Session 2: Film School for Video Podcasters

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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).
Suzanne Ludlum

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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.

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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.
Since mine was a news report type documentary, I had the kids write out some questions in advance.

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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.

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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...
http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=403

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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.

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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!
Marcia Alessi
Los Angeles

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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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