IMPORTANT: Please read this checklist thoroughly and carefully. Each step in the process is important for ensuring your work is posted in the right place by the right time.

Subject Positionings for the Final Video

In class we looked at the following videos as examples of subject positions that are within the rule of thirds. I have layered the Golden Ratio over the image. Please try to replicate these crops in your own videos (if your collaborator is facing the camera, try to locate them more central):

For YouTube/web site, Twitter, and Facebook:

For Instagram:

Titles for Final Video

The title will appear in one of the corners and provide brief context for who might be in the video. As we discussed in class, do not use names. The sections determined two different formats:

• Belonging: SJU [Student/Faculty/Staff/Alumni]
• Mental Health: SJU [Major if student, otherwise Faculty/Staff/Alumni]

If the person is reading another’s statement, add “reading a SJU [Student/Faculty/Staff/Alumni]’s Narrative.

For YouTube, Facebook/Twitter videos: Please the title in the lower corner with gray space.

For Instagram: Place the title in the upper corner with gray space.

Title Font: Helvetica Neue Medium, size 50, white

Format: Standard Lower Third or Upper (for Instagram video).

Duration: 2 seconds.

Watermarks for the Final Video

Please download the following watermark and add it to the bottom right or left of your video the upper right or left of the video so that it doesn’t interfere with the title and subtitles/captions. The watermark should come on at 2 seconds, after the Title goes away.

iMovie tutorial for adding the watermark:

Here is how it should look (not the sizes in these videos is slightly different due to a Photoshop issue):

Wed, 12/5: Final 1:30 – 2:00 Video Uploaded to YouTube by 11:00pm

1. Log in to the Start Talking SJU YouTube page.
2. Upload your video, making sure to select Public.
3. Create a title in line with what your section decides (to be added here).
4. In the description, enter the following (use paragraph breaks):
   1. Paragraph 1. The exact description you have written to appear with the post when you write it. Include this last sentence. More videos like this one on the topic of [Belonging or Mental Health–choose the right one] can be found by going to [add appropriate URL].
   2. Paragraph 2. “This video was created in collaboration with the person depicted and/or represented in a story read by another. All persons reviewed and signed consent forms granting permission to share this story online.”
   3. Paragraph 3. A complete transcript of the video reads as follows: [include a transcript, using sentences with proper punctuation and paragraph breaks.]
   4. Add the following tags: Start Talking SJU, and others associated with your section (to be added).
   5. Add the to the Belonging or Mental Health playlist.
   6. Under Advanced Settings, make sure the video has all of the following settings:
      

To verify, add, and/or edit subtitles, complete the following

1. Once your video is uploaded and published, wait about 10 minutes, then while still logged in, go to your video. Click on the blue Edit Video button to the bottom right of the video:
   
2. In the left sidebar, click on Transcriptions:
   
3. You will be brought to a screen that has a small table with just a few headings. The far right heading is “Subtitles.” Under it, it should already read “Published” because Youtube is now automatically generating a quick and very rough draft of the subtitles. Hover over “published” and click on it.
   
4. You will be brought to a screen where you will see your video and a series of subtitles that have already been generated. You can press play on the video and see how the subtitles look. No doubt some are spot-on and others are like, uh, what was YouTube listening to.
   
5. Click the Edit Button, which is above the video on the right. You can now go in and correct the places where YouTube got it wrong. When completed with your edits, press Publish Edits.
6. You have now added subtitles to your video!! Congrats!

Wed, 12/5: Final 1:30 – 2:00 Video Posting to the Belonging or Mental Health WebSite

1. Go to either the Belonging or Mental Health website and login.
2. In the dashboard, hover over Posts and then click on Add New.
3. Add the title as determined by your class section.
4. In the content area, past the URL for your YouTube video. The video will dynamically appear. You do not need to add any embed code.
5. Look to the right of the Add Content area. You will see a Featured Video box. This is what allows the video to appear on the front page. Past in the URL of your video and press enter. In a second or so, a tiny version of your video will appear.
   
6. Go back to the Add Content area. Directly under your video, write a short 1-line sentence that describes your video. This will be the 1-line description that appears on the front page. Edit it down to be 1 line if it is more than 1 line after you have published it.
7. Under that sentence, add the Read More line:
   
8. A blue hyphenated line will appear below your 1-line description. Below that, paste in the longer description of the video—it should be the exact same description as Paragraph 1 for YouTube. Do not include the transcript. It should only be about 3 – 4 sentences. Model it based on the descriptions on 25 Influential American Muslims.
9. UNCHECK the Uncategorized category and check either Belonging or Mental Health.
10. Add the following tags: Start Talking SJU, and others associated with your section (to be added)
11. Look everything over. Check for spelling. Check for grammar. Check to make sure the wording is clear and accurate. Then press publish. See what it looks like on the front page.
12. Congrats! You have posted your video.

Various due dates: Posting Content to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

1. Prepare your video for upload by adding subtitles.
   1. Subtitles should be written in Arial Bold font size 50. They should be centered and toward the bottom of the video.
   2. Use the Lower Third option if using iMovie.
   3. For Instagram video, either make the video a square before adding subtitles or imagine your video is a square and constrain the subtitles to that width. This will ensure the subtitles are fully seen.
2. Sign up for the appropriate posting time on the GoogleDoc that was sent to your email.
3. Follow the posting templates in the Templates Document that was emailed to you.

Reflections due 12/10 by 11:00pm

There are three parts to your reflections assignment.

• Part 1: Please include links to your web site post, Instagram post(s), and Twitter/FB post.
• Part 2 (500 – 550 words in length) should focus on the medium, on the experience of working in/with/across digital media and how they affected and afforded the kind and reach of the story you were able to tell. Please do not merely retell the story you told; I have seen the video and know that. Talk about what the technologies have allowed you—that is, you specifically—to do that you might otherwise not have been able to do. In your discussion, I’d like you to specifically reference and discuss Course Objectives 1 and 2 (Storytelling and Community Engagement). Please also be sure to look back to the readings, especially on transmedia storytelling, social narratives, empowerment narratives, and so on.
• Part 3 (500 – 750 words in length) should focus on the message of the entire project as a whole, and not just your portion of it. Specifically, I’d like you to consider whether you think our project met our goal of creating a transmedia social awareness campaign. In considering your discussion, go back to the readings by Davis, Fine, and Fosl, which suggested that stories are “bundles of narratives” and empowering in social movements when they are Social, Rhetorical, Personal, Emotional, Transformation. If it has been a success, what has it succeeded in doing and why? If not, why not? I’d like you to reference at least three of your classmates stories as a way to help ground your discussion in the work we have created.

Please email or share with Bill your reflection to his SJU email by 11:00pm, Monday, December 10.