Monday, September 18, 2006

Editing Project 1

Students will import all music and footage needed for the first project.

-Students will review the basics of video editing
-Students will review the editing requirements for the project **see Project Requirements in previous blog
-Students will meet with teacher to discuss initial path of video

Monday, September 11, 2006

10 Second video project

9/11-9/15

1. Students should capture footage for their first production
2. Students should import music into their folder located in JOURNALISM 2 -the folder will be labeled with your name
3. Students should create a new Adobe Premiere project and be ready to import their music and video
4. Students should have their footage dropped into the server.

Skills:
Adobe Premiere - Introductory skills
Sonic foundry/ Sound Forge
Importing video footabe
Importing/ basic editing- music

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

SONIC FOUNDRY/ SOUND FORGE

1. Students will learn to utilize sound programs to use in conjunction with Premiere
Sonic foundry
Sound forge

2. Students will be assigned mini video tapes

3. All paragraphs, lyrics, story boards and scripts must be turned in before students will be allowed to video tape.

4. Students will begin to video tape their projects today

**Remember, you may only video tape in approved locations utilizing approved content.

On Tuesday, we will review an online tutorial and begin importing footage.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Assignment 1

Objective: To introduce students to basic script writing.

1. Students will create an overview paragraph with their ideas for the project
2. Students will illustrate their ideas using a storyboard
3. Students will create a script using the format discussed in class on Friday
(the template is in shared - journalism II - info folder)

4. Students will pick two selections of music for the video and print out lyrics

Project:
Video vs. Emotion
1. Students will video and edit one 10 second scene
2. Students will create two videos utilizing the exact same 10 second video
3. Students will place each video with two very different selections of music to change the emotion of the scene.

** There must be a theme and purpose for the music selected for the video. In other words, both songs must go along with the video and serve a purpose to be understood by any viewer

Specifics
1. No jumpy or sloppy footage
2. Clean, purposeful cuts
3. Only one type of transition (ex. Fade)
4. 3 seconds of black in the beginning --Use the title maker to create a tag for your video
(In the bot. Left corner, include your name, period, title of the video and the two songs)
5. 3 seconds of black at the end of the video
6. There must be clear purpose for the video / music
7. All filming must be completed in approved locations or the student will lose their filming privileges for the year.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Video lesson

Students will review an online Adobe Premiere lesson on "Basic Bins"
1. As students listen to the tutorial, they should take notes
2. Students will be tested on all tutorials

3. Students should pay close attention to saving individualized bins, importing, organizing and changing the timeline


Tutorials are located in the Shared Drive

1. Go to the folder marked "Tutorials"

(These are self-paced selections and can be viewed multiple times)

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Writing scripts

Objective: Students will learn to organize and create a script for a video project

1. Overview paragraph- Each student will turn in a paragraph describing the overall concept for their first video project.

-The project will be two 10 second videos that contain the exact same footang
-HOWEVER, each video will be set to two different musical selections (Music that depicts two very different moods)
-The music must be suitable for the concept and naturally fit with the video

2. Students will read the packet entitled: Lights, Camera, Action
3. Students will review all of the elements included in a simple video production
4. Next, the students will create storyboards and discuss script format
5. Students will be introduced to script writing

Once we are finished. Students will begin to brainstorm ideas for their project. Also, they will print the lyrics for each song to be used in the project.

*Remember all taping must take place in THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: the lab, the hall outside of the lab, in the cafe, outside, or in a study hall (With a teacher's written permission). Students violating this rule will face the following punishment:
1. Zero and no make up
2. Loss of filming privileges for the year

THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Welcome

Welcome to Journalism II

This year we will explore the "behind the scenes" of videography.

There is more to a video than skinny models, hot rockers and flashes of color. This is an indepth process of planning, organizing and implementation that begins with a single thought. It is a process that starts with a storyboard and jumps to a full production.

During first marking period, we will cover the following areas:
Camera direction
Camera angle
Video terminology
storyboards
Scripts
Editing techniques

So, this is the beginning of what I like to refer to as
Lights, Camera, Action