Teacher Interview Project Fall 2013

Lake Forest High School New Media

Assignment: Have an available 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 for our

website as well as around the school.

Due: 8-15 minute studio interview that will be edited down with b-roll, pictures and music to tell a 2-3 minute story.

Goal: To work with a partner, or by yourself, to find a good story that you can cultivate and share with our school community.

You will learn and follow the production process for studio interviews while building on the experience gained so far

with the smartphone project. You will also learn how to shoot b-roll with a larger camera, as a group as well as individually.

Pre- Production Process:

Tuesday October 8- Introduce project, create groups, hear the TA's wisdom from their projects, select possible teachers

for pre-interview on Wednesday, figure out the three topics you would like to talk about

Wednesday October 9- Conduct pre-interviews with teachers (going over 3 themes and getting a date set), work on 15

questions based on the 3 themes you agreed to talk about

Thursday October 10-Finalize questions and email them the final questions by the end of the hour + select who is going to interview

Friday October 11- Advanced Ideation + Pitch Day

Production Process:

Monday October 14- Columbus Day Holiday

Tuesday October 15- Shooting studio interviews

Wednesday October 16- Late Start- Shooting studio interviews

Thursday October 17- Shooting Studio interviews

Friday October 18- Finish up Shooting Studio Interviews or begin editing

Studio Interview Project Process and Rubric:

1. Copy Video from the VS1- TelecomVideo$- 12-13-Studio Interviews-- to the Desktop-Your Name Teacher Interview Project.

2. Create a New Event in Final Cut with your Name and Teacher Name and then a New Project with the same= (Interview with Jack Douglass Steve Douglass).

3. File-Import the video from the desktop- or drag and drop

4. Begin the multi-Clip process to sync all of your angles

6. Select the In point [ I ] and Out point [ O ] 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 DO 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 – Thursday-Friday October 24-25

9. Copy the text box below to your Google Site Digital Portfolio to create a Shot Sheet: 25 points – insert this below your questions under the "Teacher Interview Project" page

Check out these examples of a 90% b-rolled interview. How do creative angles and perspectives help tell the story?

10. Capture B-roll, on your own CARD, then hit the CAMERA icon on the left side and select the clips you want to use.

11. Place all of your b-roll ABOVE your interview- 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 Cross Dissolves in and out of your interview.

Peer Critique: 25 points— WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6

13. Add Chroma Key and white background behind the teacher by following this how to video:

14. Create a LOWER THIRD title at the beginning with the Teacher's name and the end with your name and credits on with the New Media logo.

15. Add quality copyright free music from either Vimeo or Youtube

16. Add Color Correction to shots that need it by following this how to video...

17. Share your video to the HVS1-TelecomVideo-DMT Projects- Your Hour- Interview Project

Wednesday November 13- FINAL DRAFT due to the server in DMT version at the END OF THE DAY

Rubric-

Questions for the Teacher- 50 points

Studio Production work- 10pts. participation each day 50 points

Shot Sheet for B-roll-- 25 points

Rough Cut with Mr. Douglass-- 25 points

Rough Draft Peer Critique-- 25 points

Final edit due on time-- 100 points

TOTAL PROJECT 300 Points