Designing Effective Clips

I just finished a two-week project making what was ultimately a 20:30 Clip on my philosophy and workflow when producing a 1:08 Clip for my students. I'm glad I finished just in time to share this information before tonight's Twitter #adechat on Clips! (Join us at 6 pm PST).

This is a long movie, but it is not just for experts or to learn Clips in-depth. In fact, some of the Clips from others on how to use Clips are better for this purpose! My Clip fits a particular niche, in that it describes some best practices, and also limitations, for using Clips. After watching, you'll not just have seen the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of how to use Clips, but also:

• be inspired about how to design an effective Clip
• learn about some common pitfalls and how to avoid them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0e857d7fDE&feature=youtu.be

I recommend watching this Clip particularly if you want:

• to see an example of how to structure a Clip for learning
• to get an idea of what is possible with Clips
• tutorials on:
• using Clips
• creating screen capture video from an iPad
• an idea of how best to collect and manage media from multiple sources for video production in Clips

Some key points from the Clip:

• Collect media from various sources into the Photos library, including video files from small Clips, to maintain a consistent look throughout various video projects
• Use appropriate apps to create different types of video (including QuickTime and Explain Everything)
• To be able to insert Posters inside of long videos, import those videos into Clips as shorter videos
• Use Posters as guideposts to give viewers ideas of what they're about to watch and then to summarize what they just watched

n.b. This Clip was created entirely using Clips. Before that, the video content was created using the Camera app (iPhone), QuickTime (MacBook), ExplainEverything (iPad), and Clips itself. iMovie and Final Cut were not used during production of this movie.