Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

Ballet Russes

 
Video Type A three to five minute documentary video.
Description/Overview

Integrated with the Ballet Russes Research Model

A video that will focus on the Ballet Russes and its influence on the world of dance.
Approximate Time Needed 360 minutes (180 research/write, 90 film, 90 edit)
Curriculum Connections/Outcomes Students will explore, perform and create dances from various historical, cultural, and social genres to increase their knowledge and appreciation of dance and its relationship to other significant components of human history and experience.

Students will demonstrate the ability to relate dance experience to other disciplines in order to increase knowledge and understanding.

Students will identify, analyze, and apply various criteria in dance aesthetics in order to develop critical and creative thinking skills. 
Information Literacy AASL: 1, 2, 3
Technology Literacy

MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)

ISTE NETS: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4b

Media Literacy CML Core Concepts 1, 3, 4, 5
Learning Styles Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Independent, Field Dependent
Skills
  • Research
  • Script Writing
  • Storyboarding
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Public Speaking
  • Interviewing
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. View a sample
  2. Research topic
  3. Organize research
  4. Gather B-roll and stills
    • Russian Ballet
    • Modern Ballet
    • Dance positions
  5. Storyboard
  6. Write script
    • Students use information found in their research to write their script
  7. Plan production
    • Think about where and when to film
    • Who is performing? Who is running the equipment? WHO'S IN CHARGE?
  8. Rehearse
  9. Shoot and compile
  10. Edit final product
    • Use MovieMaker (or other software)
    • Import the video from camera and/ or other sources
    • Arrange video / pictures
    • Add transitions and titles
    • Edit audio
    • Finalize and save
  1. Present/ share
Differentiation
  • Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
  • Extended time
Assessment Suggestions Documentary rubric
Extension
  • Submit to a contest
  • Peer critique and/or gallery walk
  • Submit to BCPS Education Channel
  • Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
  • Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
  • Add to electronic portfolio
  • Broadcast school wide