Video: Projects: PSA Production

Unit

  • Foundational Skills

Questions

  • How do improve my Video Production techniques? Planning, Sound, Pre-Production, Lighting

What am I making?

  1. Using your Storyboard as a guide, film scenes for your PSA

  2. Share your footage on a new Google Site page (example page)

How do I make it?

  • Film a few takes for each frame on the storyboard. You can make your shots different - the Storyboard is a plan!

  • Pay attention to Audio! Wind noise can be lessened by putting a furry screen on your microphone. You can also record dialog later! (Video Tutorial with Audio tips)

  • Film extra shots you didn't plan for! Get a variety for editing. Establishing shots take in footage from around the scene.

  • Make sure your subjects are Lit well, Lighting matters, use natural light (face the sun / lighting), use reflectors, or use lights - flashlights?

Steps

  1. Get your footage for your storyboard shots, plus some extra shots!

  2. Upload footage to a YouTube playlist.

  3. Put the YouTube playlist link on a new Google Site page titled "PSA Production."

  4. Write about what you learned doing this assignment, mention skills and techniques.

  5. When done, push the Publish button, review the settings, and publish.

  6. Then click the chain-link button, Copy the link for your page, and paste it into Google Classroom to "turn in."

Grading

  • 4/A = Do all the steps, 2 interesting insights about "what I learned"

  • 3/B = Do all the steps, interesting "what I learned"

  • 2/C = Do all the steps, basic "what I learned"

Career Connections

  • You learn a lot from practicing Video Production, the experience, to make better videos - Sound and Lighting are important!

Resources