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Assessment

Assessment/Feedback is an important part of the movie making. In this video Elizabeth explains how this part of the process works.

Click on image above to play this movie.

NYC Schools Digital Storytelling / Planning Seminar.

Assignment: B Side / Passion (or Hobby)

The Step-by-Step guide to your assignment:

1. Identify your idea (Passion/ B-side). PRODUCT
2. Write some ideas down: PRODUCT: What do you want to share? PROCESS: How would like to share it?
3. Write a script with some of your key points/ ideas. PRODUCT
4. From the script-- identify the images, sounds, video, text needed for the project/ movie. PROCESS
5. Record the script in a quiet place.
TIP: Record 2-3 takes. Also, use Garageband or a recorder. Get Music from freeplaymusic.com orincompetech.com. PROCESS

6. COLLECT, MAKE (shoot) your images/ SHOOT your video. PROCESS
TIP: Collect "safe" and legal images from compfight.com. TIP: Follow the Rule of Thirds when shooting video or making a picture.
TIP: Divide roles to speed up the process.

7. IMPORT your images to iPhoto. PROCESS
8. IMPORT your Sounds/ Music/ Narration to iTunes. PROCESS
9. in iMovie (or Moviemaker, Final Cut Studio, Premiere, Layout the images, the audio, the music. Make adjustments with timing, audio levels. PROCESS

TIP: Experiment, try, vary your options.
TIP Advance: Normalize your audio. This means you need to make sure your audio level(s) are level at 0 dB. See this link for more. PROCESS

10. Refine! Add text: Credits, Titles. PROCESS
11. Export (Or Share to MobileMe Gallery). PROCESS
12. Get your pop corn!

GO TO RESOURCE PAGE

How to document using video, photography, and audio. A new tips page.

Welcome to Your Documenting Wiki!

This wiki is created to provide you with useful tips and resources to guide you through the production of documenting your school. If you have any questions or concerns, please refer to the discussion tab at the top of this page and leave us a comment. We'll be happy to get back to you as soon as we can.

ADE Confessions Movie Ideas (To think about).

Use the following concepts/ideas for your movie or feel free to come up with your own! The purpose here is to trigger a story you can share with us.  These are ideas other teachers/ ADEs have come up with.  THANKS!                                               

• Teacher
  
  I like the freedom
  I like the lack of limitations
  I can do what I want
  I love how you can run both apple and windows
  Windows run faster than on my old PC
  If I just wanted to run a word processor, database or spreadsheet I would use my phone or iPod touch                                                                        

• IT Director
  
  As the head IT director I was asked to buy the least expensive machine that can get me online and run office.
  Talk about a limiting experience.  
  But I realized that paying for a $400 laptop was a limiting experience for us and really ended up costing us more in the long run.
  You factor in the breakable disk trays, the poor keyboard, the crashing and repairing.
  Time is worth more than money, I wish I would of thought about that before.
  A computer is not just a computer anymore.

• Teacher
  
  I like to give my students options.
  I don't want my students to be limited to word processing and spreadsheets.
  I don't want them to re-state me their research.
  I want their presentations to explain Why and how people are affected.
  I want them to deliver information in a way that is meaningful to the listeners. 

• Student
  
  I'm a producer
  I have my own recording studio right in front of me
  I can jam out on my guitar and record straight into Garageband
  I can add some loops, some killer reverb and effects
  And bam, I got the hottest new single
  I can even create a video using iMovie to upload to my gallery and share with my friends.
  I love my mac.
  It rocks almost as much as I do.

ADE Mac Confessions Video Project

Part 1: The VIDEO PREP

When you are finished recording your confession, you will need to ready the video for the upload to my gallery, here are step by step instructions on exporting your videos from iMovie and Quicktime. 

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iMovie

Step 1:  In the iMovie Menu bar choose share:

 

Step 2: In the export Window, name your movie and in the "Size to Export" option, choose Large. 

Choose "Export" and you're ready to upload!

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Quicktime:

If you are exporting your movie in Quicktime:

Step 1: Open your movie in Quicktime.

Step 2: In the Menu bar, select > File > Share

Step 3: In the export window choose the "Homepage" option

Step 4: Name your movie. Under the "Size" option, choose "Actual Size" and select "Share" an you're ready to upload!

EdSPEAK! Documenting Stories in Education

I call it EdSpeak.  It will be a series of stories, ideas, and suggestions collected from educators / students from  all over the world.  I have started this series with the Parramatta Diocese Catholic Education Office (in New South Wales, Australia).  I have enjoyed their enthusiasm towards change (now) and I think they have the right people to make it happen.  They have a visionary leader (practical in my eyes).  His name is Greg Whitby and I believe he gets it.  Lets see and listen to the sights and sounds of the schools, the classrooms, the teachers, and the students. See below for movies.

Here are 9 movies I put together for you to watch, talk about, and even use to engage others in the very important dialogue of making a difference in schools-- in transforming them.  These are also quick ways of teaching simple and effective ways of using documentary storytelling skills to convey a message.

Using movies as a way to communicate new learning makes more sense than JUST writing about it.  This dialogue requires more options.  I like to use multimedia (movies, music, design, etc).  It reaches a greater audience, not just educators.
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TECH SPECHS>
- CAMERA: Canon HV20 (Great HD, 24p Camera).
- AUDIO: External Mic: Rode Boom
- XTRAS: Students shot most of the B-Roll
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Click on Movies links below
(NOTE: These movies were produced by Marco Torres with the help from the wonderful movie making kids from St. Marks Catholic College)
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Director Movie_Greg_ A New Educational DNA.

Director Movie_Greg&Julia_ An Important Conceptual Shift.

Director Movie_Greg3_ The Future is Here, NOW!

Director Movie_Greg4_ Its NOT just a Tool.

Director Movie_Greg5_ Staying Relevant!

Educator Movie_Phillip_ Its more than a Job.

Educator Movie_Julia_ Technology helps Creativity.

Educator Movie_Brian_ Empowering Students to do more.

Principal Movie_Robin_ A New Look to Now Learning.

Principal Movie_Robin_ Building Communities.

Principal Movie_Robin_ More Collaboration
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How to make a documentary (series).

These movies are kinda cool for describing what we need for documentary movie making.  Check em out.

Movie 1: Planning

Movie 2: Shooting

Movie 3: Editing

Videomaker Magazine

I like this resource.  Its Videomaker magazine.  When we started out, we learned about soem of the basic things we needed to consider when making movies.  Also, I like their evaluations on gear.

Videomaker link

Alas Media is a great resource for you, too!

Here's our community page (wiki) designed to help you either share something you discovered or are interested in what this group is discovering.  AlasMedia is dedicated in making learning today much more relevant, meaningful, and applicable.  The San Fernando Education Technology Team (SFETT) have been leaders in the multimedia landscape for the past 10 years and the students who have help mold its direction have not "moved on".  They have evolved and now they help schools, teachers, and companies find their  multimedia voice.  They get it!  I am so excited to watch them continually evolve into one of the most respectable ed production groups in the world. 

 

They're goal is to either create content that kicks butt for education and/or help you create content that rocks!  Let AlasMedia help you and your work soar!

Click here to fly

MUSIC is the KEY!!!!!!!

I have been noodling with Apple's Logic Studio and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!!  It is the coolest music production tool I have ever played with.  Technically, its considered a comprehensive music studio package.  You can be a composer, a producer, a musician, a DJ, or a movie-score dude (or dude-ette)-- Logic Studio has a place in your heart (and creativity).

Its not the cheapest application, but since this is the same tool professionals use-- know that you're getting an experience that is synced with what the industry is using.  ProTools people, Chill.  This Logic Studio interfaces perfectly with your pro tools set up for you final mixing.  I see Logic Studio as a production tool will supercool post production features.  Let ProTools be a mastering and mixdown application.  That's fine.  It works.  Let Logic Studio make the musical magic.

Here are some movies we created for you about the new features of Logic.  Enjoy.