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Overview
[edit source]Visual literacy training
[edit source]File:Sandbag operation at Venice Beach California, 2010-09-30.webm One of the more successful way of training new folks in visual literacy is through patterns. One such pattern that is used in journalism circles is the "BBC 5 shot" pattern, pioneered by Michael Rosenblum. See the Venice Beach sandbag operation example below for an example of this. It states that good stories need shots of individuals, and might consist of this sequence as a start:
- Closeup on the hands
- Closeup on the face
- Wide shot
- Over the shoulder shot
- Unusual shot
See the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Video training for more information.
All these should follow the basic visual literacy rules:
- Frame the subject using the rule of thirds
- Don't move the camera, treat each shot like a still shot
- Don't cross the line of action. Stay on one side of the subject so that there is visual continuity
Topics ripe for video
[edit source]Sample Videos
[edit source]Related efforts
[edit source]- Wiki Video (collaborative multi lingual Wikimedia movement video effort)
- Wikipedia:WikiTV
- Wikipedia:Videos - General page
- Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lights_Camera_Wiki - Good technical description, but provides little assistance on visual literacy and shooting technique. Page dormant for two years now, though videos are added through smaller projects.
- Commons:Category:Lights Camera Wiki - All Lights Camera Wiki videos produced from the project
- Commons:Category:Videos_by_Alverno_College_Advanced_Media_Studies - Alverno College's video efforts, in a Commons category
- Commons:Video
- Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files#Video
- Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet - shots of everyday life, in Paris and all over the world. BBC had a TV series, The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn.
- DVD (Amazon) [1]
- WikiTV - Custom educational videos for on-wiki use; collaboration with broadcasters on releasing content under free licenses
- Open Access Media Importer - Uploads scientific video and audio files from open access sources to Commons
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast - A guide to recording video-tutorials, for editors.
- Mozilla Popcorn Webmaker - editing online videos
Interested parties
[edit source]- Fuzheado | Talk 16:09, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
- Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 19:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
- Victorgrigas Victor Grigas (talk) 06:09, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
- Pristurus (talk) 13:21, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- Mpedson | Talk 11 February 2014 (UTC)
- Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 15:50, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
- Wwwhatsup (talk) 05:47, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
- Subverdor (talk) 15:04, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ter-burg (talk) 11:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
- Renepick (talk) 07:44, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- Vgrass commons:User:Vgrass 13:35, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- Psubhashish (talk) 04:02, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
- gobonobo + c 07:35, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
- Secundus Zephyrus (talk) 16:14, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- Matthias Süßen (talk) 15:17, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
- Zblace (talk) 13:56, 10 February 2021 (UTC)