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Session 2: Film School for Video Podcasters

Find out how to make better classroom movies with this session drawing from over one hundred years of movie history. Learn storyboarding, shot selection, storytelling, and know what equipment to buy on a shoe-string budget to make your movies a success.
Presented by film school dropout and creator of VideointheClassroom.com Mathew Needleman on Friday, March 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM.

Resources View 15 minute film version of presentation from K12 Online Confere... Handout from session is below

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Film School Handout.pdf, 921 KB

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Permalink Reply by Suzanne Ludlum on March 9, 2009 at 10:56pm: Any handouts from your presentation? I'm a high school diploma teacher in the midst of trying to make a documentary with my students. I could use any good pointers you might have. I'm sorry I missed your workshop (for sure).
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Permalink Reply by Mathew Needleman on March 10, 2009 at 7:56am: I've edited the post above to include the handout from the session above. However, better than that is the fifteen minute film version of the presentation that I created for the K12 Online Conference which you can see by going here. Let me know if you have any questions.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alice Mercer on March 10, 2009 at 8:34pm: I recently finished a documentary with elementary students, that has been turned into an under 5 minute short. Some tips:

From Mathew: Teach students about shots, and show them examples. I used footage from local tv broadcasts.
From Frank Guttler: tell students to limit shots to 30 seconds max, shorter is better.
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Permalink Reply by Kathleen Pape on March 12, 2009 at 2:26pm: I just stumbled upon this video! It's great! Very entertaining and the kids will love it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mathew Needleman on March 12, 2009 at 2:41pm: Thanks Kathleen.

Not sure which version you saw...make sure to check out the full length (16 min.) version...
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Permalink Reply by Nancy Porter on March 18, 2009 at 9:15am: Thank you for taking the time to make the video! It was very informative, particularly since you illustrated the concepts with video examples. I wasn't able to make your session at CUE and appreciate you extending the conference for us by providing this training.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marcia Alessi on April 13, 2009 at 5:41pm: Matt - Loved the video ... creative, practical, long enough to provide useful examples. I'll definitely use it.. I didn't see your presentation at CUE so I'm grateful you posted here!
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Permalink Reply by rojan on July 1, 2009 at 10:52pm: This is a great idea. Who knows, by developing your skill through podcast you could be the next winner of the US State Department-sponsored Democracy Video Challenge. I saw this short film that won the latest challenge. It's entitled Long Live The Fearless Man by two Filipinos, both are students of the University of the Philippines. A very good film for a shoe-string budget.

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