The document outlines the process of producing a video for the Comenius project focused on minority languages, detailing essential pre-production planning, including determining content, obtaining necessary permits, and planning interviews. It provides guidance on filming techniques, editing software, and how to create supporting materials like PowerPoint presentations. Key tools and approaches for editing and finalizing the video, such as music selection and subtitling, are also highlighted.

1. HOW TO PRODUCE A VIDEO: IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES Minority Languages Comenius Project 2010-12 Spanish Team

2. SOME BASIC INFORMATION WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHOW WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE VIDEO WHAT SHOTS YOU NEED WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC EXTRACT YOU WANT

3. PERMITS AND AGREEMENTS Official institutions: contacts by email / phone Letters to explain the project and what we need Principal's letter explaining the aim and what we need to record

4. Contact with the Press/ Communication Department Institutions may send brochures, CDs, DVDs that are interesting for the project

5. TIMING / PRODUCTION Elaborate a caption of the scenes of the audiovisual with the proper time Write the captions that will be recorded in every scene (off voices and live scenes) Translate it to English Video shots: explained on the next slide

6. VIDEO SHOTS Choose different angles and shots Shoot the scenes chosen with two cameras Watch, cut and edit the filmed material

7. INTERVIEWS Choose the topic we ask about Find out information about the topic Create questions in our language

8. Show them to the teacher and choose some questions to remove Translate the final questions into English Learn them by heart

9. POWER POINT PRESENTATION Search the information Summarized it and put the summary into a Power Point Do the Power Point as visual as possible & entertaining

10. Show it to the teacher and remove the slides which are not necessary Automate the presentation (the slides have to change automatically) Create a Word document to explain the content of the Power Point

11. EDITING SOFTWARE Power Director 8 (set up, editing, music, ...) Audacity (off voices)

12. CAMTASIA SOFTWARE Screen Captures Power point into a Motion Video

13. SUBTITLING Power director Stop the video in the parts you want to add some subtitles You write the subtitle which you want to put and you add it

14. MUSIC (EXTRACTS) AND AUDACITY Choose the song extract you think match with the video With Audacity, cut the parts of the song you don't want to listen to Put the song at the same time as the video begins to be reproduced

15. SCRIPTS CONTENTS Group in facebook Gmail account Google docs