Cleaning up our video segments

We've been working on creating iMovie video segments and you've had the chance to interview students and teachers. You've put the raw video into iMovie and have done edits to create news features.

We're now going to take it a step further. First, we'll analyze professional news segments by comparing and contrasting professional and our own news segments.

• What do professional news segments have that we don't have?
• What do professional news segments have that we could have?
• How are most professional news segments organized? (Think: Beginning, middle, end)
• Remember, we're focusing on HOW it is done, not WHAT the story is about.
  

1. Watch several different news segments.

• Channel 5 - http://www.kpho.com - News video is on the right hand side of the page.
• Channel 12 - http://www.azcentral.com/12news/ - Video is front and center.
• Google video search for news
  

2. In WORD:

• write down what is similar about the news segments.
• write down some differences between the news segments.
• write down what is similar between the professional news segments and our news segments.
• write down what is different between the professional news segments and our news segments.

3. What will you do differently now when you are creating your own news segment?

4. Email me your answers.

• Be sure to write in complete sentences. Use proper grammar.
• List your sources.
  

Current Events 4/22/10

1. What country began experiencing a significant volcanic eruption last week?

2. What international industry is feeling a major financial and logistical impact as a result of the volcano?

3. Two professional sports are now into their end-of-the-season playoffs. Name one of them.
Extra credit: Name the other.

4. What kind of videos are no longer illegal to sell after the Supreme Court this week struck down a lower court’s ban on them?

5. What does one in three teens do at least 100 times a day, according to a new study?

6. What ingredient does the FDA now say must be decreased in food and beverages?

School News

What has been happening around your school?

Write a 3-paragraph story focused on an event at school.

Your story could be a preview article about the Leadership Conference. Who will you interview to get information? Who do you know is going? How did they get selected? You can write the article, take pictures or produce a video article in iMovie.

You must include a quote from a friend.

You must think of a good hook for the beginning. Why would I want to read or watch your story? Your first sentence should make me want to read on.

Write first, then consider how you could create an iMovie segment.

Leadership Ideas

We are preparing for the first annual Raul H. Castro Student Leadership conference on April 24. Please go to our ning and comment on today's questions.
Thanks.

rhcastro5.ning.com

rhcastro6.ning.com

Raul H. Castro Institute

Making current events YOUR event

Good afternoon class,

First, answer the question of the day on our ning.

rhcastro5.ning.com or rhcastro6.ning.com

Continue to search news websites for a current event that interests or affects you.

cnn.com

espn.com

azcentral.com

Or different websites you find...

Find a news item that interests you because it is close to home, there is action or conflict, it deals with a famous person, happened recently or is new and exciting.

Research all that you can about that news item. Is there any history leading up to the news story?

Type your notes and sources in WORD and put together an iMovie segment discussing the news you picked. You can use video or pictures.

Share your ideas using the Ning.

Create a blog post discussing how you picked a current event, why you picked it and how you are going to use iMovie to present your current event. Will it be a photo slide show? Will you report on it? Will you interview other people?

Current Events: Revised

First, answer the question of the day on our ning.

rhcastro5.ning.com or rhcastro6.ning.com

We will be doing current events differently from now on.

Today, search news websites for a current event that interests or affects you.

cnn.com

espn.com

azcentral.com

Or others...

Find a news item that interests you because it is close to home, there is action or conflict, it deals with a famous person, happened recently or is new and exciting.

Research all that you can about that news item. Is there any history leading up to the news story?

Type your notes and sources in WORD and put together an iMovie segment discussing the news you picked. You can use video or pictures.

Ning

Make sure you get set up on our Ning today. Check your gaggle email or talk to me about whether or not you can sign in.

There is a question in the blog area that I would like you to think about and answer. You will comment on the blog so that other people can read your ideas and we can work together as a group. Be respectful and responsible.

Once you've got your Ning page set up, you can continue your work on the web design.

http://rhcastro5.ning.com

http://rhcastro6.ning.com