Video accounts for 50% of all Internet traffic and mobile video is set to explode. When you think of how easy it is to watch video on a smart phone or how beautiful video looks on an iPad, it’s no wonder that everyone wants more visual content on their screens. As a multiplatform journalist or communicator, it helps your job prospects if you know how to tell a story in more than one medium.
Over two weekends, this workshop concentrates on video storytelling for the web, focusing on non-narrated stories of compelling characters and short, sharply focused pieces targeted for online viewing. We’ll talk about what type of stories work best for web video, finding strong characters, structuring stories, how to film and conduct an interview for a non-narrated piece, how to capture compelling visual sequences and finally, how to edit a short video.
The mantra for the class will be “Show, don’t Tell!” Students will leave the class with well-practiced new skills and a 1-minute edited video around an "object of meaning."
Video accounts for 50% of all Internet traffic and mobile video is set to explode. When you think of how easy it is to watch video on a smart phone or how beautiful video looks on an iPad, it’s no wonder that everyone wants more visual content on their screens. As a multiplatform journalist or communicator, it helps your job prospects if you know how to tell a story in more than one medium.
Over two weekends, this workshop teaches how to produce short, focused, non-narrated stories that work best for online viewing. We’ll talk about finding strong characters, structuring stories, interviewing for a non-narrated piece, capturing compelling visual sequences and more.
Students will leave the class with well-practiced new skills
and a 1-minute edited video around an "Object of Meaning."
The mantra for the class will be “Show, don’t Tell!”
CLASS REQUIREMENTS:
Students must bring a digital video camera that records on a card or a smart phone that records video, and a tripod. An audio recorder is optional.
Students must bring to class an object of meaning
and be ready to be interviewed on camera about that object.
Q: What is an "object of meaning?"
A: An object of meaning is an object that you can bring to class that has deep personal significance and hopefully a story too. It must be bigger than a ring but smaller than a breadbox. It can not be currently alive.
Prior to the class, students must watch the Adobe Premiere free “Essentials for Beginners” tutorials at https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/tutorials.html
Class fee: $599. Are you eligible for a discount?
Saturday, Sept. 17:
Storytelling principles. The importance of audio. Interviewing 101. Recording audio interview for "Object of Meaning" project.
Sunday, Sept. 18:
Visuals for multimedia. Lighting and framing. Sequences and scenes. Shooting visuals for "Object of Meaning" project.
Saturday, Sept. 24:
(Students must have watched the Adobe Premiere free “Essentials for Beginners” tutorials at https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/tutorials.html) Editing audio. Transcribing. Paper edit. Transfer to Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Listening party.
Sunday, Sept. 25:
Video editing. Scenes and sequences. Reshoot if needed. Combine audio and video. Viewing party for the "Object of Meaning" project.
Bob Sacha is a director, cinematographer, editor, teacher, photographer and, above all, a collaborator on visual journalism projects. He has shot the video for projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Emmy for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming, His first short documentary film, Blindsight about a group of blind photographers, had its world premiere at DocNYC . He’s trained reporters, photographers and regular folks on how to create compelling videos using their iPhone, DSLR or large video cameras. Bob has taught students and reporters
from the worlds largest metro dailies.
What his students say:
"Bob is a great teacher. I feel like in another life he was a performer."
"Prof. Sacha is the best professor I've had at this school, and as enjoyable and informative the other classes have been, I've gotten more feedback and assistance from him than anyone else. "
"Bob is great example of an exemplary professional in the field and a fantastic educator in a classroom setting. He shows up prepared and enthusiastic, so the students do too. He cares, so the students do too."
"Engaging, approachable, outrageously knowledgable, and willing to try new things with video. "
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