![]() ![]() If possible, try to position yourself in the frame so that you are clearly differentiated from your background. Try to keep this in mind when recording, wherever you are. This includes overlapping shapes, colour and contrast between elements in the frame. In art, photography and filmmaking we talk about the figure-to-ground relationship: how well a subject is differentiated from the background. from windows) as the camera will struggle to expose the scene correctly and you will likely appear in silhouette. Try not to have the sun or any significant source of reflected light behind you (e.g. If recording outside, head for somewhere with some shade (under a tree is ideal) you will be softly and evenly lit without any of the heavy shadows that can come from direct light. ![]() A north facing room is ideal as the light will always be soft and diffuse. traffic passing, washing machine etc.)Įnsure that the space is well lit. Recording Content Where to recordįind a quiet space where you are unlikely to be disturbed and where there is no background noise (e.g. ![]() If you wish to incorporate small amounts of footage from a third-party, it should be possible to do so under the ‘fair dealing’ provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 but it is best to consult a copyright expert to assess each particular case your LSE Subject Librarian or the British Universities Film & Video Council should both be able to provide assistance here. ![]() In the time Sourcing ContentĪt this time, the Educational Recording Agency licence that provides education institutions with access to TV and film recordings for teaching use, does not allow for clips from recordings provided by them to be incorporated into new works. Shotcut will shortly be pushed out to all colleagues as part of the School build for Windows PCs and should be available for Mac users soon within the LSE Self-Service app. It includes support for a wide range of video formats, provides native timeline editing (so no need to convert files to a particular format before editing) and supports resolutions up to 4k. Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. There are a number of software options that are officially supported by the LSE Eden Digital Team within the LSE Eden Centre, and for which email support is provided by contacting For anything more than just basic editing, the Eden Digital Team recommend that colleagues use Shotcut. LSE Press and Communications Film and Audio unit have produced a handy guide to filming yourself using a smartphone this could be another easy means of capturing basic video recordings Software For better audio quality when recording, a lavalier or tie-clip microphone or a desktop USB podcasting microphone are recommended. Hardware and Software Requirements HardwareĪt a minimum, you will need to have access to a computer with a webcam and microphone you may find you have these built-in, but this will depend on the computer. More narrative film, that combines desk/office based recordings with external/location recordings. between addressing the viewer directly and narrating a demonstration or annotated example) Producing content that requires switching between different recording set-ups or modes of speech (e.g. Including guest speakers alongside main course lecturer Pre-recorded lecture content that brings together multiple sources (so, bespoke recordings combined with personal historical recordings or previous public events) where content is foundational or historical to the discipline). comprises multiple video clips from different sources about which you would like to have flexibility as to how / where they appear in your finished clip) and/or, these videos are likely to have a longer useful life and may only require revising/refreshing every 2-3 years (e.g. You may want to create content that requires more complex editing (e.g. ![]()
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