The next project is to produce a movie trailer. You can produce a trailer for a real movie, or you can produce a trailer for a non-existing movie such as the one below:

That video was produced a couple of years ago by students in the Communication Production Technology (now known as Communication Media)

What you will need to show me:

• an outline of the steps you will be taking to make the video
• a storyboard. I need to see this before you start recording.
• the videos that you record. I can see these when you load them into Final Cut Pro
• the final edited video – between 1 and 2 minutes long

A very popular type of video online is the “how to” video. You can learn everything from how to slice a pineapple …

… to how to build kitchen cabinets …

… to how to true a bicyle tire.

Your next assignment will be to plan and create a “how to” video. You can decide the subject – what you will explain how to do – within the following restrictions:

• The subject must be school appropriate
• there is no risk of harm to any participants in the video
• it must something that can be done and recorded in school or if you have your own video camera (on an iPhone or iPod touch, for example) to record it outside a school.

Procedure

You will work in groups of 2 or 3. As long as work is getting done, you may choose your own groups.

1. Write an outline that describes the steps in order of how to do whatever it is your video is about. Show the outline to your teacher.
2. Sketch out a storyboard (see video below) that shows in order how the steps will be presented in the video. Also include any other shots you will use in your video. Show the storyboard to your teacher.
3. Shoot the video using your own device, or you may use one of the school’s cameras if you need to.
4. Edit the video and save the video so it can be presented to the class.

** Video – Storyboards

Take 8 photographs and post them to the class photo gallery (details will be given in class). Your photographs should clearly use the following composition techniques (at least one per photograph, but you don’t need to use all 8 techniques in each photo):

• rule of thirds
• leading lines
• dominant foreground/contributing background
• pattern and repetition
• breaking pattern
• selective focus
• balance
• framing
• blur or panning to show motion
• closeup
• low angle
• high angle

Here are some tips with examples of some techniques for taking great photographs:

Now that you have some ideas about what makes a good photograph, take a look at some of the photos that have been taken by previous students in this course. Feel free to leave productive and/or supportive comments.