Video Production

This course is designed to give students an introduction into the field of video production. Students will receive training in the operation of a digital video camera and a non-linear video editor. In addition the student will write scripts for video production projects utilizing standard script formats. Storyboard techniques will be used for preplanning video projects. Students will produce a minimum of four video projects in the semester. Students will also analyze critique and construct meaning from film, television, and electronic media productions as a way to develop their own media literacy and awareness. 

Skills and Assessment: Students will be able to... 

• Basic use of digital video camera equipment to record and playback images.
• Basic use of non-linear digital editing equipment to arrange video images and sound. Script writing formats.
• Write a script for video production. 
  
• Develop a pre-production storyboard using both line drawing and digital camera images.
  
• Create a production shooting schedule.
  
• Collaborate with other students in the completion of a video project.
  
• Operate a video camera.
  
• Use the Casablanca editing system.
  
• Select music and sound effects for video project.
  
• Critique lm, television and electronic media for content, camera and editing techniques.
  
• Students will progress as Effective Communicators by utilizing multiple forms of communications to express understanding of content.
  
• Students will progress as Complex Thinkers by learning to access, analyze, interpret, and synthesize information to formulate conclusions and solve problems.
  
• Students and teachers will assess an ongoing video project portfolio.