• 11 Music Resources for Your Storytelling Needs

    A collection of music and audio resources that can enhance your videos and other pieces with audio components.
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  • A Guide to Duke’s Social Media Video Graphics Package

    When selecting fonts and colors while creating the customizable graphics, users should adhere to the Duke Brand Guide. Opening Graphic Generally, full-screen graphics should not be used on social media videos, especially on TikTok or Instagram Reels. On these platforms, viewers scroll quickly through lots of content. The first seconds of the video should the most attention-grabbing part,…
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  • Audio Resources

    Explore the resources Duke has to help you produce and distribute audio. And check out some of Duke’s own award-winning podcasts.
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  • Duke Video Strategy

    It’s an incredible, but busy, time to be a video creator. These days, everyone wants a video to tell their story, showcase their event or bring to life something new or special. It’s clear videos are the ways viewers enjoy consuming content. In 2018, the number of digital video viewers in the United States amounted to 228.8 million…
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  • Filming Guidance

    Best-practices, tips and tricks for getting the best shots and raising the production quality of your videos.
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  • Photography at Duke

    Get tips on planning your photography projects and learn the basics of composing a photo and putting together shots that fit with the Duke brand.
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  • Photography Vendors

    A list of freelance photographers available for events and editorial assignments. Many come with recommendations from your fellow communicators.
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  • Publicize Your Live Webcast

    Communications offices across Duke have begun webcasting their events to reach larger audiences. Although Duke does not have a centralized webcasting service, it does offer a number of resources to help you publicize your online event. Duke University Communications offers the following tips. General Advice If you are new to webcasting and have general questions about when it…
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  • Social Media Guidelines

    The purpose of these guidelines is to help Duke communicators understand how Duke policies apply to digital communications such as blogs and social media, and to guide them in using social media platforms. The guidelines apply to material that Duke communications offices and related units publish on Duke-hosted websites and branded Duke unit profiles such as those on…
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  • Video Production at Duke

    Video is one of our most powerful tools for telling stories and reaching university audiences. Navigating the possibilities of video takes many kinds of skills and tools. We've outlined some best practices and solutions below.
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  • Video Resources

    We’ve pulled together a list of the best resources available for Duke’s video community below. Take a look!
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  • YouTube Publishing Checklist

    After you’ve produced a great piece of content, you want as many people as possible to see it. That’s where optimization comes in. The following tips will help people discover and engage with your videos. Metadata In just a few minutes, you can make easy adjustments to your titles, tags and descriptions that will help YouTube index your…
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