VIDEO II
IMPORTANT INFO:
Quarter 1 & 2: News Production/Segment Creation & multiple individualized projects during both quarters of the class
This course is specifically designed to create and run a LIVE news show that will be presented daily. This course is extremely involved and requires a lot of time to making sure segments are done well and done on time. This will likely require you to work outside of class during school hours/after school in order to get your segment done. You MUST meet project deadlines in order to receive full credit and to have your segment aired. We take a lot of pride in making sure our news show is as acceptable as we can make it by following the 3 P's:
PERTINENT - PROFESSIONAL - PROMPT
LIVE News Show Roles Include:
TECHNICAL GROUP:
Producer/Director - Calls the commands to the main camera, ques talent, gives direction to everyone on the floor. Will also serve the same role in the traveling reporting station. This individual will also be respondsible for collecting segments for the daily show on the jump drive.
Newsroom Manager - Maintains order in the studio, pivotal in organizing room clean up (especially on Friday’s), and completes weekly production guide.
Main Floor Camera - In charge of operating and running the main floor camera and directly reporting to the Director.
Traveling Camera - In charge of operating and running the traveling reporting station camera (camera may be on tripod, shoulder mount, or jib arm). Listens to commands from Director.
Computer - Runs and operates video switchers, manages live streaming software, and listens to Director. Will also serve the same role in the traveling reporting station.
Audio - Operates the audio mixer. Balances all audio levels as they happen. Will also serve the same role in the traveling reporting station.
Teleprompter Operator - collects daily announcements from Mrs. Maxson’s gmail and prepares the teleprompter for reading. Will also serve the same role in the traveling reporting station.
TALENT:
Anchors (one or two people depending on the semester) - Individual or team who are lead deliverer of the school news. Responsible for maintaining a certain level of professionalism and maturity while on camera.
Reporter - Individual person role similar to the Anchor who reports live news on location. Reads daily announcements, and reports during live events.
Weather Weekend Weather - Looks up current and future weather conditions, writes script, gets appropriate graphics to the Computer Engineer. Create supplemental
Weekly Weather & Weekend Weather
Sportscaster/Athlete of the Week - looks up school sports news, game times, game results and writes their script, gets their segment to the Computer Engineer.
Weekly Sports & Athlete of the Week
Lunch - Creates daily lunch menu to be displayed every single day M-F (must include music and text displaying today's menu).
Campus News & Happenings - responsible for giving additional information about relevant information that is supplemental to the new show.
Staff and Student Highlight - responsible for highlighting staff members and students on our weekly Eagle News Highlight day on Wednesday.
**Commercial Crew - responsible for creating weekly commercial segments which highlight different academic groups/clubs within the high school. You may also be asked to highlight local/community organizations.
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** You may be asked to sign up for one week (or more) of anchoring per Quarter.
This is not optional if you are asked.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS:
During the semester, you will be required to complete three supplemental projects each quarter beyond your normal required weekly segments. These have set due dates and will not be accepted late.
Q1 (or 3): One Commerical and Two Creative Supplementals
Q2 (or 4): One Commerical and Two Creative Supplementals
PODCASTING:
During the semester, you will also be required to complete a podcast that you will appear in at least twice per month. Your podcast can be created solo or co-hosted with a friend from class and needs to be a minimum of five minutes per episode. The idea of the podcast project is that the supporting content you discuss can be something that we share on the news show as supportive content for your segment. You need to include the following: a teaser title, intro music, verbal intro, a minimum of five minutes of discussion on your content, an outro, and a teaser for the next episode.
Project - ELEVATOR MOVIE
Selecting one of the video examples offered, you will watch the short films provided and crop one down to 60-75 seconds of what you consider to be the most important information of that piece. As you break your selected video down to one minute, you need to consider how you wish to re-tell the story or highlight the most important information from that film.
Please be aware of the transitions you create between the clips and focus on making the story fluid and clean. I am looking for good storytelling and solid editing.
BLANK
Different
Coin Operated
After Hours
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Length at 60-75 seconds
Transitions seem accurate and do not jump around leaving the viewer lost
Added to Google Drive folder - CROP DOWN
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: CROP DOWN RUBRIC
Project - CREATIVE EFFECTS
Adobe Premiere is full of amazing capabilities. This project is slightly different than most because you are being offered the chance to select any subject matter of your choice for filming and only need to create a video that is 60 seconds long. This may be 60 continuous seconds of one shot or 60 seconds of clips paired together. The only requirement is that through extensive research, you need to learn and apply three different creative effects to your footage. The effects can be used more than once and for any duration that seems appropriate. The links below are by no means the only options you have to use - be creative and find some of your own! In the end, you must explain in detail how you achieved this process through Premiere. Be prepared to answer questions!
Extensive List of Creative Effects
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Length at 60 seconds exactly (one-shot or multiple stitched together)
Must be a school appropriate
Scenes created are meaningful to the end product
A minimum of three video transitions are accurately applied
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder - CREATIVE EFFECTS
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: CREATIVE EFFECTS RUBRIC
McKee Garee - creative effectsCopy of montgomery_creative-effects.mp4Project - MUSIC FIRST
Using any music (school-appropriate) with or without lyrics, you will create a video of your choice that you think most accurately depicts the music style that you selected.
One of the best techniques you can add to a video is learning how to edit to the beat. This means, to cut video transitions on the downbeat of the music. This is a helpful technique because it helps call attention to your edits, but this does not have to be your go-to selection for video editing. As with any "rules of video" there are times when the rules are meant to be broken. There will be plenty of times when you do want to call attention to your edit point by putting it directly on a music beat. More often than not, though, you will want to keep the edit point off the beat and let the action do the talking. This choice is entirely yours to make.
WATCH THIS FIRST - EASY EDITING IN PREMIERE
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Must be a school appropriate
Scenes created are meaningful to the end product
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder - MUSIC FIRST
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: MUSIC FIRST RUBRIC
conner music.mp4McKee - Music First Project - TIME LAPSE
This process is extremely unique to the ways we are most familiar with creating video footage. For this assignment, you are capturing photographs in order to properly create a true time-lapse video. Time-lapse work captures what the human eye cannot distinguish as separate movements - therefore video is created. You will use three programs in order to achieve this process: Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere.
WATCH THIS VIDEO - STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
This process requires some basics:
Tripod or steady surface
Camera (GoPro, DSLR, etc. preferable, basically any kind of camera that has fixed settings or manual) - set to manual mode to ensure that the camera settings won't change
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Length at 60 seconds exactly
Must be a school appropriate
Scenes created are meaningful to the end product
Music Added to enhance video
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder - TIME LAPSE
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: TIME-LAPSE RUBRIC
Project - REVERSE FILMING
Using any found footage you can find online, you will create a video that is approximately 1:00-2:00 in length. The video does not need a storyboard but needs to be roughly planned out on paper beforehand.
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Length at 60 seconds exactly
Must be a school appropriate
Scenes created are meaningful to the end product
A minimum of three video transitions are accurately applied
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder - CREATIVE EFFECTS
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: REVERSE FILMING RUBRIC
Video in ReverseProject - STOP MOTION
You are required to create a stop motion video that is anywhere from 30-45 seconds in length. You can select from any style of stop motion, but you must have a storyboard create beforehand that shares the general plan for your project. Your final grade will be based on the accuracy of your storyboard to your finished product.
You may work with one partner, but both partners must complete the following list:
Creating the stop motion concept
Storyboarding the plan (storyline is clear)
Arrange and animate the material to be photographed fluidly
Using an appropriate stop motion program to record the footage
Adding/Editing in Premiere
Adding a title slides (opening, closing titles that include music used and credits)
Adding supplemental sound for your video
Four categories of Stop Motion Include:
Claymation (using clay in motion)
Object Motion (using objects in motion)
Cut out motion (cut out paper in motion)
Pixilation (animating people as if they were characters/figures in a stop motion set)
Download app - Stop Motion Studio
Frame Rate: Shoot for 12 fps (or more) You can select in the app
Somethings to consider:
Keep it steady
Use a DSLR on a tripod or cell phone on a cell mount
Shoot manually
Don't touch your camera OR if you do, DO IT LIGHTLY (it will cause shifting)
Link camera with iPhone if possible for capturing photos
Shoot manually in-app to avoid changes to the lighting in the scene
Set up good lighting
Supplemental sound:
Add in background music.
Add in supporting sounds in Premiere after filming that shows connections with the actions that occur in your video. You can create these sounds yourself.
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: STOP-MOTION RUBRIC
Stop motion projrct Carson and caleb.mp4sick awesome stop motion.mp4Stop Motion Project (Zain and Reece).mp4Project - Mimic
They say that imitation is the biggest form of flattery ... right? For this project, you will select a video of your choice that most closely identifies with you. After making your selection, you will attempt to copy the video both in audio and video to try and mimic the video down to the smallest detail. Take your time and select something that works best for you.
You need to submit the original and the newly filmed version in the MIMIC folder upon completion. This is part of your final grade.
Check out some of these SNL skits as inspiration
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
The length depends on the video selected
Must be a school appropriate
Video is accurately shot scene by scene
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder along WITH the original - MIMIC
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: MUSIC MIMIC RUBRIC
Project - TELL A STORY
Using any footage you can find online, you will create a video that is approximately 1:00-2:00 in length. The video does not need a storyboard but needs to be roughly planned out on paper beforehand using a story clock. A story clock allows you to plan out major events sequentially while allowing you to fill in important events as they occur. You begin by thinking through what the main subject matter of the video will be and decide what the end "goal" is for the film - then fill in the rest as you see fit. Every story needs to display some kind of conflict that is either resolved or changed. This method of using a story clock allows you more freedom as you begin to discover footage online and begin finding ways to apply it to your own unique story.
Watch this until 2:20 to understand the story clock process - need help? See Maxson
Project Requirements (all information on the rubric):
Length at 1:00-2:00
Must be a school appropriate
Story clock has been created
Scenes created are meaningful to the end product
Video transitions and smooth
Audio level(s) at a good level
Added to Google Drive folder - TELL A STORY
Project completed on time
FINISHING: Wksht, Presentation w/ Critique
HANDOUTS: STORY CLOCK, TELL A STORY RUBRIC
stagg tell a story.mp4