Short+Film

Short Film: Digital Video Cameras and Movie Maker

Although more difficult than Photo Story or PowerPoint, the combination of video cameras and editing can be very stimulating and engaging for the 21st Century adolescent. This is a natural fit for Media Studies, media literacy and even documentation in other subject areas. Student videos should be limited to about two or three minutes, depending on server space available. Activities with these cameras require a great deal of planning on the part of the teacher and students alike.
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__Pros of Short Film__ -motivating and engaging for students -can be an importance piece of the puzzle for reluctant writers -a good medium for teaching the subtleties __Cons of Short Film__ -server space can be an issue -cameras are not cheap -certain codes can be an issue in Windows Movie Maker (may need to change formats) -younger students may have a tendency to violent displays and being off topic -requires a higher level of knowledge of computer use -
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__Making Short Films in Elementary School__ -Storyboarding is crucial -thanks to Barbara McLaughlin for this detailed PowerPoint: [|Video Process2.ppt] __Making Short Film in Secondary School__ -a PowerPoint from Kim Rycroft: [|Small Wonder Presentation.ppt] -using Movie Maker (Kim Rycroft): [|Making videos with the RCA Small Wonder and MovieMaker 2.doc]
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-visit a group wiki called [|The Media Strand] by English teachers in the OCDSB (thanks to Melani White at Bell High School) -[|FormatFactory] is a free download that is a great tool for changing video, audio and image formats -using a Small Wonder (RCA) camera: [|Small Wonder Handout.doc] -an example of a short film made with an RCA Small Wonder and Movie Maker: [|XskiTremblant.flv]
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**workshop for Google Docs**: led by Barbara & Shawn