Project #2: Freestyle

Todays Agenda:

• Video Pass 
• Professional Conduct 
• Camera Techniques 
• New Assignment: Freestyle Video Project

Freestyle Video Project:

Your new assignment is to create an original 2 minute video. Video concepts must be approved by me, and then proposals must be completed before time can be scheduled for shooting. We have limited camera's so everyone will have to pre-plan a shooting schedule. You will work in teams of two for this project. Your team must follow all phases of the project and meet all requirements. All teams are expected to work during class time, if you aren't shooting video than you should be editing, working on title animations, learning after effects and working through tutorials, creating graphics etc.

Subject matter, style and technique are wide open. Consider that almost anything can be turned into a video. You could make a video about what people eat for lunch, what cars they drive, you could make a short documentary, music video, experimental video etc. Let's discuss your concepts and ideas.

Project Phases:

• Choose team members
• Brainstorm project ideas
• Write a 1 page project proposal
• Upon approval write a shot list or draw a storyboard for your video (pre-production)
• Schedule and begin shooting upon storyboard approval (production)
• Edit and create titles, add audio and music, etc... (post production)

Project requirements:

• Keep TRT (Total Running Time) below 2 minutes
• Video project must match original proposal/storyboard or shot list
• Appropriate content only, including music selects
• Proposal and Storyboards must be approved by me
• Smooth camera work
• Clean editing and titles

Schedule:

• Proposals due Monday the 10th
• Storyboards or Shot lists due Wednesday the 12th
• Videos due at E.O.C. on Wednesday the 19th

Make sure you use class time wisely to stay on task and on schedule, late projects will have points deducted.

- Mr.W

Project #1: Introduction to Editing

Hello Students,

Today we will set up your workstations and begin our introduction to video editing with Adobe Premiere. You will be editing pre-shot footage to create a fun and compelling promotional tourism spot for the city of San Francisco.

Part 1 - Learning Adobe Premiere:

• Launch Adobe Premiere
• Watch videos 1 through 13 in the "Learning Premiere Pro" section of the Adobe TV website
• Practice the steps that you can as you watch the videos
• Find a sample video file to practice editing, color correction, outputting, etc...
• If you can watch all 13 videos you are on your way to being a video editing pro! When complete watch the other videos in that section to learn how to process and distribute your movie files

Part 2 - Editing a Promotional Tourism Video for the City of San Francisco

Project Concept: The City of San Francisco has hired you to edit a promotional tourism video. They have provided you pre-shot footage and your job is to make it sing! Your commercial will play on local television stations coast to coast, so it should have universal appeal. Your commercial should promote the unique sights that the city has to offer.

• Your final video file should be exactly 1 minute long
• Use music that fits the energy of your video
• Edit your video cuts to be timed with the music
• Use color correction to enhance the footage
• Use video transitions to keep the video compelling and interesting, but be careful not to overuse them or repeat them too many times
• Create text titles to create a "call to action" at the end of your video, something like "Visit beautiful San Francisco today!"
• Have fun!

- Mr.Wilson

Welcome to ROP Video Production

Hello Students,
Welcome to ROP Video Production for the 2012-13 School Year!
Todays Agenda:

• Orientation
• Introductions
• Class Policy
• Course Description
• Demo Reel and Work Examples

- Mr. Wilson

Thank You Video Production Class of 2017

Thank You Video Production
Thank you to all my great students from this years Video Production and Animation class. There were some very impressive portfolios and projects and I thank you all for your hard work and dedication.

This blog will go live again for the fall semester.

- Mr.W

Extra Credit Mini-Project: Be Serious for 30 Seconds

Hello Students,
Your last chance to gain some extra credit in this class is to create a video for Fred Armison's Participatory Video Project: Be Serious for 30 Seconds.

Be Serious for 30 Seconds Mini Project:

The Rules:

• Rule 1: It has to be serious.
• Rule 2: It has to be 30 seconds or less
• Rule 3: No more than 2 people in it (teams of 3)
• Rule 4: At least 1 5 second dramatic pause
• Rule 5: At least 1 cutaway to an object
• Rule 6: Do your best acting
• Rule 7: It needs to have a door slamming

Have fun!

- Mr.W

ROP End Of Year Course Survey

Hello Students,
With current legislation regarding education in California and a looming budget crisis for California schools, it is more important that ever that we gather information about your experiences in ROP courses and your future plans for education and career.

Please click the link below and fill out the survey. It takes about 3 minutes and is very important to ensure that ROP courses are made available for future classes.

Link: ROP End Of Year Course Survey

Thank you,
- Mr.W

New Assignment: Video Yearbook Project

Hello Students,
Your new assignment is to create a yearbook video to highlight and capture the activities on our lovely campus. This project has a part A (shooting/recording video footage and sharing it) and a part B (editing your own video).

Project Overview:
In 10 or 20 years what will you remember most about High School? What will be your fondest memories? For many it is the bonds of friendship that we create, for others it is the trappings of student life, dress styles, hair styles, technology, teachers, environments, sports, events etc. Your challenge is to take the best pieces from our collection of footage and edit a great video together. Think of some great music to edit your video with and create a memorable project. We will choose our favorite to possibly post to the school website.

Video Yearbook Assignment:
Part A: Footage

• Each student must shoot a minimum of 10 minutes of footage to add to our collection
• When you are done shooting, copy your footage to our hard drive
• Catalog your footage, is it sports footage? Interviews? Clothing and Style images? Messages to the future?

What to shoot?
B-Roll: This is footage that can be used as "filler" or as a visual narrative. Students coming to and from classes, working in class, teachers teaching, students working on projects and having fun, smiling faces etc.

Interviews: Interview teachers, faculty and students. Ask them to discuss their roles, activities, memories. They can send a message to themselves.

Catagories:

• Current Events
• News
• Fashion, headgear, jewelry, shoes
• Tech and gadgets
• Language, slang
• Popular culture, movies, tv, music
• Teachers
• Faculty
• Events, dances, fund raising, proms
• Clubs
• Sports & teams
• Spontaneous activities during breaks or lunch

Part B: Editing your video

• Each student is responsible for editing a final video. We will review them in groups and pick our favorites for a final round of judging
• Use all the techniques you have learned to make a great video, nice titles, animation, music, rapid fire editing, keep audio levels smooth
• Final video is due on Monday the 21st

Have fun!

- Mr.W