Sound and Video: Podcasts and Vidcasts
Friday, 29 January 2010 | BOOK IT
ContentA one-day course for those who want to use video and audio podcasts (vidcasts and podcasts) on websites or other online platforms for narrowcasting or to put enhance websites and blogs. The course will comprise two sessions - one covering audio formats and recording, the other covering video formats and recording. The course will cover the basics of sound recording and videography, storage on websites and social networking sites, compression and enhancement, and uploading and presentation.
Who should attend
Media freelances and those preparing to become media freelances who want to learn how to negotiate the plethora of audio and video formats and how to produce or improve sound and video content for websites, blogs and social network sites.
Qualifications
This course does not require advanced technical knowledge, although you should be familiar with basic audio or video equipment. Some experience of using websites, blogs or other online platforms would help, but is not essential. Learners should bring audio and video content in different formats - CD, DVD, tape and so on. Please contact us before the course if you are in any doubt whether your material is in a suitable format for this course.
Expected learning outcomes
Through practical demonstration and exercises, learners will gain a basic understanding of the jungle of audio and video formats and will learn the essentials of video aspect ratios and resolutions, and audio sampling rates, frequency and compression. They will gain familiarity with the methods of recording, compressing and uploading audio and video material.
