C-SPAN STUDENT CAM PROJECT
Your Message to Washington:
What is the most important issue the new President and Congress need to address in 2017?
GUIDELINES
v Your video should be at least 5-7 minutes long
v You must include a narration of the key ideas
v You must use at least one clip from C-SPAN
v Photographs, videos, and interviews filmed by you should be included
v Be sure to cite your sources
v One or more students should narrate on camera
iMovie:
v Must include use of green screen
v Must include use of picture in picture
v Must incorporate music
· Step One: Research
Find all the information—facts and opinions- you can on this issue. Be sure to keep track of your sources for a bibliography
Question to consider?
“What or who can I show, with the camera, that will communicate this information to the audience?” Identify several positions on this issue.
· Step Two: Video Clips from CSPAN
DUE: December 15 (25 pts)
Find between 1-4 video clips to use in your presentation. Download them into your CSPAN folder
Be sure to keep track of your sources for a bibliography.
· Step Three : Photos, Documents
Due: December 15 (25pts)
Find 25-30 photographs and other documents you will be able to use in your video. Save them into your CSPAN folder. Be sure to save them as jpeg’s. Be sure to keep track of your sources for a bibliography.
· Step Four and Five : Find and Record your interviews
Due: December 22 (25pts)
There are no requirements for who should be interviewed. Students can use their classmates, teachers, and family as interview subjects. However, entrants are encouraged to consider interviewing experts on their chosen topic as well as local and national political leaders. You may be surprised by who is willing to sit down for an interview.
Shooting Video-There are some basic rules to follow when shooting your video footage. Consider lighting, framing, positioning, camera steadiness, sound, how many seconds you should hold a shot, etc. A note about interviewing—think carefully about the questions and answers, the preparation, position, location and appearance of the interviewee. Careful planning can lead to better video footage for your final product.
· Step Six: Create Outline
DUE: January 6 (25 points)
Before production, create a script outline, including storyboards illustrating specific shots, people to be interviewed, events to capture, situations to show, documents or still photos to include, quotations, C-SPAN videos to insert.
· Be sure any copyrighted material is used under “fair” use guidelines.
Your video should:
1. Give the facts/background on the issue
2. Present at least two points of view.
3. Include music, relevant photographs, and at least one C-Span clip.
4. Include sources and credits
5. If you are going to videotape, be sure what you are videotaping is relevant.
· Step Seven : Editing
Editing is a critical phase of creating your video. Think of the editing process as similar to the writing process, and your video footage as the words you will use to tell your story. Let the story “tell itself” through the video. In what order will you arrange the story? How will it end? What two pieces work well together? What piece should be left out? You might want to look at all of your content then write out an “editing script” to lay out your scenes. You could also use storyboards to arrange your shots.
Step Eight:
Show your video to someone else.
Is it clear? Do you show both sides of the story? Are there any spelling errors? Have you met all of the Criteria
Final Project due January 17 - (100pts)