Creating a video with your iPad Mini
Creating a video with your iPad Mini
First, you might want to think about what is required to create a good video:
- Appreciation of good practice for video creation
- Storyboarding skills
- Research and analysis skills
- Verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledgeable of video software
- Creativity (Use of still images, expert or patient interviews, quotes, etc.)
Three steps
There are generally three steps to creating a video:
- Planning
- Recording
- Editing
Planning
The first and most important step is planning. If you get that right, it will make step 2 and 3 much easier and quicker.
- What is the title of your video? What is your key message?
- Who is your audience?
- Are there any requirements (time limit, etc.) for the video assignment or learning outcomes that need to be demonstrated?
- What impacts are you aiming to have on the audience? Think about their experience, knowledge and feelings that will change when watching your video.
- Try to keep it simple. There are many advanced ways of video recording and editing. They don’t necessarily make your video better but can consume a lot of time.
Storyboarding
Storyboarding helps you to structure and plan your video. During the process you will decide what kind of content you want to cover and in what detail, what tools or additional media you need, how it will flow. You can use PowerPoint to create your storyboard, each slide representing one scene.
Recording
Before you start your actual recording, you might want to test your equipment and environment with a short recording:
- Is the audio picked up well?
- Is the lighting ok?
- Are there background noises?
- Is my presentation or still image (poster) recorded through screen share picked up well?
- Do I need a script to avoid gap fillers or bloopers?
There are several options for recording:
- QuickTime: You can Use an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch connected to your Mac (web guide) to capture what you are seeing on a connected device.
- Record with your camera: Take videos with your iPad camera (web guide). This is suitable when you don't have a presentation but want to demonstrate an exercise, practice or a place, for example.
- Record in a Teams meeting: Start an instant meeting (web guide), start the recording (web guide), share your PowerPoint slides (web guide), select the Standout presenter mode (web guide) for yourself to appear in the recording.
- Narrate a PowerPoint and export to video for videos based on presentations:
Editing
Before you start editing, make sure that you saved the original recording separately in case you need to start all over again.
There are two tool options for editing:
- QuickTime: If you have recorded your video with QuickTime and only want to make small changes, you can trim, rearrange, rotate and split your movie right in QuickTime.
- iMovie: If you want to make more advanced edits, you can use iMovie on your iPad Mini. Take a look at the iMovie User Guide (web guide).
Editing your video can be much easier on a bigger screen, however. Store your recording in iCloud to access it on other devices. You can use the iMac in the Biomed grid on campus, for example. You also have access to the iMac suite in the Life Sciences computer room ('The Orchard').
Before you share or submit your video, make sure that you watched your video from start to finish.
Filming with the Go Pro Max
We now have a limited number of Go Pro Max devices available for filming. Initially these will be utilised by students taking the SSC1 option: Lights, camera, action!