Lesson 3.1 - Production
Subjects Journalism, Language Arts, Social Studies
Estimated Time
One 45-minute class period
Grade Level
Upper Elementary, Middle and High School
Materials
Refer to the accompanying worksheets for each video
Overview
In this unique set of video tutorials produced by Gil Garcia of Austin High School, students learn about the different roles associated with video production, how to scout a location and set up, best practices for audio gathering, lighting basics, the importance of white-balancing, how to approach interview process and how to gather different forms of b-roll.
Refer to the SRL Video Tutorial Web page.
Outline of Topics Covered:
1. Students will learn about the different roles associated with video production.
2. Students will learn how location plays a pivotal role in video production.
3. Students will learn why setup is an important aspect of video production.
4. Students will learn about audio equipment and best practices for audio gathering.
5. Students will be taught lighting basics.
6. Students will learn about the importance of white-balancing.
7. Students will learn about the interview process.
8. Students will learn about the importance of B-roll.
Optional Student Based Project
After students have completed the video tutorials and worksheets ask them to use what they have learned (and they can use their worksheets to help them remember) to create a crash course booklet in production. Each topic should get one page, plus there should be a cover-page, introduction page, one page that lists the top 5 “Do’s” and “Don’ts” and a back cover for a total of 12 pages.
Deliverables: How to upload Videos to NewsHour FTP site:
1. Once video editing is complete in Final Cut Pro, export project as a QuickTime Movie.
2. Name QuickTime Movie with proper naming conventions: Examples: School name_Title of video
3. Download MPEG Streamclip to the computers you will be editing videos on. Use Squared5 to download the free program.
4. Compress QuickTime Movie to MP4 (to do this open MPEG Streamclip)
5. Make sure the settings in MPEG Streamclip for exporting to MP4 adhere to the picture below:
6. Log into NewsHour FTP - contact Thai for login credentials
7. Click on the Student Reporting Labs folder and select your school’s folder.
8. Drag the MP4 video into your school’s folder and you're done.
Estimated Time
One 45-minute class period
Grade Level
Upper Elementary, Middle and High School
Materials
Refer to the accompanying worksheets for each video
Overview
In this unique set of video tutorials produced by Gil Garcia of Austin High School, students learn about the different roles associated with video production, how to scout a location and set up, best practices for audio gathering, lighting basics, the importance of white-balancing, how to approach interview process and how to gather different forms of b-roll.
Refer to the SRL Video Tutorial Web page.
Outline of Topics Covered:
1. Students will learn about the different roles associated with video production.
2. Students will learn how location plays a pivotal role in video production.
3. Students will learn why setup is an important aspect of video production.
4. Students will learn about audio equipment and best practices for audio gathering.
5. Students will be taught lighting basics.
6. Students will learn about the importance of white-balancing.
7. Students will learn about the interview process.
8. Students will learn about the importance of B-roll.
Optional Student Based Project
After students have completed the video tutorials and worksheets ask them to use what they have learned (and they can use their worksheets to help them remember) to create a crash course booklet in production. Each topic should get one page, plus there should be a cover-page, introduction page, one page that lists the top 5 “Do’s” and “Don’ts” and a back cover for a total of 12 pages.
Deliverables: How to upload Videos to NewsHour FTP site:
1. Once video editing is complete in Final Cut Pro, export project as a QuickTime Movie.
2. Name QuickTime Movie with proper naming conventions: Examples: School name_Title of video
3. Download MPEG Streamclip to the computers you will be editing videos on. Use Squared5 to download the free program.
4. Compress QuickTime Movie to MP4 (to do this open MPEG Streamclip)
5. Make sure the settings in MPEG Streamclip for exporting to MP4 adhere to the picture below:
6. Log into NewsHour FTP - contact Thai for login credentials
7. Click on the Student Reporting Labs folder and select your school’s folder.
8. Drag the MP4 video into your school’s folder and you're done.