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What is Instagram?
What is Instagram?
Instagram is a 24/7 party with all your favorite friends, family members, and beautiful strangers across the globe sharing the very best photos and video stories everyday. It’s possibly the happiest place on the Internet.
Because of the scale of this audience, Instagram is also serious business for building brands because it gives you a direct connections to hundreds (or thousands!) fans and customers everyday.
To help you sweeten your Instagram feed, @artLABmaui and @akakucontest is offering playdates with technology Monday afternoons (3-5) and Wednesday (9am-12pm).
Pre-requisites:
Pre-requisites:
- Before the class starts you must have the Instagram app installed on your phone and have created an account.
- Please read this, "A Beginner's Guide to Instagram for Adults"
Things to Bring
Things to Bring
- Snacks, water, sunscreen, battery charger
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
- Post an edited Photo – cropped and color corrected
- Post a Video – shot in Instagram
- Post to Instagram Stories – Silent Movies with Boomerang
- Live Cast?
Zone 1: Meet Instagram & Friends
Zone 1: Meet Instagram & Friends
Instagram + Layout + Boomerang + Hyperlapse
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social media app.
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social media app.
Layout helps you make photo collages.
Layout helps you make photo collages.
Boomerang creates looping animations.
Boomerang creates looping animations.
Hyperlapse creates smooth time lapse videos.
Hyperlapse creates smooth time lapse videos.
1. Home Screen – Your feed and stories live here.
1. Home Screen – Your feed and stories live here.
2. Search Screen – Find friends and trending videos.
2. Search Screen – Find friends and trending videos.
3. Profile Screen – Update your bio and profile picture here.
3. Profile Screen – Update your bio and profile picture here.
Zone 2 - Edit and Post a Photo
Zone 2 - Edit and Post a Photo
Let's make a pretty picture even prettier!
1. Select a photo from your library (or take a new one)
1. Select a photo from your library (or take a new one)
2. Chose a photo filter to change the color and mood of your image.
2. Chose a photo filter to change the color and mood of your image.
3. Explore all the ways you can change the photo – play with the settings until you are happy with the end result.
3. Explore all the ways you can change the photo – play with the settings until you are happy with the end result.
Zone 3: Boomerang App
Zone 3: Boomerang App
Animated Loops and Camera Moves
The Boomerang Movie
The Boomerang Movie
Boomerang creates video loops that animate back and forth.
Boomerang creates video loops that animate back and forth.
By moving your phone while taking a video, you can create different effects...
By moving your phone while taking a video, you can create different effects...
What happens if you move the camera towards your subject?
What happens if you move the camera towards your subject?
What happens if you move the camera around your subject?
What happens if you move the camera around your subject?
When does the shot feel 3D? When do you stay still and let the subject move?
When does the shot feel 3D? When do you stay still and let the subject move?
How could you create linkages between shots and movement between scenes?
How could you create linkages between shots and movement between scenes?
Zone 4: Layout
Zone 4: Layout
Photo collages and pattern making
Can you make a photo collage with Layout?
Can you make a photo collage with Layout?
Layout can stack images on top of each other – great for panoramas
Layout can create vertical towers – great for fashion shoots
Layout can create grids – great for story telling
Mission: Make 1 of Each!
A "diptych" is two image panels that complement each other. Can you make a collage with just two images?
A "triptych" is a sequence of three images – often used to tell a story.
The Patternmaking Game
The Patternmaking Game
Are you ready to play a game with Layout?
Are you ready to play a game with Layout?
What kinds of cool patterns can you make if you fold the same image 3 or 4 times?
What kinds of cool patterns can you make if you fold the same image 3 or 4 times?
Mission: The Silent Movie
Mission: The Silent Movie
Create a silent movie in Instagram Stories using only the Boomerang mode. It can be about nature, sports, kung-fu... use your imagination to discover what is possible.
Create a silent movie in Instagram Stories using only the Boomerang mode. It can be about nature, sports, kung-fu... use your imagination to discover what is possible.
Zone 5: Hyperlapse App
Zone 5: Hyperlapse App
Time lapse
#SugarSnaps
#SugarSnaps
It’s also an exciting place to share your stories. AKAKU is looking for the best stories about sugar on Maui – past, present, and future. AKAKU’s “Aloha Sugar” Video Contest is accepting 30-60 second videos shared on Instagram in the “Sugar Snaps” category, just be sure to include @akakucontest and #alohasugar in your video posts if you want to be considered for the contest. Please visit www.akaku.org/contest or bit.ly/akakucontest for more information.
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