Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to create a 90 second-4 minute digital video narrative. You will develop skills in gathering and editing original video your story.
The first step in this project will be to gather original video and still footage about your topic. You may find the Skype recording tools useful. You may interview yourself as well. Please post the raw video footage of at least 2 different scenes to your blog by 5pm on Friday, November 18th (15 points).
Next, create a script/storyboard in a word processing program (e.g. MS Word) that outlines how your story will flow. Be sure to include information about the visual shots, the audio that accompanies it, and transitions between different clips. Using Adobe Premiere, edit your video and audio footage to create a digital narrative or story about your topic. You have the creative freedom to develop this story as you would like. You may choose to narrate the story yourself with a written voiceover. Please post a draft of your script/storyboard, edited digital video story, and write-up to your blog by Thursday, December 1st at 5pm (50 points). (See rubric for digital video story and write-up below).
Over the following weekend, please post constructive feedback to your group members’ (20 points). Please have your feedback posted by Monday, December 5th at 5pm.
Using the feedback from your group members, and self-critique, please post your updated video story, script, and write-up by 10am on Wednesday, December 14th (150 points, rubric below).
Final Project Grading Rubric (150 Points):
Multimedia Video Story (90 points):
| 1. Creativity in Video Composition – 25 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Primarily remains within conventional or safe parameters of thinking and ideas. Minimal exploration or experimentation. | Explores multiple ideas or approaches, with some flexibility and experimentation / risk taking. | Generates many ideas, exploring inventive & divergent thinking. Demonstrates flexibility and openness, new combinations and experimentation. | |||
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| 2. Content – 25 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Video story identifies and communicates the topic/issue with limited success; some basic aspects may be incomplete or confused. | Video story identifies and focuses on the topic/issue. Communicates narrative about the topic/issue it is designed for. | Video content clearly and effectively communicates a narrative about the topic/issue it is designed for. | |||
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| 4. Design principles – 20 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| The video story is difficult to follow. There is little or no evidence of a storyline. | Adequately demonstrates understanding of video story design. Narrative is generally relevant and flows with overall story. Audio and visual storytelling elements are mostly cohesive. May be lacking some depth. | Demonstrates strong understanding of video story design. Narrative is clear and is very easy to follow. Audio and visual elements are very cohesive. Demonstrates strong story planning. | |||
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| 5. Technical Proficiency – 20 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Visual and audio elements do not blend smoothly. Gaps exist in narrative. Transitions awkward or empty. | Visual and audio elements are consistent through most of the narrative. Transitions are mostly smooth with some obvious edits. | Visual and audio elements are consistent throughout the narrative. Edits are smooth and undetectable. No empty spaces in the story. | |||
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Script (20 points):
| Script – 20 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Script includes some of the video and audio elements of the project, but final video project is very different from what is outlined here. | Script includes most of the video and audio elements of the story, but the final project contains many elements not present. | Script fully fleshes out video and audio content including transitions. | |||
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Write-Up (40 points):
| Creativity in writing – 10 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Minimal or absent explanation or exploration in description of the multimedia narrative process. | Explores design process with some flexibility. Length is acceptable and clearly communicates topic. | Generates many ideas in exploring the process of creating the multimedia narrative. Thoughtful and insightful to story creation. | |||
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| Relates to topic/issue – 10 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Absent or minimal explanation of how multimedia elements in relate to topic/issue narrative. Little explanation of design elements’ meaning. | Adequate explanation of how multimedia elements relate to topic/issue. Some elements inclusion may be unclear, but overall theme is understandable. | Strong explanation of how multimedia elements in relate to topic/issue. All elements in narrative are thoroughly explored and explained. | |||
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| Diverse Perspectives – 10 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Multimedia narrative explanation is largely discussed with little consideration or inappropriate for Internet audience. | Multimedia narrative explanation includes some original thinking and acknowledges or relates to multiple viewpoints. Adequately written for wide Internet audience. | Multimedia narrative explanation includes accurate, nuanced, and respectful thinking. Acknowledges and relates to multiple viewpoints. Easily accessible for wide Internet audience. | |||
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| Technical Detail – 10 points | |||||
| 1-Minimal | 2-Emerging | 3-Developing | 4-Competent | 5-Effective | 6-Publishable |
| Absent or incoherent explanation of how multimedia editing was executed using software tools. | Adequate explanation of how multimedia editing was executed using software tools. Some elements may be missing or unclear, but gives an overall understanding of software tools utilized to create narrative. | Strong explanation of how multimedia editing was executed using software tools. It is very clear how the narrative was created and how multimedia elements were manipulated to create the final narrative. | |||
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