how to make your own sl

1. Teens
need
Libraries!
Get your word out!
Teens
need
Libraries!
Create your advocacy message
quickly and easily.

2. Why?
• Advocacy is important
• Video advocacy gets people’s attention
• Video advocacy can say what you want
without you having to say anything
• You can upload a video. This means you
don’t even have to be there to advocate!

3. Preparation
• Check out trailers and advocacy
messages on YouTube
• Sketch out your ideas
• Make lists of pictures you might need such
as “angry teen” or “empty school”
• Use your imagination

4. In a nutshell
• Choose a program
• Import your images
• Place images on the timeline
• Add text and titles
• Create transition effects
• Set to music
• Finalize and compress for the web

5. Numbers
Find figures that make your
case
• www.city-data.com
• 2010.UScensus.gov
• www.Factfinder.census.gov
• Your library’s statistics
• Your local city/state’s
statistics

6. Software
• Powerpoint
• Windows Live Movie Maker
• Adobe Flash

7. Pictures
• Surf the web, search "royalty-free photos". Some
sites allow you to download pics for free, some
charge for individual pics, and some charge a
flat fee for unlimited pics. Shop around.
• Start with many more pictures than you think
you'll need. This is a visual medium.
• Make sure the pics fit your story.
• if you have the skill and equipment, make your
own images with design software such as Adobe
Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop.

8. Resources for Pictures
• Some Royalty Free Images:
commons.wikimedia.org, www.sxc.hu/,
pstutorialsblog.com/44/free-stock-photos/,
www.istockphoto.com,
• Some Free fonts: www.dafont.com,
www.fontgarden.com

9. Audio
• Do a web search for "royalty-free music”,
some sites charge, remember to shop
around.
• You can also find sound clips of
everything from babbling brooks to ringing
telephones.
• Give your video a personal touch by
recording your own voice over!

10. Resources for Audio
Some Royalty-free music websites:
www.digitaljuice.com,
www.studiocutz.com,
www.shockwave-sound.com,
www.royaltyfreemusic.com,
www.partnersinrhyme.com,
incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/,
creativecommons.org/audio

11. Put it all together
• Try going frame-by-frame and matching
your pictures to your music or narration.
Make pictures pop up just as the music
rises to a crescendo
• Have other people critique your video and
give you advise
• Wait a few days and watch it again, did
you get everything in?

12. Upload
Steps for uploading your video:
• Put it in the correct file format (usually WMV,
AVI, MOV, or MPEG)
• Navigate the Upload page
• Use descriptions and tags to give your video the
most visibility
• Try these sites:
YouTube: www.youtube.com, MySpace:
www.myspace.com, you can upload to multiple
sites at once: www.tubemogul.com

13. Tell EVERYON You ever met!
Consider posting your video on your blog, website,
MySpace page, and so on. Then announce it to
your family and friends, your fellow writers, and
your readers. Invite them to link to or even post
your video on their blogs and websites.
Encourage them to share the link on e-mail
loops, bulletin boards, and via private e-mails.

14. Keep in mind…
• Copyright laws are real and they are
important! Don’t use your fave pop tune
without getting permission first.
• Don’t use every single digital video option
(set things on fire, fade in and out, flash
things in rainbow strobe).
• Proof read, have friends proof read and
then proof read again!

15. An example of visual advocacy

16. An example of visual advocacy