Video Styles

Jörn Loviscach

In this video:

• Some examples for styles• Style and learning• Visual aspects• Production, learning• Style as a signal

Khan style

Narrated slides with a talking head

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Ken Burns effect

Narrator in an armchair

Further styles

• Lecture capture• Stop motion, cardboard• Experiments• Imitate movies/shows/musicians

Legal issues?

Style and learning

• What’s the objective of the video? • Mix styles depending

on the videos’ roles in the course• Be creative and diverting:

on location, online interviews,mix different types of shots, …

Visual aspects

• Khan style: visible hand?• Background

– Neutral Background:easy to perceive

– Green screen:easy to repurpose

– Legal issues?

Production, learning

• Live recording: quicker?Being able to edit afterwardscauses carelessness?

• Less than six minutes?More engagement,easier editing and reuse

Style as a signal

• Production value (logo, classy design, …)may be read as indicating overall quality

• RehearsedSterile? Boring?

• Improvised:Authentic? Unfocused?Showing off?

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