Use of video

Case Study

Livia Livia is from Rome. She is 64 years old and lives alone. She got the offer to lecture Italian Literature in a new-build university in Cuba. Therefore, she decides to go there and to live for the next three years in Havana.

Her family in Rome – especially her 4 grandchildren, miss her grandma. They use Skype to communicate regularly. Her grandchildren bring Livia to the idea to establish a YouTube channel as a video blog (vlog). Livia finds this idea great and starts enthusiastically to create videos from daily life in Havana and to start a documentation of her activities there.

Please follow the instructions below and answer the asked questions!

Read the text https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1646861?hl=en
Is the idea of creating a YouTube Chanel practicable?
Which privacy issues do you have to take into account, creating such a channel?
Are there any legal restrictions to create such a channel?

Assignment

Take a sheet of paper or use a word processor on your computer and create a list of keywords (followed with a short statement). Compare your list with the given answers of the feedback.

Feedback

Yes, the idea can be implemented in principle. Thematic videos that document the stay in a country are also one of the core areas of YouTube.

What things should you watch out for?

Copyright
If you add music to videos, you have to pay license fees
Right to your own picture
If individual people are visible on the video, you would have to ask them whether they agree to it before it is published.
Restrictions to take pictures or videoing
In some countries you are not allowed to photograph or film everything outdoors, including military installations, train stations, sometimes bridges or other important elements of the infrastructure. Before starting the video documentation, you should find out which restrictions apply in the respective country.
Marking of advertisements
Due to the large number of influencers who advertise a company or product in their videos, promotional videos must be labeled. So, if anything is advertised in the videos, labeling is necessary.