Sunday, December 19, 2010

Jobs

There are many jobs that you can give to team-members. Giving jobs out to everyone means:
  • Everyone has something to do.
  • Everyone knows who is doing what.
  • You all know who to ask if you need help.
Here are a list of jobs you can have in your team.
  1. Researcher: These team-members are responsible for finding information to put in the videos. They can find information in this blog, using search engines (Only THESE ones.) or do research in books/magazines or by asking teachers/parents etc. Researchers have to pick out what they think is the best information for their teams video.
  2. Storyboarder: Team-members with this job are in charge of what goes the video, and where it goes. What will be the first picture? When will the narration start? etc.
  3. Cameraperson: This person is in charge of filming all footage that your team makes. 
  4. Checker: This person makes sure that everything is done, and when it's time to make the video, checks spelling and the timing.  
There are plenty of other jobs you can do in your groups. Just make sure that EVERYBODY has something to do!

    Friday, December 17, 2010

    Find Your Own stuff?

    If you wish to find your own information online, you are only allowed to search the following websites:


    http://kids.yahoo.com/


    http://quinturakids.com/


    http://www.lycos.com/


    If you want to use Google, report to your Commanding Officer first.

    Earth Hour!

    Sunday, December 12, 2010

    Images

    Here are a few Images you could use in your video. If you want to use it, right click on it, and click "Save Image As..." and save it to your Team folder.














    If you want to search for your own information, Use these websites to search.

    Saturday, December 11, 2010

    Before you Make Your Video...

    Before you make your video, read through this list and make sure you have completed all these.
    1. Do you have your storyboard ready? Do you know exactly what you want your video to look like?
    2. Have you decided which pictures and images you are going to use? Do you have them all ready?
    3. Do you have text in your piece? Did you check it for spellings, and punctuation?
    4. Do you have someone speaking in your piece? Have you written out what they will say?
    5. Double check EVERYTHING! 

    Friday, December 10, 2010

    How to make a good video.

    Here is a list of rules that all the Teams can follow to make a good video.


    1) PLAN.
    Before you start, decide exactly, word for word, and picture for picture, what you will put into your video. Sometimes it helps if you draw this out roughly onto a sheet of paper. Like this example.




    2) PREPARE.
    Don't begin making your video until you have all the pictures chosen, the text typed, what you want to say written out and ready to record. Use the checklist on the bottom of the page to make sure you are ready to get to work on the video.


    3) JOBS.
    Decide who is going to do which job with the video. Who will be in charge of finding and deciding which pictures to use? Who will decide what text to put in the video? Who will write the text? It might be helpful if you decide on one person whose job is to make sure everyone else knows what job they have and are doing it.

    Here is a list of different Jobs you might find useful!

    You will also need to decide on who will be making the film. You will need editors, actors, readers etc. Talk about the different things that will need to be done.



    Click HERE to read your final checklist before you start making your video.