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Video: Blogs in Plain English

Date Produced: 
Nov 30 2007
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03:01
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A short introduction to blogs - how they work and why they matter. Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.dotsub.com/view/dc75c2e2-ef81-4851-8353-a877aac9fe3c">dotSUB (translations)</a> and <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=367ab9eed5af82966a48">TeacherTube</a>. Need a <a href="/store/blogs-transcript">transcript</a>?
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Video: Zombies in Plain English

Date Produced: 
Oct 23 2008
Video Length: 
03:00
Show Description: 
Dear friend, We here at Common Craft are worried about you and your brain.
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The Learning Curve of Video Lighting

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By leelefever on October 15, 2007 - 11:52am

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I while back I wrote about solving problems when they need to be solved - and it's still very applicable.  With every video we continue to learn and solve new problems. 

In almost any video project, lighting is a huge factor we've learned so much.  There are few more stark examples of our learning curve than the listing of our videos on our YouTube page.  Notice the gradation of the white backgrounds:

 

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Video: CFL Light Bulbs in Plain English (Revised)

Date Produced: 
Apr 3 2008
Video Length: 
03:11
Show Description: 
A quick introduction to the financial and environmental savings of using CFL bulbs. Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF5g0FgZQsA">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.dotsub.com/view/d6204055-ddd8-491d-a703-48a13e26f34d">dotSUB (translations)</a> and <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3245fba713c412fc63e2">TeacherTube</a>. Need a <a href="/transcript-cfl-light-bulbs-plain-english">transcript</a>?
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Solve Problems When They Need To Be Solved

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By leelefever on August 28, 2007 - 9:06pm

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When we got started with the Common Craft show, it would have been easy to feel overwhelmed. We were stepping into the world of video production and in that world there is a lot to know. Looking back - we had something very valuable on our side: ignorance. We didn't know what we didn't know. Had we done all the research and tried really hard to make videos the "right" way from the start, I don't think we would have been as successful.

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Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Date Produced: 
Aug 6 2007
Video Length: 
03:29
Show Description: 
A short introduction to the concept of social bookmarking, using <a href="http://www.delicious.com">Delicious</a> as the example. Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.dotsub.com/view/e843f413-96c2-481f-bf1e-bf4548059ff1">dotSUB (translations)</a> and <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3e17aa176019eafac82a">TeacherTube</a>. Need a <a href="/transcript-social-bookmarking-plain-english">transcript</a>?
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Transcript: Social Bookmarking in Plain English

The text below is a transcript from the Common Craft Show video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English.

It's just too much. Did you know that there are over 15 billion web pages? To make sense of it all, we need to pluck out the best pages and save them for later.

We have choices. We could bookmark or add to favorites in our web browser. Nah, it quickly becomes messy. Plus, these bookmarks are tied to only one computer. This is the old way.

Video: Social Networking in Plain English

Date Produced: 
Jun 27 2007
Video Length: 
01:48
Show Description: 
A short introduction to the concepts behind social networking websites. Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.dotsub.com/view/3d2a8e25-fca0-465d-83e0-3c2ceca3e6a9">dotSUB (translations)</a> and <a href="http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b8f6786609d31c8ef129">TeacherTube</a>. Need a <a href="/transcript-social-networking-plain-english">transcript</a>?
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Why Paperworks: All About Constraints

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By leelefever on June 24, 2007 - 4:58pm

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Since our first couple of videos came out, I've been talking to a lot of people about what makes the Paperworks format work. Aside from the content/message, I often say that a set of constraints is what makes the format a great fit for our goals.

In this case, a "constraint" is a rule that we have decided not to break in making our videos.

Examples: We only use certain materials (paper, whiteboard, markers, string), we won't make a video over 4 minutes long, we only use our hands to tell the story and we don't use any external music (just humming, snaps, claps, etc.). Further, everything we make in the format is 100% copyright infringement free. These are the Paperworks constraints and they have a huge impact.

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Common Craft Video Productions

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By leelefever on June 13, 2007 - 11:40pm

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Common Craft (the company, not the blog) is in the midst of a change. It appears that we're becoming, quite fortuitously, a video production company.

This is our story:

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