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March 16, 2007 Lilly West-Wicks, Maurer & Roach 1

Enhance Your Teaching Through Video Production: Making a Movie from Concept to Completion

Don A. Wicks, Ph.D.Margaret Maurer, M.L.S.Shane Roach, B.A.

Lilly West-Wicks, Maurer & Roach 2March 16, 2007

The Possibilities Promised by our Visual Culture

Television The maturation of non-book materials in

libraries and schools Educational publishers create non-print

material that is published in conjunction with textbooks


Technology and Visual Communication

Instructional television Personal video recorders and cameras The Internet Broadband Digital recording Podcasting


A Quick Peak at the Literature

Choi & Johnson (2005) —Video instruction Hobbs (2006) —Video in the classroom Lawson, et al. (2006) —Guiding questions Mainhart & Gerraughty (2005) —

Production facilities Shrewbridge & Berge (2004) —Role of

theory and technology


The Value of Video

Videos in lectures (in person or

distance education) Videos on Web sites Demonstration videos Case study video


The Conception of Our Movie

A reason for making the movie

Providing A Tour The motivation for making

the movie Use an appropriate level

of complexity Use the tools available to

you

Video Clip


How Could Video Help us at Kent? Collaborative working relationships History of collaboration

Tours of technical services Presentations in classes

It helped us to have had previous experience working together


The Tours were Taking A Toll Preparation time for managers Disruptions of workflow on the day of the

tours Other professors were asking for additional

tours Didn’t serve distance education students New library employees needed an

orientation


Pay-off: A Synergistic Solution

By making the movie we eliminated repeated tours in technical services

One pedagogical tool satisfied many educational needs at many different times

Distance education students are served


More Synergies

We created a library orientation tool Teleproductions students gained

experience Don & Margaret learned about movies as

pedagogical tools Shane learned about technical services

librarianship


2006 Project Timeline

March – Preliminary planning April – Tour of technical services June – Script writing July – Pre-production / preliminary production August – Production (principle shooting) August – Post-production September – Movie complete October – Movie added to library collection October – Red carpet movie premier


Touring Technical ServicesSCRIPT__________________________________Opening Titles/Credits

On screen: The goal of the Libraries & Media Services Collection Management program is to maintain, enhance and preserve the quality of the collections in direct relationship to the mission and priorities of the University.

Host : Welcome to The Collection Management area of the Kent State University Library. I’m here with Margaret Maurer, Cataloguing Manager, and today we are going to guide you on a tour of this department, located on the third floor of the Kent State Library.Margaret, there have been a lot of changes in library operations in the past decade or two - with more to come, I’m sure. How do you see the way technical services today?

M.M. : It used to be that the work we do here was separated into different units. Today, we are more of a team with individuals contributing their special skills. We have cataloguers, collection development librarians, acquisitions people and more. Let me show you on chart.

Content Creation Managers in technical

services gave the 1 ½ hour tour to Don and Shane

Don wrote a 20 minute video script based on the tour and tour handouts

Draft scripts were reviewed by technical services managers and minimally revised


Construction

There are three phases to any video production:

Pre-production 1 Production 2 Post-production 3


The Pre-Production Phase

The planning period A crucial phase Can take up as much as

of your project time


Things Decided in this Phase

Define the purpose and goal of the video The purpose and goal, once defined, will

inform both the structure and the content of the video

Good communication is key at this point


Decisions How Video is Going to be Used

Stand-alone video Element of a Web site It could be meant to be accessed remotely

All of this may be determined, in part, on the resources available and the targeted audience


Determine the Target Audience Plan the video so that the audience can

relate to it naturally and easily. Undergraduate versus graduate Introductory, or specialized

The demographic will define the

structure of the final product


Three Key Questions

What is the purpose of the video? How is the video going to be used? Who is your target audience?


How do You Present the Content in a Creative Way?

Incorporating graphics and additional video footage adds interest

Some subjects translate easily to video Use humor where possible


GFX Clip


B-roll


Humor


Next Decisions / Other Factors

Determine the length of the final video Determine the costs of the video Seek outside funding Determine if the film will be shot in a

studio or on location


Establish a Shooting Schedule Divide the movie into scenes Decide the shooting sequence and

schedule Decide where you will shoot each scene Decide who will be in each scene Determine what equipment is needed

A site survey is a good idea!


What you want to convey will determine who will be on screen

Short movies can be used to show: A teacher talking to a

class The re-creation of an

event A demonstration

Will you use professional actors or subject experts with little acting experience?


Making sure you get what you want Work closely together and communicate Be flexible and encourage modifications to

perfect the final product

The better all of you are prepared in this phase, the smoother the production phase will be.


The Production Phase

The educator’s role—maintaining quality and content control

Final changes are the norm


Things to Know about the Production Phase The crew can be large The video equipment can take up space The video director is focused on content and

visual continuity The sound equipment will pick up what you

least expect it to “Actors” filming over a series of days must

dress in the same way each day


The Post-Production Phase

The video editor pieces

together the video shot. Involves timing & a

shot-by-shot identification Graphics are created Music is selected

Transitions and Music


Final Post-Production

Viewing the rough cut version, then…

Final changes Signing off on

the final film


The Final ProductFormatLegal issues

Touring Technical Serviceshttp://kira.lms.kent.edu:554/TTS384k.mov


Celebrating: The Movie Premier

Red Carpet !

Food !


Planning Handouts

Glossary ‘Making A Movie’ Planning Sheet

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mbmaurer/

LillyWest.html


Questions

Thanks for coming!


Follow-up

Contact >

Margaret Maurer [email protected]

Don Wicks [email protected]

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