the toolkit was easy to follow and improved their skills." Steven Hargreaves, Freelance web designer with community groups.
