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4th Grade

4th Grade Unit - Video

This project may be completed by the following students:

g4 4th Grade Elementary Media Arts Students.


Lessons

  1. Video 1: Cut Conversation Script

    1. Objective: Students will create scripts to prepare for recording and editing video.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Story has very few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Proofread!
      • 3 Pts Story has one character tell a joke to another character, and shows the other character's reaction.
      • 3 Pts Story is appropriate for school.
    3. Today, Mr. Smith is going to show you how cuts and camera angles can be used to have one person play two parts in a video.
    4. Remember, WE ARE ONLY WRITING THE SCRIPT TODAY! This demonstration of the process is not a full how-to for the editing. Mr. Smith will show that in a future class.
    5. Think about how simple changes to posture, tone of voice, outfit choices, and camera directions can change how the audience perceives you.
    6. As with the Audio unit, we'll be writing our scripts on paper.
      • This paper handout will be used in class for our script writing.
      • Your script doesn't need to fill the whole page, but it does need to have Character 1 green Character 2, share a joke, then get a reaction from Character 2.
      • Remember, you will be portraying BOTH characters in your final video.
      • While any school-appropriate joke is fair game, puns are encouraged.
    7. Proofread your sentences and find the Video 1 assignment in Canvas to hand in a photo of your script. Make sure that what you've written can be seen clearly in the photo. (A blurry image cannot earn credit. If it can't be read, it can't be graded!)

  2. Video 2: Cut Conversation Storyboard

    1. Objective: Students will create storyboards to prepare for recording and editing video.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Storyboard dialogue has very few spelling and/or grammatical errors and is in the boxes BELOW the drawings.
      • 3 Pts Story has one character tell a joke to another character, and shows the other character's reaction.
      • 3 Pts Storyboard has slight differences in characters and camera angles to emphasize that they are two characters intended to be played by the same person.
    3. Today, Mr. Smith is going to show you how to make a paper storyboard. There are lots of templates that can be used (we've even used Google Slides), but the simplest solution is to just fold a sheet of paper a few times.
      Animated gif of paper being folded to make a storyboard
      • Add a title panel that includes the name of your movie IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! (Movie titles are almost always in all caps.)
      • Note in the animated gif above that Mr. Smith is drawing stick figures. This is fine (and expected), so long as their position in frame is correct.
      • If we aren't going to record your characters yelling from down the hall, we likely won't see them from the waist down.
      • We SHOULD see if they're on the left or right side of the screen and which way they're facing.
      • Add a credits slide that includes YOUR NAME. (You'll alo want to credit your camera operator, but you won't know who that is until later.)
    4. Proofread your sentences (Yes, you're copying them onto the storybaord) and find the Video 2 assignment in Canvas to hand in a photo of your script. Make sure that what you've written can be seen clearly in the photo. (A blurry image cannot earn credit. If it can't be read, it can't be graded!)

  3. Video 3: Cut Conversation Record

    1. Objective: Students will use their storyboards to record their videos to see how planning makes a task easier.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Observations have very few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Proofread!
      • 6 Pts Observations share something the student noticed while recording.
    3. Today, Mr. Smith is going to have you taking turns to record what you planned in your storyboard.
    4. You will need to record your script OUT OF ORDER!
      • Remember the examples that were shown during the Video 1 lesson.
      • Record all of Character 1's lines first, then all of Character 2's lines.
      • This will save time with switching between characters and camera angles.
    5. Watch your recording!
      • What went well?
      • What could you do better?
      • Make a second recording, then compare the two.
      • Keep the better recording and delete the other one.
    6. Find the Video 3 assignment in Canvas to share something you noticed when recording today. Proofread your sentences and press the button to hand them in. (Video will not be handed in today. The rubric is grading a single sentence.)

  4. Video 4: Cut Conversation Edit (1 of 2)

    1. Objective: Students will edit their videos to see how planning makes a task easier.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Observations have very few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Proofread!
      • 6 Pts Observations share something the student noticed while recording.
    3. Today, we are going to continue using WeVideo.
    4. You will need the following things:
      • Your storyboard from Video 2
      • Your recording(s) from Video 3. (Note, if these were recorded as group work in class Mr. Smith will share the recordings with you. If you recorded them in WeVideo you should have them there.)
    5. Follow Mr. Smith's directions for moving the playhead to where you want to make cuts.
      • Don't forget the WeVideo tutorials over on the right!
    6. Delete the part(s) where you were getting things into position!
    7. Move the clips so they're in a zig-zag that has one character responding to the other.
    8. Delete any fragments or flubs that don't belong in your finished video!
    9. Watch your edit so far!
      • Are you happy with it?
      • Is there anything you'd like to change?
    10. (We will add a title and credits before exporting and handing in the video next class.)
    11. Delete any fragments or flubs that don't belong in your finished video! (A common mistake is to have a short snippet of something 30 seconds or more down the timeline. This and all of the blank space in between will also be exported if you don't catch it!)
    12. Find the Video 4 assignment in Canvas to share something you noticed when editing today. Proofread your sentences and press the button to hand them in. (Video will not be handed in today. The rubric is grading a single sentence.)

  5. Video 5: Cut Conversation Edit (2 of 2)

    1. Objective: Students will finish editing their videos to see how planning makes a task easier.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Video is easy to see and audio is easy to hear.
      • 3 Pts Video has one character tell a joke to another character, and shows the other character's reaction.
      • 3 Pts Video has a title and credits.
    3. Today, we are going to wrap up using WeVideo.
    4. You will need to find the video project in WeVideo that you made during our last class. If you need to re-record your video, look to the tutorials over on the right to get that done.
    5. Today we're doing 3 things:
      1. Adding text (Title & Credits)
      2. (Even if you're the only person who worked on it, YOUR NAME should be in the credits!)
      3. Exporting our videos
      4. Uploading our videos to the Video 5 assignment

  6. Video 6: Exit Ticket

    1. Objective: Students will reflect on what they learned and what they liked to further reinforce the content covered.
    2. Grading Rubric:
      • 4 Pts Exit Ticket has very few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Proofread!
      • 3 Pts Exit ticket shares something you learned during the video unit.
      • 3 Pts Exit ticket shares something you enjoyed during the video unit.
    3. Look at the rubric so you know what is expected.
    4. Look for the Video 6 assignment in Canvas to complete the rubric requirements.
    5. Once you've done this, you'll have two options:
      1. Check with Mr. Smith to see what you may resubmit (or hand in for the first time), then work on that!
      2. If you're all caught up, you may play video games until dismissal! (The Luanti server may be up and running to facilitate this.)

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