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DVD Project: Video Production

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The most significant piece of your DVD project will be the movie you shoot with a digital camcorder and then edit with iMovie and export to iDVD. To ensure you have a thoughtful yet entertaining movie, some preplanning is required. We will call it a ‘short’ because due to time constraints and other requirements for the project you will only be creating a 3-4 minute movie. Your movie will contain titles, credits, video clips, stills shots, audio, effects and transitions. You must work with at least one other person and no more than two other people to create your video.

TASK:

1. With a partner you will use Kidspiration to brainstorm a concept/plan for your short movie. This Kidspiration web will become part of your DVD project. It will be saved as a JPG and inserted into your slideshow or even into the movie itself. Because of this it would make sense to put forth some creative effort and use complimentary clipart/images and color. Use the writing (outline) view to briefly describe different elements of your movie idea. There is no particular ‘way’ this assignment should look, or any required length. Satisfactory effort will result in a satisfactory grade, while exceptional effort will result in an exceptional grade!
2. Turn in a hard copy of the Kidspiration assignment today, both the web view and the writing view. Be sure to save the assignment in your folder on the server. Also, you will want to export the web and the writing (outline) as JPG files. All group members should save copies of the assignment in their folder on the server. Save to one student’s folder, then drag a copy of the files to the desktop of the local computer. Log off server and log on as the second student. Drag files to the folder of the other student. Repeat if there are three members of the group.
3. Sign up to use a digital camera. You get one shot to use the camera. Don’t forget to come pick it up!
4. Rules for camera use:
• Camera (and its equipment) is to be used by current technology students only.
• Neck strap must be worn.
• Camera is not to be left with anyone else at anytime but a staff member or another group member.
• The person who picks up the camera must return it.
• The camera is not to be used in bathrooms or other such areas.
• Do not tape over anyone else’s footage. (i.e.: don’t rewind the tape)
• Remember your audience. Avoid profanity, etc.
• Please try to avoid shooting tons of extra footage because I need to import all the clips.

5. More info on the movie project to follow.