Bring your curriculum alive by teaching your students to express themselves and share their knowledge by using the tools of their generation. Video projects can document life, capture abstract scientific demonstrations, current events, family stories and multiple creative ideas that uniquely engage students in learning while at the same time, students master basic skills such as researching, writing, reading and speaking. The process of video production allows students with multiple learning styles to be successful. The entire project can be an original piece by using video footage, photos, voice-overs and originally created student music. Students can easily record, edit, burn to DVD and upload their videos to the Internet in just a few steps. Video production can be engaging for many reasons, but when you know that a large audience will view your end project this 21st Century learning process is exciting.
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DAY 1 - Pre-Production: Finding and organizing ideas worth communicating
1. Video Releases
2. Video Introductions
3. Getting Started: Seven Steps for Digital Storytelling - Resource
4. Access educator-created iMovie lesson plans for all subject areas and grade levels: Learning Interchange
5. What Project Do You Want to Work on this week? - Resource
Documentary
Instructional
Political
Story/Drama
Social Justice
News
Environmental - How To Go Green!
Voice Over
Solving Problems
Interview - Survey
Music Video
Comedy
6. The Computers - Organization of Folders & Where to Save
7. Copyright
Create your own work! (Use a camera to capture your own images and learn how to use Garage Band to create your own music!)
If you use music or images that are not your own, you CANNOT publish your video project on the Internet.
You are only allowed to use 30 seconds of copyright protected music.
8. Design - Resource (highly detailed)
Storyboard: A blueprint or an idea of what your film is going to look like. Define movement and camera angles. Focus on narration, images, titles, transitions, special effects, music, and sounds. Make a list of images, titles and sounds.
9. Scriptwriting & Editing
How to ask good questions.
Use humor
10. Lighting - Resource
Think about where you are setting up your scene. Avoid shooting people in front of a bright window, which will create a darkened figure against a bright background. Have the sun or light on the camera person's back.
Bright light on a face will create deep shadows. Try to shoot in the shade. Overcast days are the best day to shoot video.
11. Shots - Resources
Extreme Long Shot {Establishing Shot} - highlights the surroundings of an individual
Long Shot
Medium Shot
Close-up
Extreme Close-up - highlights the expression on a face
11a. Continutiy
12. Camera Angels - Create emotion - Resources
13. Tips
Three S Rule of Straight, Steady, and Smooth - Use a tripod! (especially for panning left to right or up or down)
Do NOT over Zoom! One zoom per scene
Get down on their level
Think about your background
Capture feelings (candid shots / no posing}
Get close
Show scale
Try different angles
Think about lighting
14. Voice Over - don't forget about it!
15. Sample Videos
Child Labor in Nepal
The American Experience
Rights and Responsibility
Green Gorilla 2
Family Stories
Kid Videos
16. Planning
Exchange Emails & talk about props.
DAY 2 - Production
1. The Camera
2. Field Shooting
3. iMovie Getting Started
3. Import Video
4. Begin Editing
1. Video Editing
2. Create a Soundtrack
1. Editing (Titles, Effects & Transitions)
2. Finish a Soundtrack
DAY 5- Distribution
1. Compressing Video - Making it ready for the Internet
2. Publishing Video to the Internet
3. Exporting Video to iDVD
4. Burning a DVD
5. Group Screening
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