Teaching Digital Video Production
by Pete Fraser and Barney Oram
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This practical guide provides a detailed introduction to teaching your students digital video production and establishes the basis for a high standard of coursework for Film or Media Studies. The guide demonstrates the importance of effective pre-production, gives advice on recent developments in digital video production and how practical work can be used to engage with key aspects of the media or film studies curriculum, with accessible reference to recent educational research.
Contents include:
- Introduction: Assessment contexts, A rationale for practical work, The place of the practical in AS and A2 specifications, How to use this guide, Schemes of works
- Equipment and principles: Industry background, Digital Video in the classroom, Equipment and software, Shooting, Health and safety, loan and insurance Editing, Editing software, Organising and storing work
- Hands on: Digital video induction routes, Basic principles, Managing students: the role of the teacher, Evaluation and assessment, Managing bigger projects - making a music video
About the authors
Pete Fraser is Chief Examiner of A level Media Studies for one of the English awarding bodies and Head of Media Studies at Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, where he oversees one of the largest cohorts for the subject in the country. He has taught Media Studies for nearly 20 years, with a particular focus upon video work for the past decade. He regularly delivers INSET for teachers on both course management and practical work, particularly using Apple's iMovie.
Barney Oram also teaches Media Studies at Long Road and is an Assistant Examiner of A level Media Studies for one of the English awarding bodies. He is currently assisting an Institute of Education (London) research project on online gaming amongst teenagers and working on a book about Audiences and Institutions for Philip Allan Updates.
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Buy online from the BFI Filmstore or phone Palgrave Macmillan Orders on 01256 302866.
Review
"recommended...systematic and sound advice" - The Times
Additional resources
This book is supported with a range of online resources, including student handouts. View a free sample worksheet (PDF, 141kb).
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This download section also includes
- Glossary
- Loan letter for video equipment
The new BBC Good Shooting Guide has been devised for training their own staff, but provides some great advice for anyone who wants to learn how to make films. It's free, but you will need broadband and Flash 7 to make the most of it.
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