Video Production - Media Arts

“The Art of Storytelling”

“Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller, waiting to be released.”

Robin Moore

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Video Production - Media Arts

“Hoover Video Production is not

an alternative to college,

it’s an alternative path to college.”

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~ Matt Mantyla, VP Class 2004, Ohio University 2008

Director of Production, Major League Baseball

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Video Production - Media Arts

Media Arts - Learning Goals/Standards

• ● Critical thinking, personal expression and creativity;
• ● Collaboration and communication skills;
• ● Interdisciplinary connections;
• ● The use of technology as a tool for artistic expression;
• ● Appreciation for diversity;
• ● Understanding the value and role of visual art in society.

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Source: ODE Learning Standards/Media Arts

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Our Guiding Principles - Student will…

• ● Exercise and develop creativity as an essential intellectual activity;
• ● Create and collaborate with peers to develop social-emotional, leadership and team-building skills;
• ● Engage with visual art in a thoughtful, knowledgeable and ethically responsible way;
• ● Explore and build equity, diversity and inclusion, revealing common threads of human experience;
• ● Practice self-discipline, problem-solving and innovation skills through varied art experiences.
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Source: ODE Learning Standards/Media Arts

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VP/Media Arts is Technology!

● “The use of technology as a tool for artistic expression;”

Students will use a variety of hardware and software tools for:

• Content Acquisition
• Image Manipulation
• Video Editing
• Visual Effects
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Organization/Class Content Management

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VP/Media Arts Facility Technology Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud Avid Media Composer (Editing) & Nexus Pro Server Google G Suite Tool

Video Production - Media Arts

VP/Media Arts Facility Technology Tools

Student Learn:

• GMail for School/Professional Communication
• Calendar for Equipment Check OUT/IN
• Docs for Assignments
• Sheets for Information Management
• Drive for Program, Course and Project folders

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VP/Media Arts - Sample Lesson Building Knowledge

Tool Used - Phones

Google Resources Used - Docs, Calendar, Slides, Drive

• Foundational Knowledge Covered - Equipment check out, Tripod Care & Use, Basic Framing/Composition (Rule of 3rds), What is a HyperLapse? What is HyperLapse shooting on on a phone? How to shoot a Hyperlapse?
• Practice labs (2x shorter shoots of :15secs)

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VP/Media Arts - Google Drive Student Folders

Course Folder Structure in Video Production

To Students…

To Teacher…

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VP/Media Arts - Typical Assignment Structure

1. Assignment in CMS - Schoology
2. Google Slide Assignment Sheet w/ links
3. Review Assignment Sheet in class
4. Check out equipment via Google Calendar (Class)
5. Gear up!
6. Go to first shooting position…setup, begin!

(Students have access to assignment sheet & log while shooting!)

STORYTELLING - HYPERLAPSE ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT SHEET

VIDEO EXPLAINER FOR HYPERLAPSE

AWARD WINNING EXAMPLE

SHOT LIST/TIMING SHEET

PITCH FORM *On Schoology

Video Production - Media Arts

State Standards:

VP Guidelines:

• Critical thinking, personal expression and creativity;
• Collaboration and communication skills;
• The use of technology as a tool for artistic expression;

• Exercise and develop creativity as an essential intellectual activity;
• Practice self-discipline, problem-solving and innovation skills through varied art experiences.

Video Production - Media Arts

SUMMARY

Google’s cloud-based G Suite Tools paired with our specific media technology and equipment (even phones) provide students easy access to organizational tools they will use in the media industry. Self discipline, organization and constructed knowledge empower students to express their creativity and strive to be the best storytellers they can be.

Questions?