Week 1: The Big Idea
July 22, 2011 30 Comments
Mandatory bootcamp meeting Wednesday, , August 17th. We’ll be talking about your ideas for this project and answering any questions you may have going into it.
Before the cameras roll, before you’ve scouted your first location, before you’ve even written a script, you’ve got to have an idea for your library video. If you can come up with a good message for the viewer, you can use that message as a litmus test for all the nitty-gritty details of your video.
What constitutes a good idea for a video? You’re free to use your imagination here, but since these videos will be for public consumption we do require that they tie into the Library’s mission. This could include:
- A review of an item in the collection
- A “how-to” of a particular piece of equipment
- An interview with a patron or other member of the library community
- A recap of a library program or event
- “Behind-the-scenes” footage of a particular library activity
Or you could come up with something of your own. The important thing is that it conveys something that might be of interest to our patrons, and that it’s a topic that you are enthusiastic about.
We have created a brief questionnaire that you’ll use to propose your video concept, and help frame the key message you’d like your viewers to take away from the clip. Which brings us to your first assignment!
Your tasks for the week: (approximate time: 1.5 hours including meeting time)
1. Come up with an idea as to what you’d like to feature in your video.
2. Attend the planning session on Wednesday, August 17th.
3. Fill out the video proposal form. We’ll sign off on it and send you on to Week 2.
Once we’ve given your proposal the green light, please post your video title in the comments here so other staff can see what you’re working on.
Assignments
I am continuing with Annabelle’s Book Discussion 101.
I will do an instructional video on requesting books via Linkin
Plan on doing a video covering the use of the library databases.
I’m doing a video on our ys albino frog, Frieda
My video will introduce parents and kids (1st-4th grade) to Animal Sudoku, our new gaming program debuting this December. I hope it will be a humorous and informative “commercial.”
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My video will be one part of a two part project with Sharon on all the places you can find Jane Austen in the librrary.
What I would like to do comes up in my title:
Youth Services World Tour of Languages
[...] Week 1 is all about The Big Idea. Participants must come up with the concept for the video, and explain how they plan to reach their intended audience. [...]
I will do a Video Tour about What goes on in Youth Services Craft Room.
we’ve got some craft/craft room photos on the flickr stream that you might (or might not!) find useful.
I’m doing an introduction to the coffee vending machine on the first floor.
My video will be of Ralph Samek doing a demonstration of Dragon Naturally Speaking to produce a document “hands free” with voice commands.
My video will be of Ralph Samek doing a demonstration of Dragon Naturally Speaking to produce a document “hands free” using voice commands.
I’m going to do a brief history of the Newbery Medal.
A stylized romp through SPL’s videogame services culminating in a boss fight for National Gaming Day!
can’t wait to see this (outtakes, too!)
My video will be the first in a series (hopefully) about new books you might have missed- called “Beyond the Best Sellers”
My vide will be entitled Hot Resources for a Cool Curriculum. I’m going to be briefly reviewing the three ways teachers can access library resources and interview a teacher who is a very satisfied customer of the teacher loan program.
I’ll be doing a semi-personal walk through of what you can learn from obituaries using the catalog and library databases (Current Biography and CAMIO)
I will give a tour of the preschool area in YS.
I’ll be doing an overview of the SkokieNet Community Information Network
I’ll be doing a video tour of the Youth Services Parent/Teacher collection.
I’m thinking I would to do something about how the backlot bash came to the library – film different things going on in the library during the bash.
That’d be really interesting, Cathy. You could do some person-on-the-street/vox populi-type stuff with it. Whether you go with this or another topic, be sure to submit a proposal.
I’d like to promote use of Gale Virtual Reference Library, but the idea of dressing as Bat Girl and Strawbery Shortcake to introduce our licensed character books is just too fun to pass up!
On second thought, I’ll make a video tour for Come On In (special needs services for youth).
My video(s) will be Book Discussion 101–tips for reading groups
I will be video touring the Small Business Collection and highlighting small business resources.
I will be doing a Video on our online calendar of events and how to register yourself for programs.
I will be doing a Video Tour of the Reference Area highlighting services available from the Reference Staff.