Advanced Video Production (2-4) / Broadcast Journalism (1-4) (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Seth Cohen
- Terms
- Fall 2018
- Spring 2019
- Department
- Career Technical Education (CTE)
- Description
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VIDEO PRODUCTION 2-4 (ADVANCED VIDEO) & BROADCAST JOURNALISM 1-2-3-4 (UC, CSU)
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Amazon Wish ListThis is a year-long, advanced video production course, which meets daily. This course provides a meaningful experience allowing students to apply their depth of knowledge in the creation of an art form. Appropriate critical, theoretical, historical and cultural content is emphasized. Students in this course are responsible for producing the school’s video bulletin.
The class is intended to enhance the understanding and ability to use multimedia communication arts to transfer a message to an audience. Students’ abilities are developed through a variety of coursework that creates an intersection between design theory, learning theory, and delivery platforms.
Students will study a variety of techniques applied to both commercial and educational fields. Lectures and student productions are interwoven to produce comprehensive understanding of the medium. In addition to production skills and etiquette, students will also work on journalistic newsgathering, video work for businesses, organize film festivals, operate the TV news studio, and other branches of school related events. This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts courses: artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context, aesthetic valuing, and connections, relationships and applications.
Video 4 focuses on the analysis and practice of newsgathering, production and presentation from a variety of theoretical, philosophical, and historical perspectives.
Students will gain a richer understanding of the ideals, limitations, rituals, and routines of the American news media, all while gaining practical experience as television journalists.
This course will require students to create a comprehensive video portfolio, yearbook and/or other school related projects. An emphasis will be placed on development of a DVD, from conception to presentation. This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts.
Broadcast Journalism focuses on the analysis and practice of newsgathering, production and presentation from a variety of theoretical, philosophical, artistic and historical perspectives.
Students will gain a richer understanding of the ideals, limitations, rituals, and routines of the American news media, all while gaining practical experience as television journalists. They will use this form of production to make personal works of art that include the seven principles of design.
This course will also focus on the elements of design (color, lines, shapes, tones, textures, and volume). This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts.
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Advanced Video Production Semester 2 Projects
OPEN CHOICE
Spring 2019
During the 4th Quarter, you will complete one of the following projects:
This Assignment will be turned in via the network drive from computers. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file (e.g. “Smith_Narrative_LargeGlasses_Script”).
Option 1: Open Narrative (2-4 students)
This is an open narrative project. You may create a short film about anything. As long as it is school appropriate.
Time: 3:00-10:00 minutes
Genre: Open
Option 2: Advocacy Film (1-4 students)
Advocacy pieces can be done as narrative or documentary films. The key is the message or idea being conveyed. They can push a personal agenda, a social agenda, local or global.
Time: 3:00 - 8:00
Suggestions for filming and editing:
- Pick an idea or concept that you are passionate about.
- Consider a personal story (not necessarily your own) to aid your development. Feel free to dramatize or fictionalize if sensitive.
- Utilize source material / found footage if needed
Samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1iXU1WoTk&t=25s
Option 3: Documentary (1-4 students)
For this assignment, students will be producing a short documentary about a topic of their choosing. The subject can be something academic, about a hobby or passion of yours or a person. You will research the topic, shoot original footage and conduct interviews about the topic.
This Assignment will be turned in via the network drive from computers. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file (e.g. “Smith_Documentary_Optometry_Final”).
Time: 3:30-12:00 minutes [NOTE: Film Festival maximum is 10 minutes]
Suggestions for filming and editing:
- Pick a topic that interests you.
- Pick a topic that will allow you to shoot footage / interviews instead of relying on entirely found/stock footage.
- Please take this seriously. Even if producing a Mockumentary, the subject matter must be treated with respect and importance.
You may choose an option that overlaps with something you did first semester, however, you may not cover the same topic.
DUE DATES:
Option Choice with Outline – You will need to let me know what you are doing in advance – this includes which option and the topic, and this includes an outline of your approach (50 points each):
Due March 26 at the start of the period.
Script (Dialogue or Shooting/Editing Script or Storyboard) – No matter what project you are doing, there must be a plan in place (50 points each):
April 11 at the start of the period.
Rough Cut – A rough cut of your final project, turned in to the Network Drive (50 points)
May 8 at the end of the period.
Final Project – Final projects turned into the Network drive (150 points each):
May 24 at the end of the period.
All assignments will be turned in via the network drive from computers, or via hard copy to Mr Cohen. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file:
(e.g. “Smith_Narrative_LargeGlasses_FinalProject”) – Proper file names will affect your grade.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS YOU ARE WORKING ON THIS QUARTER, SO PLEASE BUDGET YOUR TIME.
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Music Video
Groups of 2-4 people.
Pick a song (school appropriate) and create a music video for this song. Music videos can have two different approaches, a band performance or a Storyine. Storylines are abstract and open for interpretation so there’s no real science behind it.
What are you producing?
A Storyline video. Unless you know a band and want to work with them, you are going
to be producing a Storyline video.
How do I begin?
Step 1: Pick a song.
Step 2: Analyze the song, identify the story behind it. Search the lyrics. Lock in on
the themes you interpret. Research the band/artist to find out what the writer is trying to say.
Step 3: Script and storyboard. Planning is still an important part of the process.
Step 4: Shoot
Step5: Edit
This is not a re-creation of an existing video, but your own creation.
Due Dates:
February 7 – Groups and Songs Chosen
February 15 – Scripts and storyboards due
March 5 – Final project due
Pick 1-2 people to adapt and write your script. Pick an on-set director. Pick a cinematographer. Pick an editor. All of you will be involved in each step of the process, but each of you will take the lead on at least one aspect of the project.
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OPEN CHOICE
Fall 2018
For this assignment, you must complete (2) of the attached project options. (See Semester 1 Projects.pdf)
DUE DATES:
Option Choice – You will need to let me know what you are doing in advance – this includes which option and the topic (20 points each):
Project 1 – Due October 22
Project 2 – Due November 5
Script (Dialogue or Shooting/Editing Script or Storyboard) – No matter what project you are doing, there must be a plan in place (40 points each):
Project 1 – November 9
Project 2 – Novmeber 30
Final Project – Final projects turned into the Network drive (140 points each):
Project 1 – December 7
Project 2 – January 11
All assignments will be turned in via the network drive from computers, or via hard copy to Mr Cohen. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file:
(e.g. “Smith_MaryPoppins_Option1_GenreShift_Script”)
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Promotional Material Project
As discussed, members of this class will be producing promotional material for the school. We will be existing as a production house, working with a client. For these purposes, our client is Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, with our school administration acting as the executive clients. Consider this a portion of your semester final.
To succeed in this world, we must all take on positions, meet with clients, take their wishes and demands and fulfill the list of deliverables. All while meeting each and every deadline.
Creative Needs: The working theme for all the videos is Home, and the thematic soundtrack is the Switchfoot song, “This Is Home”
Deliverables: The list of deliverables consists of multiple videos, all between 3 and 4 minutes.
- The Marquee Video
- 3-5 Sectional Videos
The Marquee Video is to be shown at the 8th Grade Open House in January. Ideally the Switchfoot song is playing throughout the video, with only a few seconds of heads and tails. There will be minimal interviews, but Voice-Over is encouraged.
Max time: 4 minutes
The 3-5 Sectional Videos will be used elsewhere in promotional materials. The media gathered for these sectional videos may be used in the Marquee Video (and vice-versa) but there should be very little crossover between the sectional videos. The current working list for Sectional Videos includes: Activities, Athletics and Academics. Considering the theme of this year’s videos, an alumni presence must be felt in each video. For that reason, it is possible that a 4th video, Alumni may be produced if we are so inclined.
The Sectional Videos are to be presented online, and possibly at other school events, including Shadow Days.
ANY VIDEO THAT DOES NOT MEET ADMINSTRATIONS’ EXPECTATIONS BY DEADLINE MAY NOT EVER BE VIEWED.
Timeline: We are working on some strict timelines and all deadlines must be met.
OUTLINE September 21
SCRIPT October 5
BASIC ASSEMBLE October 26
1st CUT * November 16
2nd CUT* December 14
FINAL CUT* January 11
* - Will be reviewed by administration as well as Mr. Cohen
I will be putting your groups together and helping to assign jobs to each student. This will only be successful if all of you are active participants.
The jobs to be assigned:
PRODUCERS – Help to coordinate between the different groups. With directors, lead production meetings.
DIRECTORS – Work with all crew members to ensure the story is being told. With producers, lead production meetings.
CAMERA – Attending school events and gathering more than enough footage.
WRITERS – Write the script. Any voice-overs and interview questions.
PRODUCTION MANAGERS – In charge of coordinating with Mrs. Pollock where and when we need to be gathering footage.
EDITORS – Bring the story together.
FIRST STEPS
- Start to think about what we need to see in each of the videos and what the Sectional Videos should be.
- Split into groups.
- With your groups, build your outlines.
- Work with Mrs. Pollock to ensure that we are covering our bases and find out how we can be most effective. We have a meeting with Mrs. Pollock in class on September 21.
This is a great responsibility that we are being trusted with. I hope that you all have Pride in Peninsula High, because now is your chance to show it. This can be an amazing opportunity for you to give back to your school and really share what has made you a proud Panther.