Kristi McGauley, Robin Follet, and Jamie Roszel, American Literature, Upper School English
Prompt after reading, “A Lesson Before Dying“: “Work in your assigned small group to script and shoot a video news segment about Jefferson’s case that might appear either online or as part of a news broadcast. Your first task is to consider from whose viewpoint you’d like to tell the story (Whose story is it?), what audience you hope to reach, and why you are making these choices. What inherent bias will inform your decisions and the audience’s reactions? Be prepared to screen the video for the class. You will need to create a storyboard, compose and script, and upload them to the WikiProject Page. You must show me your storyboard and script prior to filming. Your news segment must be a minimum of 3 minutes long but no more than 5 minutes. You will be using your smartphone to film and borrowing tripods or sound equipment as needed.”
The technology used in this project included StoryboardThat, Wiki Projects in Haiku, Video in Office 365, a variety of filming equipment such as tripods can smartphone camera adapters, and finally a multitude of video editing software including iMovie, Smartphone apps, etc.
Student Exemplars:
Video: Example Newscast from the Jefferson Case
Student Photos-Videos in the Classroom:
Working on the movie script
StoryboardThat
Creating a storyboard
