About the Video Class
Welcome to Video Productions class! Our curriculum will cover the basics of filming and editing a video using digital video cameras and iMovie software. Your experience in this class will be enhanced by your motivation, creativity and enthusiasm. Since you will often be working in teams it is important to understand and respect the rights and interests of others. You will also be working with fragile and sensitive equipment. In order to maximize the use of equipment and time, I ask that you understand the following rules.
Classroom Rules
- Respect others by being polite, considerate and open-minded.
- Handle all equipment and materials carefully and clean work area when done.
- Be prepared by bringing all necessary materials and work to class.
- Adhere to all school rules when filming and producing a video project.
Grading and Portfolios
You will be graded for content, skill and presentation for each video. You will build a portfolio of your work throughout the semester. Within each portfolio, a set of skills and a set of video styles will be required. These criteria are outlined below and may be added to or changed as the semester progresses.
- Video production skills
- Filming
- Lighting
- Sound
- Editing
- Interviews
- News production
- Anchoring show
- Video Styles
- News Production
- Interviews
- Event reporting
- Sports
- Commercials
- Music/images
- Documentaries
- Demonstrations
Class Behavior Contract
In order to complete many of the video assignments, you will need to interact with others outside of class, carry and be responsible for equipment and leave the classroom. These are privileges that should be respected and that can be revoked thus making it difficult to earn a good grade in the class. To make the responsibilities clear to all involved, I would like you to read the following and sign the contract.
As a student in Video Productions, I will:
- Respect others by being polite and considerate.
- Not interrupt any classes without specific permission by a teacher.
- Be responsible for any video equipment or computer that I use.
- Adhere to all school rules at all times while filming, producing and editing a project.
- Maintain Satisfactory or Outstanding citizenship grades in all my classes. If my citizenship grades fall below Satisfactory or Outstanding, then I will be placed on probation and not allowed to work with video equipment until my grades are raised.
- Work diligently on video projects. However, if no equipment is available, I will use my time wisely by working on homework.