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Video Production Assignments

Mar 31

The Art Film

For this assignment you will be telling the story behind a work of visual art. You can choose any painting, sculpture, piece of architecture that inspires you. The piece of art must have been created prior to 1990.

Your process:
Research some classic artwork, and find something that inspires you.
Time: 2:00 - 6:00

Suggestions for filming and editing:

The painting/sculpture does not need to feature a person.
You are not adapting someone else’s story based on a painting, but creating your own original work.
An image of the piece of art must be seen either at the top or close of your project. Consider using it as a background image during credits.

You'll find examples of all kinds of art the Google Arts & Culture page.



This is due on Friday.

Mar 24

The Biography

For this assignment, students will be producing a biographical piece about another student. For this project, you will need to interview a student and get to know them. Learn about their life up to this point, and find a story to tell about them.
You will research the student, interview them and their family members, shoot original footage share their story with the class. Your subject may be a classmate in this class or a friend who is not a part of this class.
Time: 4:00-9:00 minutes
Individual Project, but you can work in pairs
Suggestions for filming and editing:
Pick a student that has a story worth sharing.
Interview their family members and friends.
Utilize family movies or photos from their childhood.



This is due on Friday.

Feb 28

The Campus Story

Students will select any aspect of campus life they would like to tell a story about and develop a well-thought out video piece. Students will create a treatment and a complete script or storyboard before shooting, then shoot and edit the video.

This is due on Friday.





Script Template



Storyboard blank



Feb 24

MOVIE REVIEW VIDEO

Directions: Create a video that reviews a movie in either a positive, negative, or a bit of both fashion.

Here are the requirements:
1. No time limit for the video but it should completely address the questions on the outline.
2. EVERY person needs to speak in the video. I suggest each person in the group takes a section of the outline to read (5 sections total)
3. Video may either be done with people on camera or entirely with b-roll and voice overs.
4. You need to use still photos from the movie or use a web-based YouTube ripper for scenes from the movie.
5. The photos and scenes you select should highlight what you are talking about.
6. You will be graded on your technical skills, the thoroughness of your review, and your use of specific evidence from the movie to support your review. A review without support or examples will not receive a high grade.

Work as a group. Your movie is due Mar 6.

Jan 22

In your group, you are going to create a silent movie on ONE of the following topics:
• Answer the phone
• She’s (He’s) the one
• You left this
• School problems

Your silent movie must have the following:
1. Your film must be black and white.
2. Your film must have an aged film effect applied.
3. Your film must have at least 3 caption cards (spelled correctly), but you may have more.
4. Your film must have a title at the beginning and credits at the end.
5. Your film must use instrumental music as a background. Use audioblocks.com to find your music.
6. Your film should be -2 minutes in length, not including credits.
7. Your film must have a clear story with a beginning, a conflict, and a resolution.
8. Everyone in your group must participate in the making of the film.

Your film is due Friday, January 31



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Jan 14

Next, we'll look at a tutorial for DaVinci Resolve, the software you will use to edit your movies. Here are some resources for you to play with.

I have created resources for you to practice with. They are on DaVinci Resources



Jan 13

I want you to look at the cameras that I have for us to shoot most of our video.



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Click here for the course syllabus. Save it in your Documents folder.



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