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Video Production:Using Video to Enliven the Curriculum

Teachers are good at assigning projects,but they have one of their own…To make each student discover a love of learningand exploring on their own.

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Video in the Classroom

1. What ‘one video’ do you remember seeing in a PreK- 12 classroom experience? Why do you think you remember seeing it?

2. What are the advantages to using video in the classroom?

3. What are the advantages to students producing videos in the classroom?

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Video Use in Schools

• In order for a school to use a video without paying royalties for a public performance, ALL of these criteria must be met:

1. The use must take place in a classroom or similar place of instruction.

2. The use must be part of the regular instructional process and not recreational.

3. The use must be in the course of face-to-face teaching activities.

4. The video must be lawfully made or acquired copy.•

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Genres of Digital Stories

• Traditional

• Learning Stories

• PBL

• Social Justice & Cultural

• Reflective Practice» Garrety & Schmidt, 2008

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Why have students produce videos?

• Video production provides the ultimate opportunity for student engagement in learning. It is by definition integrated in nature involving script writing, artistic rendering, oral presentation, and technical knowledge and application.

“One of the biggest hurdles for would-be moviemakers is the fear that they don’t have a worthwhile story to tell.”

-Scott Smith, Making Movies, p. 2

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Stories are everywhere!We are all innate storytellers.

• The generation of a polished video product might be described as video production, a process that encompasses far more than taking some footage with a camcorder. When it is done as a learning task, the other steps in the process contribute to making the experience active and authentic.

• - G&G p. 296

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Stages of Video Production

1. Preproduction - everything that happens before the actual taping of the video - script is written, shot sequences are planned, decisions about production are made. (Most important stage of the process.)

2. Production - resources created and collected actual; taping of the video sequence is completed.

3. Postproduction - stage in which editing is completed.

(G&G p. 296-298 - Planning Phase, Collecting Sources, Video Editing)

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Preproduction Stage

Generate the idea…– How will you tell the story?

Write out a detailed script– What message will you communicate?

Select a project format – Camcorder/DV camera only

– Digital video editing

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Scripting a Video

Rough storyboard of visuals

Audio - what will be said, what will be heard

Medium used

Source

still picture

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Select a Project Format

VHS/DV Camcorder Video Editing Software

Advantages• Simple - if script is tight!

Advantages• Can add text on top of video clips• Can add narration and CD music at any point• Can add transition effects• Can export as a QuickTime movie for publishing on Web etc.

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Select a Project Format

VHS/DV Camcorder Video Editing Software

Disadvantages• No transition effects• Must record in order• Can’t add clips or music later

Disadvantages• Can run into computer problems• Requires a lot of hard drive space• Requires a next step - editing the video• Time• Limited access --- to a point

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Select a Project Format

VHS/DV Camcorder Video Editing Software

Checklist• Detailed script• Camcorder and tripod• Tape (VHS or DV)

Checklist• Detailed script• All motion video recorded with digital video camera (DV Tape)• All still pictures stored on storage disk• All music on CD

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Video Production Techniques

•Establishing Shot: LS, MS, CU•Motivated Cut•Cut-on-Action•Cut-Away

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Off you go:

• What do you need to do?– Select topic (Prompt: Education Technology Redefined is...)

– Begin writing script - ‘tell the story’

– Select video ‘format’

– Start to locate and collect your resources

– Shoot, Edit, & Share