A Call to Share Your Journey
Why Share?
- Inspire others: Sharing your journey can inspire others to contribute and highlight the diverse strengths within our community.
- Foster Change: Your narrative can underscore the collective impact we can make toward health equity and representation.
- Build Connections: By sharing your experiences, you build connections with like-minded professionals committed to similar causes.
Listen to Rod Cotton’s Quick Guide
Get Started with These Prompts
- Introduction: Your Career Journey
- Summarize our professional background, key milestones, and the industries you’ve influenced.
- The Importance of Your Role
- How have your roles enabled you to drive change, advocate for diversity, or influence your field?
- BCBR Experience and Impact
- How has BCBR had an impact on your life and career?
- What makes BCBR a special program and community?
- Commitment to BCBR
- What fuels your passion and commitment to BCBR?
- Why is it so important to ensure that BCBR is sustained in perpetuity?
- Why have you or do you plan to make a significant donation to the BCBR Gala and endowment?
Let's collectively showcase the power of our combined experiences. Record your video or write your narrative and share it with the BCBR community. Together, we can amplify our voices and drive meaningful change.
Thank you for being part of this incredible journey! - Rod Cotton
Minimum Requirements
Deadline August 31st, 2024
- Record video horizontally.
- Set the resolution to 4K (or 1080P if the highest option).
- Video length: 1-3 minutes.
- Include 2-3 candid photos.
- File name format:
- Video: lastnameFirstname.mp4
- Photo: lastnameFirstname.jpeg
Tips on Filming A Video
Find a quiet place to film
- This might seem obvious, but your workplace or out in public can be noisy environments and will make it difficult to hear the sound of your voice on the video.
- Loud fans, air conditioners, or running water will also interfere with your sound quality.
Make sure your phone has enough storage space
- You can check this in your settings (Settings→General→iPhone Storage).
- You can choose to delete large files from there.
Turn off notifications
- Turn on Do Not Disturb mode before you start filming.
- Notifications will show up on your video if they are not turned off.
Use a tripod or sturdy surface
- And if you don’t have a tripod, you can prop the phone up on a counter or table.
- Holding your phone with both hands will work, but the video may be shaky.
Lighting
- Find a room or location with plenty of natural light.
- Avoid lights directly over your head because they cause dark circles around your eyes.
- Your light should be in front of you.
- Avoid having a window or light source behind you.
- The light should shine on what you want the audience to see
Use a microphone (if available)
- Your voice should be directed at the phone’s mic/speaker so you get the best quality sound.
Film horizontally (phone on its Side)
- Filming sideways allows the video to be used on more platforms
Stand close to your phone
- What we want to see is your head and shoulders.
- Physically moving closer to the phone helps with that.
- Don't use the zoom capability.
- Instead, physically move your filming setup closer to your subject to eliminate the need to zoom in.
Lock your focus and exposure
- Before you press record, hold down your finger on the subject of your video until a yellow box appears around the person or object and the words "AE/AF Lock" appear.
Your settings
- See this YouTube video
- Resolution 4K, Frame Rate 24 fps.
- Additional videos can be found below.
Clean your lens
- Make sure your lens is clear. If it’s not, carefully clean it with a microfiber cloth.
How to Change Your Video Resolution
Here are some helpful videos to change your video recording resolution.