Create your own Channel!

Create a Youtube channel and use the Youtube Player to create your very own "tv" channel to share with everyone you know!

Questions & Comments below!

Video Contest - How To Enter Contest

Video Contest

How To Enter Contest
The Video Contest is now open for submissions, with an extended deadline: TBA.
First Place Prize - CASH PRIZE TBA.
Second Place Prize - HD Video Camera.
Grab any video camera you can find.  Make a short video related to community activism (3 minutes max). Tell us your true story or interview a relative or friend about thier community project.  Or go out and show us some community activism that you see in your community. Be creative.
All material must be original (you created it), not using any commercial or licensed material (including music). The top finalists will be posted on the website for the public to vote on their favorites.  The first place winner will receive a CASH PRIZE TBD.  The second place winner will receive an HD Video Camera.
All video formats are accepted for submission.  For best quality, here’s what we would prefer:

Submit online. High quality (preferably uncompressed) .mov or .avi file, up to 3 minutes.
Look below to submit online.

How to submit your videos for the Short Filmmakers Project Contest.

1. Produce your video
2. Create a YouTube Channel
3. Upload your video
4. Share it with EVERYONE you know --OR want to know!
5. Share it with Peter Liciaga via your YouTube Channel (use his email address pliciaga@gmail.com )
6. Evaluation & Approval: video MUST be evaluated & approved by Peter Liciaga to insure that it meets "commercial and license" and quality criteria (see above)
7. Filmmakers Project YouTube Channel: Once it is evaluated AND approved, it will be added to the "Favorites" section of the Filmmakers Project YouTube Channel.
8. Promote your video & get EVERYONE you know to "Like" / "Thumbs Up" it
9. Deadline for submitting your videos is TBD (you can submit as many videos as you like)
10. Winners will be announced TBD (1st and 2nd place winners only)

Hey, to help us keep things legally tidy, please also download and print out this Release Form, read it, fill it in, sign it and mail it to:
     Peter Liciaga
     c/o The Short Filmmakers Project
     34 Gardenia Drive
     Mount Laurel NJ 08054

Session Five - Sharing it with the World

In this session you will learn how to take your produced video and share it with the world. There are a couple of ways to do this but we are going to look at using a free Youtube channel.

First, you must create your personal Youtube Channel
Video tutorial


Next, upload your video.
The video tutorial below with show you how to upload your video from Windows Live Movie Maker



or, you can Upload video from Windows Movie Maker. Watch video tutorial.



Now, share your video with the world from youtube

Watch this video tutorial (WARNING: this is a very silly video! but it shows you how to share.)


Here are some other considerations when it comes to sharing your videos:
About Video Description & adding "Tags" to make it easier for people to find your video

Session Four - Post-production (Part Two)

In this session we will discuss how to capture your footage from your camera (Flip Camera, Smart Phone, etc.) to the computer (PC) and arrange & edit footage using free editing software on your computer (PC's Windows Live Movie Maker)

Watch the videos below to learn about the free Windows Live Movie Maker software and ask questions in the comments section below.

Getting Started Tutorial - Windows Live Movie Maker  5 min

Everything you need to know about working in the new Windows Live Movie Maker environment to get started.

Here are two more videos that explain little more in detail.
Part One


Part Two


For a link to a search I did that gives links to more tutorials about the Windows Live Movie Maker, Go HERE

Session Three - Post-production (Part One) & Ethics

POST-PRODUCTION (part one)
Editing software: we will use Windows Live Movie Maker & Windows Maker Maker 2.0 (you can use Mac's i-Movie also but we will learn Movie Maker because the PC is much less expensive than MAC!)

Watch videos below

Video 1: Introduction and Walkthrough - Windows Live Movie Maker


Video 2: Splitting Video and Audio - Windows Live Movie Maker


Video 3: Adding Titles, Captions, and Credits - Windows Live Movie Maker


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FILMMAKING: ETHICS

Any filmmaker who sets out to make a documentary or a short film faces multiple challenges, not the least of which is a set of ethical issues inherent in the process. Read article: http://www.documentary.org/magazine/question-ethics-relationship-between-filmmaker-and-subject

1. How to portray the subjects of the film?
2. What to shoot and what not to shoot?  
3. How to edit so that the film is true to its topic and subjects, yet also works as a compelling story for the audiences?
4. If a filmmaker is working outside of their community/town/state/country or even culture/or subculture, how do you represent people with dignity and sensitivity to that place, time and experience?

Most people not involved in filmmaking are not entirely aware of the power of the camera and editing to structure events in ways they would never expect.


At the heart of filmmaking is the relationship between filmmaker and subjects--not often an equal balance of power. And for the most part, it is the filmmaker who determines how that will be managed. 


As a filmmaker, be true to the story.

There are also legal considerations to filmmaking.

This filmmakers project is designed to be easy & fun! However, this does not negate the fact that we MUST be intelligent with our filmmaking.

We must still consider some basic legalities.

1. Dafamation of character: the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another (see full definition HERE)
2. Copyrights: set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. (see definition HERE)
3. and fair use:  limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders (definition HERE)

You must also get written permission from anyone you intend to film. Here is a sample of a Waiver that you can use.

Link to more Legal Issues in filmmaking HERE

Session Two: The Art of Telling a Story

As children pass their second birthdays, storytelling becomes a vital form of communicating with other children and adults. Storytelling is also vital for children to understand themselves and their lives. It helps us all make sense of our lives and of other people. Stories enable us to understand the complex social worlds in which we all live.

People ask us, “How did you become a lawyer (or a doctor or an air conditioning repair man)?” or “How did you catch that big fish?” We have stories about how those things happened.

Stories are a way for us to get to know people and for people to get to know us, even if it is in a small way. Stories can teach others; it can entertain; it can move people through a journey of emotions.

Always remember, TELL THE STORY!
It's always about "THE STORY"!

Pre-production of your Short Film

Plan of Action?
Keep it simple -- easy, accessible and FUN!
     Film what you are passionate about. What is important to YOU!

Select short film subject/assignment

Select a subject that is important to you.

Research your subject.

Interview preparations/setup. Have your questions ready.

Conducting the interviews as if you are having a conversation. Be sure to spend most of your time listening.

Group Project: interview and film each members' story or thought about bullying.

Transfer video to computer, Edit with Windows Live Movie Maker, Produce/Render and Upload to YouTube channel


Many videos from one film project

And...can become a project/message/valuable info for community -- Community Activism!



Anger Management for Kids - Website / Blog





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What to look forward to in our next Session

FILMMAKING: ETHICS

- defamation, copyrights, and fair use

POST-PRODUCTION (part one)

- Editing software

- Capturing footage from camera to PC

- Arranging film footage using editing software

Resource link(s) to an article about story telling:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/29/better-user-experience-using-storytelling-part-one/

Session One: Short-Filmmaking Basics

SESSION ONE - FILMMAKING BASICS

- Your Camera & HD Flip Camera basics (watch videos below)
- Audio & lighting

- Shot angles

- Framing the shot

- Logging footage

- Do a group Interview

1st assignment:

1. Visit website @ http://www.ourfilmproject.com/ and get familiar with website, video channel and blog.
2. Print Interview Questionnaire.
3. Print Release Form (one for EACH person you will film on your video)
4. Practice using your camera.

Find out about the Filmmakers Project Contest HERE

Contact me at pliciaga@gmail.com to find out when the next workshop will be.