Session 1: Today we will discuss the Audiovisual Profile project. After discussing the project we will demonstrate some examples of the techniques you will use to produce the piece.
AUDIOVISUAL PROFILE ASSIGNMENT
Due: Week 12, Session 2 (12 points)
DESCRIPTION
Demonstrate your understanding of the development, shooting, and editing of a brief video profile. Develop skills in videography and better recognition of visual aesthetics. Gain some experience as on-camera talent and writing for video. You will better understand how rhetorical choices in visual communication can be persuasive. These skills will be valuable during and after academics and will invaluable for employment presentations and interactions, addresses to peers and colleagues, and other forms of engagement.
OBJECTIVES
1. To gain a better understanding of the process of developing, shooting and editing a video profile of a person
2. To gain a better understanding of the components of a video profile
3. To develop skills in videography and gain a greater appreciation for the aesthetics of the recorded image
4. To develop skills as on-camera talent.
5. To develop writing skills.
6. To better understand the consequences of rhetorical choices made when manipulating components of a video package
PROCEDURES
1. Select, or be assigned to, a partner. Together you will produce a video profile of a person. This means that you will negotiate the selection of the person to profile, collaborate on the writing, conduct the interviews (one shoot and the other act as talent), select the shots to be used, as well as be responsible for editing the piece. Only one of you can act as talent for the piece.
2. Your profile should be appropriate for showing on TommieMedia. Consider your audience to be UST students, faculty, staff, administration and others who might see this on TommieMedia.com. Subject of the profile should be selected for a reason that makes them newsworthy: a talent, a unique background or story, an unusual or important job or position they hold, an award or competition they have won, and so on. It can’t just be “your roommate” because they are funny.
3. Profiles are to be two minutes long (plus or minutes 10 seconds). Do not go over or be under the recommended time limits.
4. The profiles must contain the following elements:
a. Talent must appear on screen at some point in the story in the opening stand up, during a bridge or at the end as a tag (only one of you may be the talent).
b. There must be some voice over by the talent during the story.
c. Stories must include at least one interview, though there may be more if appropriate. Interviewees should be titled. Reaction shots may be included as necessary.
d. There must be some b-roll video in the story.
5. Stories must be completed and submitted on Canvas by the deadline.
EVALUATION
1. Completion of the assignment as presented in the procedures section above, including the presence of the required elements. (4 points)
2. The execution of the assignment. (4 points)
a. The effectiveness of the composition and structure.
b. The overall aesthetics of the screen space as seen in the profile.
c. Effective use of audio and editing.
d. Talent and writing.
3. The overall effectiveness of the piece and the potential impact it might have on the audience. (4 points)
Session 2: Today we will continue demonstrations for producing the Audiovisual Profile Project. If we have any time left I will answer questions and provide feedback for the Web Based Informational Campaign. Please consider the point made in the video embedded above. Secondly take a look at this article that outlines 10 tips for shooting video with your mobile phone.
– Carry spare batteries and memory cards, or bring the charger for your phone
– Hold on your subject for at least 5 seconds
– Have your subject face the light source
– Plan your shots ahead of time
– Use pans, tilts, and controlled movements
– Allow your subjects to move in and out of the frame
– Hold the camera steady or use a tripod