You Too Can YouTube!

Highland Rim Regional LibraryMurfreesboro, TN

Betty Jo Jarvis, Director

Digital Camera (recommend using a video camera)

Tripod

Video and Audio editing software

Computer

Things You’ll Need

Filming – Gathering Your Footage Editing – Assemble Your Footage Posting – Showing your video to

the World

3 Stages

Filming

Camera angles (ex. Zooming in and out) Search the web for ideas and camera angles.

Adapting to problems (ex. Using a rubber band to smoothly move tripod) Don’t film patron faces without written permission Film MORE than you need

Techniques

Editing

Transfer video from your camera

Import your videos into your editing software(Camtasia, Windows Movie Maker), assemble your video

Edit Audio (Audacity)

Import Audio into video

Save your video

Editing

Use royalty free music

Instrumental music is better because lyrics do not distract from the video

Search the web for sites that allow you to download music for free.

Tips for finding Music

Posting

Create or Log into your YouTube Account

Use descriptive Tags

Uploading to YouTube

Link the video to your library website, Twitter or Facebook account

Send out your video link through the statewide listserv

Advertise through local media and in your own library

Cannon County Library System Chamber of Commerce Recognition

Getting the Word Out

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/piano.html

http://freeplaymusic.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Sites

Troy Yost: troy.yost@tn.gov

Wendy Jones: wendy.jones@tn.gov Betty Jo Jarvis: bettyjo.jarvis@tn.gov

Highland Rim Regional Library2118 E. Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130

615.893.3380

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