1. Inept to Adept: Student Produced Videos
Brooke K. Langan
Joseph P. Martin
East Stroudsburg Area School District
Inept to Adept: Student Produced Videos

2. What is AFI? American Film Institute Lights, Camera, Education Series
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION! is an online application of AFI K-12 Screen Education’s face-to-face workshop series that provides teachers with the tools and skills to incorporate filmmaking into their curriculum. Students write, shoot, edit, and ultimately exhibit the original films they produce as part of their core classroom studies. The process transforms the classroom for both teachers and students.

3. Reasons for Integrating AFI
Reasons why we AFI…
Inexperience in moviemaking
Students don’t like to write
Provides structure to a new concept
Validates the importance of planning to students
Promotes teamwork & collaboration

4. Who can AFI? Students Teachers Support Staff All content areas
PD Sessions
Support Staff
District Employees
Transportation
Halls & Walls Committee
School Board

5. Five Steps to Adept! Step 1: Shoot In-Camera
Step 2: Storyboard the Scene/Shoot
Step 3: Switch-A-Roo
Step 4: Reshoot & Assemble an Edit
Step 5: Edit the Final Cut

6. Step 1: Shoot In-Camera Step 1: Form a production team
Organize & Shoot a provided scenario
Person is about to open a door, hears a sound and becomes mildly concerned. Person finds the door locked & searches for keys. Sound increases & person becomes visibly apprehensive (Build tension & growing panic). Scene ends with the person opening door & getting to the other side safely.
Follow Parameters for Shooting
Source of sound is not seen, one actor, 60 second Max, Filming within 5 feet of door, assembled in-camera
View & Reflect

7. Step 2: Storyboard the Scene/Shoot
Storyboarding Defined
Provide definition & AFI’s shot glossary
Individuals Storyboard the Scene
Same parameters plus 5 different shots.
Storyboards visually clear (so a stranger can use)
Pitch to Team
Team Selects One or Creates a New One

8. Step 3: Switch-A-Roo Step 3: Completed team storyboards are handed in
Teacher “Switch-A-Roo.”
Teacher switches storyboards amongst the teams
Teams film another’s storyboard
Parameters: Can’t communicate with the storyboard’s original writers, shoot exactly as written, can’t try to improve or improvise.
View & Reflect

9. Step 4: Reshoot & Assemble an Edit
Teams revise storyboards based on Step 3 Reflection.
Teams shoot the new storyboards
Import footage into computer
Assemble a rough cut based upon the storyboard’s sequence of events
Team View & Reflection of Rough Cut
Review the film’s intentions before moving on to Step 5

10. Step 5: Edit the Final Cut
Explore the following editing tools to enhance the film’s overall impact:
Transitions
Music
Titles
Effects
View & Reflect
Do the editing additions confirm the original assignment’s parameters? Is your film better? Why or Why not?

11. Student Example

12. Timelines for Implementation
Student Implementation
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Block: 90Mins 1 .5
1.5
Period:
45Mins 2 3

13. Timelines for Implementation
Professional Development Implementation
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Session:
3 Hour
*Step4&5 partially omitted
45 Minutes
Groups & Intro = 15mins
Film = 15mins
Review = 15 mins
Storyboarding Defined = 15 mins
Team Storyboarding = 30 mins
Switch & Film = 30 mins
View & Reflect = 15 mins
Reshoot = 30 mins
*Rough Edit in Next Level of PD
*Final Cut Edit in 2nd Level of PD
6 Hour
8:30 am - 8:45 Groups Assembled Roles Chosen
8:45 am - 9:05 Filming
9:05 am - 9:30 Viewing and Reflecting
9:30 am-10:00 Storyboarding Defined
10:00-10:30
Storyboarding
10:30-11:00
Pitch to Team and Choose or Create New
11:00- 11:15
Switch-A-Roo 11:15-11:45
Filming
11:45-12:15
View & Reflect
(Working Lunch)
12:15-12:45
Reshoot the team storyboard
12:45-1:30
Assemble a Rough Cut Edit
1:30-1:45
Rough Cut Team Review
1:45-2:15
Enhancement Editing
2:15-2:30
Final Cut Team Review