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Wiki Makes Video logo Did you know that while English Wikipedia has over 4 million articles, only 0.1% of them have video? Shouldn't the articles for soccer and line dancing have video explanations, and not just text and photos? Help contribute to the Wiki Makes Video project to bring more video to Wikipedia: Join the Wiki Makes Video Project in improving video content on Wikipedia.org. Overview See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/About Proposal: April 2013 Contest Wiki Loves Monuments-style contest to challenge users to make videos for Wikipedia articles. Dates: April 8 -26, 2013 Organizer: User:Fuzheado and students from University of Southern California Visual literacy training Sandbag operation at Venice Beach pier in California. September 30, 2010. One of the more successful way of training new folks in visual literacy is through patterns. One such pattern that is used in journalism circles is the "BBC 5 shot" pattern, pioneered by Michael Rosenblum. (See the Wikipedia article Sandbag for an example of this, done by Fuzheado). It states that all stories should be human-oriented, and always consist of this sequence as a start: Closeup on the hands Closeup on the face Wide shot Over the shoulder shot Unusual shot See the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Video training for more information. All these should follow the basic visual literacy rules: Frame the subject using the rule of thirds, for framing a subject Don't move the camera, treat each shot like a still shot Don't cross the line of action. Stay on one side of the subject so that there is visual continuity Topics ripe for video See Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Suggest Sample Videos See Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Examples Related efforts Wikipedia:Videos - General page, dormant for two years. Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lights_Camera_Wiki - Good technical description, but provides little assistance on visual literacy and shooting technique. Page dormant for two years now, though videos are added through smaller projects. Commons:Category:Lights Camera Wiki - All Lights Camera Wiki videos produced from the project Commons:Category:Videos_by_Alverno_College_Advanced_Media_Studies - Alverno College's video efforts, in a Commons category Commons:Video Commons:Audio_and_video_requests#Video_requests Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files#Video Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet - shots of everyday life, in Paris and all over the world. BBC had a TV series, The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn. DVD (Amazon) [1] WikiTV - Custom educational videos for on-wiki use; collaboration with broadcasters on releasing content under free licenses Open Access Media Importer - Uploads scientific video and audio files from open access sources to Commons Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast - A guide to recording video-tutorials, for editors. Interested parties Fuzheado | Talk 16:09, 4 December 2012 (UTC) Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 19:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)