Video Community Minutes

Community minutes are the space in all our events for the CMEdi community to make announcements, shout outs and ask for help or support. We are going to keep this going in the new-format virtual events we’ll be running while social distancing rules need to be followed, with pre-recorded videos instead of in-person announcements.

While our events have to be held online, pre-recorded community minute videos will be streamed to everyone attending the event, and then also posted to our social media channels (our first virtual event, in March, had more than 100 attendees, and our instagram and twitter both have more than 2.5k followers).

Anyone is free to submit a video. We’d love to hear about your business and how you’re coping in this challenging time and any events or services you’re providing (especially ones that can be accessed remotely!). If you are in need of additional help or support please let our community step up! If you’d like to give a shout-out to the rest of us while we’re all self-distancing, or highlight someone doing amazing work, please feel free. 

• Videos must be a maximum 60 seconds long. 
• One video file per person. Unfortunately we can’t edit anything for you 
• Video files should be sent to kristian@irregulargalaxy.co.uk (we recommend using wetransfer.com to send larger files), with ‘Community Minute’ in the subject line. Videos should be received by 3pm on Wednesday before the event to be included.
• Keep it PG please! (We aren’t going to broadcast any inappropriate content)
  

A few tips: ideally film in widescreen/ landscape format, and try to record somewhere with minimal background noise and a decent amount of light. Also remember to include social media accounts, hashtags, and web links (if you’re feeling fancy you could add these to your video as graphics, or you can just hold up a piece of paper!)  

Beyond that, feel free to go as simple & straight-forward or as wildly creative as you like - you could use a swanky 4K camera, but something shot on your phone will work just as well. Film selfie-style, prop your phone up on a bookshelf, or get someone else to hold the camera. Edit together multiple shots and add graphics or effects, or just film a single take. 

We can’t wait to hear your news and share it with everyone else. 

Find details of our next event at https://creativemornings.com/cities/edi