"Filmed DNA" by Skitch. On Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitch/91774765/
It's a great era for teaching with digital storytelling. A font of resources exist online, and you'll find links to many of them here.
This is an ongoing project, so check back occasionally for additions.
Film Studies Page
Handouts
documentary.doc( contains assignment, planner, rubrics)
storyboard.pdf
Video Project.doc
Individual Skills Rubric.doc
TUTORIALS:
Young Minds Inspired: AMPAS' teachers' guide/tutorial to various aspects of film production, from lighting to sound to editing and more.
Video 101: Online tutorial with, miracle of miracles, a reasonably priced educational license that actually inspires you to act legally! Wonderful disussion of lVideo Project.docighting, sound, etc.
Rule of Thirds
Fodor's Basic Composition Rules
KidVid: Basic how-to (with an online storyboard creator) relating to film production. Probably best for middle school (5-8).
Screen Nation: AFI's student video site.
Media College: "free educational and resource website for all forms of electronic media. Topics include video & television production, audio work, photography, graphics, web design and more."
VideoMaker Tutorials: Wonderful collection of video tutorials
VideoMaker Magazine: Archives over several years, with interesting how to articles.
ARTICLES:
Pre-Production:
Treatments
Secrets of Story-Telling
Creating Characters
StoryBoarding
Pre-Production When You Just Want to Get Started!
Planning the Shoot
Production
3 point Lighting 101
3 point lighting: video
Dramatic Lighting
Noir Lighting
Voiceovers
Shoot to Edit
Shooting Landscapes (Great if you're doing those wide-open spaces Westerns!)
File Conversion:
Zamzar
Media Converter
Post-Production:
Continuity
Editing 101
Editing 201
Transitions
7 Steps to a Polished Final Cut
From Wes Fryer:
Digital Movie Making with iMovie
Windows Movie Maker 2 Guide
Apple's iMovie tutorial
Microsoft's MovieMaker tutorials
Atomic Learning's Free Video Storytelling Guide ( covers basic video shots and composition rules)
Atomic Learning Free MovieMaker 2 Tutorial
Atomic Learning Free iMovie 2 Tutorial (Old, but covers the basics)
BBC Video Tutorials Tutorials used to train BBC staff
Sample Documentaries:
CSPAN: Student Camfilmstudies
Studentfilms.com
Apple Learning Interchange
Watershed: Great example of documentaries in a science class
Sudanese Refugees (done by my students in Egypt)
Sample PSA's:
MediaCampaign.org
drug abuse
Screen Nation (student examples of all genre, really. use the search engine)
Image Collections (for study)
Time: Photo essays
Picturing the Century: National Archives collection
Powers of Persuasion: Collection of propaganda posters from WW II
Storytelling in Flickr: Interesting assignments with photos
Flicktion: use interesting photos to propel storytelling. Flickr examples.
Audio Resources:
Record and edit sound
Audacity
QuickTime
Soundtrack
Free sound effects
Podsafe Audio (Creative Commons Music)
Freesound: Creative Commons Music you can download and use.
Jamendo: Creative Commons music
Freeplay Music/Sound Effects This is free as long as it's for educational, in-class use. If you plan to publish these to the web, you'll need to contact the company about licensing.
Creative Commons: Audio
Image Resources:
Video
Creative Commons: Video
WideAngle Video Bank
Internet archive
C-Span Classroom
Stills
LOC's American Memory Collection
Flickr Creative Commons
Digital Image Sources
LIFE Archive
AP Photo Archive (from home you'll need the password)
Informational Sites for Digital Storytelling
Edutopia (founded by George Lucas)
American Film Institute: Screen Education Center (affiliated with Discovery Educators network)
British Film Institute Film Education
Media Education Foundation
Center for Media Literacy
DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories (Check the Documentary link under "Resources")
Video Hosting:
JayCut (for online collaborative video editing)
GoogleVideo: Unlimited size, length
YouTube: Limited to 10 minutes and/or 100 MB
Yahoo!Video: Limited to 100 MB
Screen Nation
Drop Shots
Media Resources:
Reel Action: Teen media site listing resources and hosting
Listen UP! "Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop
the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media."
Youth Channel: Media for youth, by youth. Includes educational materials as well as student-created media.
New Mexico Media Literacy Foundation
Paper Tiger Television: Grass roots media organization
Digital Storytelling: Joe Brennan's excellent informational blog on the DEN site
Digital Storytelling 2.0: David Jakes' collection of useful sites
British Film Institute:Education
FlickSchool: Podcasts by Marco Torres, amazing educator and digital storyteller in San Francisco (also runs SFett)
150+ Online Video Tools
Digital Storytelling Links
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