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WikiProject Lights Camera Wiki! is a collaboration of Wikipedians, the Open Video Alliance, and content partners to encourage broader public creation of video content for Wikipedia. Wikimedia New York City is the main Wikimedia partner for this initiative.
Participants are encouraged to produce short videos in a number of special subject area projects run by our content partners.
Currently, most video activity is through Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video.
Also, please check out the Lets Get Video on Wikipedia! tutorial on YouTube
For more information, contact User:Pharos and User:Totallynuts.
How to participate
To participate in video recording you will need access to a digital camcorder or still camera with video recording capability, a tripod, and a computer with video editing software.
Some project subject-specific initiatives only require a desktop computer and some time, for example the Government initiative only involves locating footage online and uploading it. Web resources such as the Internet Archive can also be a useful source for finding properly licensed media to upload.
There are currently ten subject-specific initiatives that you can sign-up to participate in. You are also welcome to create new initiatives. It is not necessary to join one of the specific initiatives in order to participate.
Video workflow
Shooting video
When shooting please do not provide on-camera commentary or narration. This is to ensure that these videos are encyclopedic, have a neutral point of view, and can be used by similar articles in languages other than English. Remember, we are looking for videos that are simple and encyclopedic. Think about the sidebar illustrations in an encyclopedia—videos for Wikipedia should have this same encyclopedic quality, only in motion! Most videos should be between 1 and 5 minutes long.
Tripod
No matter what device you choose to shoot with, a steady hand is what we are looking for. Please use a tripod or other stabilizing equipment.
Composition and camera movement
The style of these videos are intended to be simple and clean. No quick zooms or handheld walk-throughs. Any movement within the frame (panning, tilting, or zooming) should be done slowly so that the viewer is able to focus on the detail of the images. Try and get a reasonable balance between shots with and without movement.
Buffers
If you are recording a shot with no camera movement or zoom, do not record for less than 5 seconds. If you are zooming, be sure to record 3 seconds before the zoom and wait at least 3 seconds after you reach the end of the shot. The same guidelines for zoom shots also applies to any shot that has movement (panning or tilting). Pay attention to the buffers and editing will be easier.
Editing video
Using editing software like imovie or windows media maker, import the video onto your computer to edit. Refer to instruction manuals for your specific software and camera learn how to import and edit.
In the editing process, think about opening your video with a shot that helps to establish the location of the site. (eg: the opening shot in the Grand Central Terminal video is of the front of the building with surrounding buildings.)
Do not include narration, titles, transitions, special effects (with the exception of image control effects ).
Converting your video to Ogg Theora
After exporting the video, you must convert the file to the Ogg Theora (.ogg/.ogv) format. The Xiph.org Foundation provides a list of encoders that will work across multiple platforms. Choose an encoder appropriate for your operating system, download it, and encode.
For more information on converting video, visit Help:Converting video to learn more about how to do this.
Uploading videos
Videos should be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons at Commons:Upload, where they will be accessible to all of the different language editions of Wikipedia.
We recommend using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
Once you have uploaded your video, be sure to tag it with the {{LightsCameraWiki}} template. Instructions for using this template can be found at commons:Template:LightsCameraWiki.
Embedding
To learn more about video embedding visit Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files#Video usage.
If your using the add-media-wizard you can simply search for the asset by its title, or if its an asset you uploaded click on "uploads" then click your recent upload, and the insert it into the page.
See our videos
All of the Lights Camera Wiki videos can be found at commons:Category:Lights Camera Wiki. Help us add these videos to appropriate articles.