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 * Week I: Welcome / Survey / and General Discussion**

During this week participants and moderators will introduce themselves. Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

+ Benefit of video production to the students involved + Genres covered in this session: music video, and mini-documentary + Production: Equipment / Crew / Scheduling (in-class? / homework?) + Rewards: Credit / School Film Festival / Web

1) Share your work (or your class’ work) with the rest of the group. Send the Group Moderators your links.
 * Assignment 1** (optional):

Please Complete the Questionnaire found @ ( www.surveymonkey.com ) Do you have a camera? Do you have a computer and software (which)? What level and age group are you teaching? What do you hope to learn from this EVO session? What particular questions (if any) do you have for the moderators / group?


 * Week II: Video Production 101**

Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

Who and What are involved? The Teacher’s Role: Equipment Check: Student Cast and Crew: Whose producing, Who’s directing? Who made the storyboards? Who will act in this film? Who’s shooting? Who’s editing?

Assignment 2: Watch and comment on these examples of student made films: 1. Link 2. Link 3. Link

Week III: Communication / Production**

Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

Communicating Ideas: Teacher’s Role / Group work Deciding Student production roles Visual Story Telling: How to Storyboard Pre-production: costumes, sets, locations, permits, crew-actor schedules, etc. Production Post-Production Upload to the web


 * Week IV: Music Video**

Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

What is a music video? Theme – Song – Story

Lesson activities

Upload your work to the web and provide us with a link to view it. -OR- email your finished video to the Group Moderators and we’ll post it to the web for you.
 * Assignment 3:** Download images from the web (or use your own) and put them to music.


 * Week V: Mini-Documentary profile of a person, place or event**

Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

What is a documentary profile? The Paper Edit The script The Host or Subject

Assignment 4: Shoot a 1-3 documentary profile on a subject of your choice and upload your work to the web. Please share your work with the group by providing us a link to view it.


 * Week VI: Film Fest and Discussion**

Participants should read the info at: link.com ~ and discuss:

What types of problems might students encounter when making a video?

Storyboarding / Shooting: The Classical Sequence Recording Sound: Boom / Lav Mics / Voice over Editing tips

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View group work and leave comments.

Resources: + Links to examples of student work of different genres and notes from the moderators about such content. + Links to free downloadable video editing software. + Links to online information about how to shoot and edit video. + Links to general video production tutorials (such as: currenttvsurvivalguide… ) + Links to video hosting websites like You Tube, Veimo, etc.


 * RYAN DETWILER