This class is a prerequisite
for students wishing to enroll in JTV-Broadcast News.
Projects include diagramming the camera, making a
film autobiography, a fake trailer for a horror movie,
an academic topic video, and a film using stop-motion
animation. Students learn responsible use of the
equipment and how to operate as a filmographer.
Students will complete a number
of assignments designed to give them familiarity with
the equipment, procedures, and editing for creating
short-length
video projects, including the following:
- Beginning camera: Six shots
- Interviews R Us
- Video Autobiography
- Something Happened - a short
mockumentary
- Fake Horror Movie Trailer
- A Classroom Tutorial
- Know your Community
- A Message to the President
- Stop Motion Animation Featurette
Instructions for all assignments will be delivered via InClass, and all completed assignments will be turned in via course dropbox.