It was fun to watch you all run off in teams with thirty minutes to create a one minute video. I wonder how many of you thought of fifty stupid things to film before thinking of that one good thing? If you did, then you are ahead of the game. Most great art gets lost in the starting gate, so we never actually get to see the finished product. Any art that requires a crafted skill: sculpture, filming, painting, etc, needs even more time to practice the skills before even contemplating the creation of "art."
I know a year seems like a long time. There are some sixteen of you here, and we have sixteen scheduled meetings, so I think we should shoot for that many videos--plus create a 9th grade video, a website and plan for the gallery show in May.
During these first couple of sessions, we should focus on learning the ins and outs of iMovie--something you can also do at home--and try to overcome the initial technical hurdles before we invite people in to be interviewed.
Before our next session, try and learn as much as you can about iMovie on the iPad. There are tons of resources on the web, including many "how to" videos to help you learn. Hopefully, I will receive the Padcaster setup (as in the picture) and you and your team will have a better production studio to work with.
I enjoyed watching your first videos. In all, pretty impressive for a first "shot." (Pardon the pun). The hard part is to have the person you are interviewing seem relaxed and comfortable--and not simply answering a series of questions, but rather giving you a narrative that you can cut, edit, and splice into a pithy and profound three-five minute narrative. I will write more about that in another post. If you send me the embed code, I will post your video up on this site!
So, thanks very much for joining the Senior Project. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions, please feel free to share them with me!
The next meeting is on Tuesday, the 28th of October--I think at 3:30, but earlier if there is not a practice.
I know a year seems like a long time. There are some sixteen of you here, and we have sixteen scheduled meetings, so I think we should shoot for that many videos--plus create a 9th grade video, a website and plan for the gallery show in May.
During these first couple of sessions, we should focus on learning the ins and outs of iMovie--something you can also do at home--and try to overcome the initial technical hurdles before we invite people in to be interviewed.
Before our next session, try and learn as much as you can about iMovie on the iPad. There are tons of resources on the web, including many "how to" videos to help you learn. Hopefully, I will receive the Padcaster setup (as in the picture) and you and your team will have a better production studio to work with.
I enjoyed watching your first videos. In all, pretty impressive for a first "shot." (Pardon the pun). The hard part is to have the person you are interviewing seem relaxed and comfortable--and not simply answering a series of questions, but rather giving you a narrative that you can cut, edit, and splice into a pithy and profound three-five minute narrative. I will write more about that in another post. If you send me the embed code, I will post your video up on this site!
So, thanks very much for joining the Senior Project. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions, please feel free to share them with me!
The next meeting is on Tuesday, the 28th of October--I think at 3:30, but earlier if there is not a practice.