Movie making to the maximum

This past week our group has been producing videos at the same speed as a production corporation. We brainstormed a few ideas and then began experimenting. The first task we assigned ourselves was signing up for a Youtube account. Once the account was set, we went to the help section to further our knowledge. Then, with the camera recharged, we filmed a quick video called Fun with Flags, a spoof of the Big Bang Podcast of the same namesake.

After this first attempt was completed, after numerous retakes, we proceeded to make our next video for ICT class. Utilizing the camera in the classroom we shot a video with a hilarious script. We wanted to pay homage to the classical genre of antagonist and protagonist ragtime cinema. So the video proceeded with this idea in mind. After filming the various scenes we downloaded the video to iMovie. We had to familiarize ourselves with the program, which was relatively simple. We order the scenes and applied a black and white filter. Each of the individual scenes we silenced. We added title slides from iMovie that copied the ragtime feel and add our text. Then after the film was correct, we added background ragtime piano music from Jamendo, a site with free legal creative commons music. We were, to say the least, pleased with the final video.

Video production is relatively quick and easy. I would love to build lessons around video production. This activity is highly engaging, cooperative, and completely interactive. Students can feel real tangible pride in this form of creative production. Absolutely fun.