Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

European Vacation

Video Type A two - three minute advertisement video on one European country.
Description/Overview

Integrated with the European Vacation Research Model.

A video that promotes the advantages of of traveling to a particular European country.

Approximate Time Needed 360 minutes (180 minutes to research and write the script, 90 to film, 90 to edit)
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes

A1. Explain that people must make choices because resources are limited relative to wants for goods and services in the world today.

A2. Describe how scarcity of natural, human and capital resources affects economic choices producers and consumers make in the world today.

Peoples of the Nation and World: Student will understand the diversity and commonality, human interdependence, and global cooperation of the people of Maryland, the United States, and the World through a multicultural and a historic perspective.

Information Literacy AASL: 1, 2, 3
Technology Literacy

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

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

Media Literacy CML Core Concepts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Learning Styles Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Independent
Skills
  • Research
  • Script Writing
  • Storyboarding
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Public Speaking
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. View Sample
  2. Research topic
  3. Organize research
  4. Gather B-roll and stills
    • Video of the selected European country
    • Map
    • Still pictures of culture sites in the selected country.
  5. Storyboard
  6. Write script
  7. Plan production
    • Think about where and when to film
    • Who is perfoming? 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
  11. Present/share
Differentiation
  • Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
  • Extended time
Assessment Suggestions Commercial 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