1st Semester Teacher Interview Project

Studio Interview Project Process and Rubric:

1. Copy Video from the VS1- Telecom Video-Import Capture-Your Name folder to the Desktop-Your Name Teacher Interview Project.

2. Create a New Project in Final Cut saved to your Desktop- Your Name Teacher Interview Project named Interview with Jack Douglass Steve Douglass 4.9.09.

3. File-Import the video from the desktop-

4. Right Click on the video file, go down to Item Properties- Format… click right below NTSC and check marks should appear next to Anamorphic- this will make your video look like the 16x9 format

5. Watch through your interview in the Viewer to see what you have to keep and cut out- remember you want this to be tight and interesting.

6. Select the In point [ ( ] and Out point [ ) ] of the different questions that you would like to keep and drag them down to the timeline.

7. Organize your clips on the timeline to tell your story. Remember try not to include the question so the story flows more naturally.

8. Trim your clips to make sure the ideas flow- this is hard to do well, so take your time and ask for your partner’s help to make sure things work.

Rough Cut Critique: 25 points – Friday October 23

9. In Google Sites create a text box to create a Shot Sheet: 25 points –

insert this below your questions under the "Teacher Interview Project" page

Shot Sheet Example- SHOOT 3 TIMES AS MUCH

10. Capture B-roll, on your own tape, into a NEW Final Cut project called Your Name Capture and save it on the Telecom Video-Import Capture-Your folder. Then copy JUST the MOV files to your desktop- Your folder and then Import them into your Interview project.

11. Place all of your b-roll on Video 2, 3 or 4- utilize the natural audio if it helps, but don’t let it confuse the interview audio.

12. Dissolve all of you B-roll with the (right click on the transition) Cross Dissolve in and out of your interview.

Peer Critique: 25 points— Tuesday November 10

13. Create Audio Key Frames to keep your audio around -8dbs (or from green to yellow on the VU meter) consistently throughout the timeline.

14. Create your own Soundtrack music bed. Remember music needs to complement, not distract.

15. Create a title at the end of your interview that matches the feel of your project.

16. Export your video to the Telecom Video-Final Projects- Your Hour- Interview Project

17. Burn your project in iDVD by Creating a New Project and saving it to your folder (make sure it is Widescreen (16x9)

18. Click on the first icon on the middle of the menu (that looks like an alien) and then drag your video from the Finder to the first box.

19. On the bottom left, click on the i with the circle around it- which lets you customize your DVD menu.

20. Then preview it by hitting play on the bottom right and then burn, which is the next icon to the right of the play button.

Final Project Due to DVD by the end of class period- Tuesday November 17

Studio Teacher Interview PROJECT

Assignment: Have a teacher explain what they are passionate about, what they enjoy about their job or what they do every day that is unique. You will interview them in the studio and shoot b-roll to explain their thoughts and ideas- which could end up on our website.

Due: 5-10 minute studio interview that will be edited down with b-roll, pictures and music to tell a 2-5 minute story.

Goal: To work with a partner, or yourself, to find a good story that you can cultivate and share with a wide audience online. You will learn and follow the production process for studio interviews while building on the experience gained in Final Cut Pro.

Pre- Production Process:

Monday- Thursday October 19-22 = Cut down Interview Audio

Friday October 23- Rough Cut Critique of story

Post- Production Process:

Monday October 26- Begin Shooting B-roll

Tuesday October 27- B-roll capturing

Wednesday October 28- Post- Production Editing

Thursday October 29- Post- Production Editing

Friday October 30- B-roll should be complete

Monday November 2- Post- production editing

Tuesday November 3- Rough Draft Peer Critique

Wednesday November 4- Critiquing AP/CP projects

Monday November 9- Editing

Tuesday November 10- Final Project due by the end of the hour

Rubric-

15 Questions for the teacher 25 points

Learning how to use the live production equipment 100 points

Shooting Quality B-roll 25 points

Rough Cut Teacher critique in Google sites 25 points

Rough Draft Peer Critique in Google Sites 25 points

Final Draft for DVD or the web 100 points

Total 300 points