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Grades 4–8. As the digital age continues to advance, it's never been easier to learn the art of filmmaking. Developed around tablets and free editing software, Video Production empowers learners with technical skills in filming and video editing, while exploring the historical significance of film and the unique elements of storytelling. Each activity builds upon the previous day, culminating in a final film project. Comes complete with curriculum and materials for 30 students.

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Grades 4–8. As the digital age continues to advance, it's never been easier to learn the art of filmmaking. Developed around tablets and free editing software, Video Production empowers learners with technical skills in filming and video editing, while exploring the historical significance of film and the unique elements of storytelling.

From collaborative storyboarding and the rule of thirds to lighting and audio, each scaffolded activity builds upon the previous day, culminating in a final film project that movie makers proudly share at the end of the program. Bring STEM and technological literacy to the silver screen in this extraordinary filmmaking introduction.

Product Features

• Complete program includes materials and curriculum
• Designed for up to 30 students
• Includes 12 one-hour activities

Curriculum Topics:
1. Daily Lesson Titles
2. Storytelling and Film
3. Silent Films and Genres
4. Interviews and Reporting
5. Documentaries and Composition
6. Storyboarding
7. Intro to Filming
8. Film Framing and Experimentation
9. Film to Edit and B-Roll
10. Intro to Editing
11. Source and Sync Audio Files
12. Final Edits and Credits
13. Film Festival

Each Activity Includes:

• Schedule
• Opening and closing discussion
• Topic background and vocabulary
• Step-by-step activity instructions
• Materials list

Recommended Settings:

• Summer camps
• Classrooms
• Out-of-school time programs
• Home learning

Tech Requirements:

• One tablet (Android® or iPad®) per group of students

Professional Development:

• Includes a free 1/2-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $500+
• Includes a free 1-hour webinar orientation when your purchase totals $1,000+
• Additional training available for purchase by special request

21st-Century Skills:
Helps students develop a set of widely applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

• Applying past knowledge to new situations
• Communication and collaboration
• Creating, imagining, innovating
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative and self-direction
• Information, media, and technology literacy
• Social and cross-cultural skills
• Thinking interdependently

Standards Alignments:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4–8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.A: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.6: Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1.C: Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others' questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas.
• CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.A: Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3.B: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.4: Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.5: Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.