EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology was a gratifying course that taught me about video production and editing. In Week 1 I used editing software and still digital photos to create a short personal digital story using Microsoft Photo Story 3. We were required to use new free software to product a two minutes video. I learned how to work with a partner to help edit the personal video via Google email to produce my final personal story. By working with a partner, I had support and feedback about ways to narrow my story. I had the opportunity to partner with Monika Gonzalez, a second grade teacher in San Antonio. She was very supportive during the entire class. After I had edited my video, I posted it to YouTube.
In week 2, I had to select a free video editing tool, write a script for a podcast tutorial about the video editing tool and create a podcast tutorial to explain the free video editing tool. My partner and I selected Window Movie Maker to explore and produce our script and podcast. I had problems producing the podcast, so I had to ask Monika how to upload the podcast to YouTube. During this week, I learned how to use Window Movie Maker which I discovered was pre-installed on most computers today. I discovered how easy this product was to use with my students in class to create a movies with voice over. The advice I received from one reading this week was “Before you buy any video editing software, give the free stuff a try; you may find that it works for your project. “ (Seigchrist, n.d) .
During Week 3, we began the group formation and discussion for our final project. We had to form a group of four or five members to begin pre-production of our public service announcement due in Week 5. My group used Google email, Skype, and Google Document to collaborate about the outline of the pre-production information. The team members chose their favorite color and began filling in information on the chart. We communicated our individual progress with each other by using running emails conversation, Skype chat group, and Google Document. The group leaped into the project immediately to think of a topic to research statistics and facts about texting while driving, write a script, and make shots. The script was written instantly and the group began to discuss the proposal. The team decided to do a public service announcement about texting and driving. The PSA group was worried about one member because we did not hear from that person for several days. Bryan completed the voiceover quickly with revision using Audacity. Pamela put the shots into several emails for the group to preview before I assembled and produced the video. The group had some difficulties with viewing the video at first, but we found what format to download the video. I used Camtasia Studio 7 at first and I had to revise the video using Window Movie Maker to save as a wvm file. "Multimedia that's effective in learning doesn't simply consist of using multiple media together, but combining media mindfully in ways that capitalize on the characteristics of each individual medium and extend and augment the learning experience” (Shank, n.d.). The PSA project taught me how to combine different media to publish a product.
During Week 4 and 5, the group used dropbox to upload the video, revised voiceovers, and shots for the group to review. The PSA group collaborated nightly to make sure we were staying on schedule to meet the deadline for the PSA. I learned and discovered how easy it is for people across the country to collaborate using Web 2.0 tools. I actually enjoyed and looked forward to logging on my computer to see which team member was also online. If we observed a team member online, we would chat about the progress of the PSA and make changes. We learned how to produce and distribute digital video with multimedia products. The team demonstrated strategies and techniques for capturing and integrating sound, video, and digital images to publish our PSA. It was titled “Texting Tragedy”. I had a fantastic team to work with during this course. Finally we copyrighted our project using Creative Commons Attribution. I planned to teach my students how to work in teams to collaborate with another classroom in the district to complete a project in science. I feel this experience will be a rewarding experience for my students like it was for me.
I understand how important it is to use a variety of techniques to provide instruction. With different learning styles and needs, I have incorporated technology into my daily teaching techniques. Torres (2002) stated, “Media is the language of kids.” (Edutopia) I have discovered that my at-risk students respond and perform higher on multimedia activities than paper and pencil since integrating technology. These students behavior improved when allowed to use laptops for instruction in reading and mathematics. According to Torres (2002), students who do not like reading a textbook or listening to a lecture will dive into multimedia. (Edutopia,) Therefore, a “Well-designed multimedia helps learners build more accurate and effective mental models than they do from text alone.” (Shank, n.d.)
References:
Edutopia. (2002). Multimedia serves youths' desire to express themselves. Retrieved on November 13, 2011, from http://www.edutopia.org/print/980
Shank, P. (n.d.). The value of multimedia in learning. Think Tank. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/valuemedia/
Siegchrist, G. (n.d.). Before you buy video editing software. About. Retrieved on November 22, 2011, from http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/editingsoftware/bb/Buyeditsoftware.htm
Project Proposal
REVISIONS FROM WEEK 3 ARE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW
Create your project proposal here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
REVISIONS FROM WEEK 3 ARE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW
Create your project proposal here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
General Information | Suggestions | ||
Name(s) | Greg Gopffarth, Pamela Helms, Monika Gonzalez, Winifred Jackson, Bryan Young | **See DIRECTIONS #1- Should we color code this document to show collaboration? | |
Project title | Texting Tragedy | Texting Tragedy I think that is a good title. | |
Purpose | Warn people against texting and driving | ||
Audience | People who drive and text | ||
Program length | 60 sec. | ||
Costumes | Normal everyday street clothes | ||
Sets | See below | 1. Scene at either grave yard or with ambulance 2. Person texting 3. Wrecked car 4. Person being put into ambulance | |
Props | Car, teen, cell phone, cop lights | (cell phone, teen or adult, cop lights, wrecked car, ambulance) | |
Locations | Inside car, On street | (inside car driving and texting, lights from behind, wrecked car, person in ambulance or even grave yard) | |
Crew | |||
Director(s) | Greg Gopffarth | ||
Scriptwriter(s) | Monika Gonzalez | When I shoot the video do you want anyone talking or are we going to use music and VO? My thought is that if we use just the music and voice over, it will be easier for you to shoot. What do you guys think? I think we can use the music and vo. | |
Talent | Bryan Young (Voiceover) | ||
Camera operator(s) | Pam Helms | Pamela, do you want to shoot the vids instead of me? I’ll shoot some this weekend, I am going to use my son as part of my props and I am going to see if my husband’s uncle (cop) will be home so I can use his patrol car as part of the props. Good deal. I will do the voice over and let you do the shooting :)Sounds good that y I think using the patrol car would be awesome. | |
Editor(s) | Uploaded to YouTube 12/14/2011 | Winifred Jackson | |
Schedule of Deliverables | |||
Project phases | Due date | Owner | |
Scriptwriter | 11/28/2011 | Monika Gonzalez | |
Scene 1 | 12/9/2011 Sent Some shots were dark so I taped them again and sent 12/10 | Pam Helms | |
Scene 2 | 12/9/2011 Sent | Pam Helms | |
Scene 3 | 12/9/2011 Sent | Pam Helms | |
Scene 4 | 12/9/2011 Sent | Pam Helms | |
Scene 5 | 12/9/2011Sent | Pam Helms | |
Podcast | 12/06/2011 SENT | Bryan Young | |
Music | Will be finalized after shots are completed http://freeplaymusic.com/search/category_search.php?t=s&i=67 Song “No Time for Tears” | Greg Gopffarth | |
Editing | TBA 12/7/2011 VO 12/11/2011 Edited the shots added them in the Dropbox | Winifred Jackson |
Script Outline
Add a copy of your script outline here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
(shot of phone with text message: “What’s up?”) VO_1: How important is the answer? How much is it worth? (shot of person behind the wheel, driving and texting. SHOT OF POLICE LIGHTS) VO_2: Is that reply worth hundreds of dollars? 35 states have outlawed texting while driving, with fines running as high as 500 dollars. Can’t your answer wait? (shot of website headline about texting leading to fatal crash) VO_3: Is it worth another’s life? Distracted drivers kill over five-thousand people every year and injure nearly half a million. VO_4: Studies show texting behind the wheel can double a driver’s reaction time; it’s nearly the same as having a blood alcohol level at the legal limit. VO_5: Even reaching for your phone can increase your chances of being involved in an accident. A simple L-O-L can lead to a D-O-A. (SHOT OF DRIVER LOOKING AT CELL PHONE AND TURNING IT OFF AND PUTTING IT AWAY) VO_6: When you’re driving, there’s only one place your hands should be. On the wheel. (SHOT OF CELL PHONE SCREEN WITH LETTERS “TXT L8R” TYPING ONTO SCREEN) VO_7: Text later. Your answer can wait. Keep yourself and others safe on the road. I have recorded and cleaned up this FIRST list of voiceover tracts as PSA_Voiceover_01 - 07 I will zip up all the files and send them to Winifred for the editing phase. |
Narration Script
Add a copy of your narration script here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
1 - VO: How important is the answer? How much is it worth? 2 - VO: Is it worth as much as 500 dollars? Fines for texting while driving run that high in some cities. Can’t your answer wait? 3 - VO: Is it worth another’s life? Studies show texting behind the wheel can double a driver’s reaction time. A simple L-O-L can lead to a D-O-A. 4 - VO: When you’re driving, there’s only one place your hands should be. On the wheel. 5 - VO: Text later. Keep yourself and others safe on the road. I have recorded and cleaned up this final list of voiceover tracts as PSA_Voiceover_Revised_01 - 05 I will zip up all the files and send them to Winifred for the editing phase. |
Shot List
Add a copy of your script outline here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
Name(s) | Bryan Young, Greg Gopffarth, Pamela Helms, Monika Gonzalez, Winifred Jackson |
Project Title | Texting Tragedy |
Shot Number | 1 - shot of phone with text message: “What’s up?” (Establishing Shot/tight shot) |
Location | In front seat of car or in center console |
Talent | Cell Phone |
Props | Cell Phone |
Special Equipment | cell phone will need to have text saying “What’s up?” |
Shot Number | 2 - shot of person behind the wheel, driving and texting and getting pulled over by the police (Wide Shot) |
Location | in a car |
Talent | Person Driving and Texting |
Props | car, cellphone |
Special Equipment | lighting trick for police lights |
Shot Number | 3 - shot of website headline about texting leading to fatal crash (tight shot) |
Location | on a computer |
Talent | none |
Props | computer with Internet connection |
Special Equipment | computer on this web site http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3379012&page=1 |
Shot Number | 4 - SHOT OF DRIVER LOOKING AT CELL PHONE AND TURNING IT OFF AND PUTTING IT AWAY |
Location | front seat of the car |
Talent | Person driving the car |
Props | car, cell phone |
Special Equipment | none |
Shot Number | 5 - SHOT OF CELL PHONE SCREEN WITH LETTERS “TXT L8R” TYPING ONTO SCREEN (Closing shot) |
Location | cell phone in either front seat of car or center console |
Talent | cell phone |
Props | cell phone |
Special Equipment | must have the text “TXT L8R” come up on it. |
Shot Number | 6- extra |
Location | Grave yard |
Talent | graves |
Props | Cover (tent) over graves |
Special Equipment | none |
Shot Number | 7-extra |
Location | inside car |
Talent | mirror |
Props | rear view mirror |
Special Equipment | none |
Shot Number | (same as above) needed more light |
Location | car |
Talent | driving and texting |
Props | cell phone and car |
Special Equipment | cell phone |
Copyright Information
Note any citation and fair use guidelines to any visual or audio assets you use in your public service announcement here. As you produce your public service announcement during Weeks 4 and 5, revise this proposal as needed before submitting it to your coach again in Week 5. Each member of the team needs a copy of the proposal.
Creative Commons Attribution
Group collaboration below:
See color codes in Project Proposal, Script Outline, Narration Script, and Shot list.
We have create a column that includes our suggestions for each section.
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