I decided to make a film to demonstrate a painting project to my 4th & 5th grade students.
I'm so glad this was one of our assignments. I've been wanting to make a video to introduce or demonstrate a lesson to my students and this assignment got me motivated. I plan on showing my students a Prezi of Heather Galler's artwork and following it with this video.
This was a huge learning experience for me. I've never set up a camera to film a demonstration before. I've also never shot and edited anything educational that included steps.
One of my biggest challenges was, lighting, setting up, and recording the demonstration. My video camera no longer works, so I ended up using my iPhone and attaching my iPhone bike mount to my tripod. By the time I rigged up the tripod and shot some footage, the lighting changed, and I had to re-shoot in another place. iMovie was also challenging as well. It's been a while since I've made a film and edited on iMovie, so it took some time to get the hang of it.
I hope the kids enjoy watching the video. It will definitely be nice to just play a video for them to watch and not have to repeat the demonstration for each class.
Even though it was time consuming, I'd love to make another demonstration video. I have a few ideas on how I would do it differently. I need to figure out a better set-up and maybe shoot the video more zoomed in. I'd like to see how this lesson goes and get feedback from the kids, then make a part 2 for this lesson,
Brennan, I really enjoyed your video. The music went very well with the portions that were sped up. I found it to be very hypnotic and pleasing to watch. Great job.
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DeleteThis was a great demonstration/example of our assignment. It was organized, the timing was perfect, and the content (music, text, etc.) worked in conjunction to make for an awesome tutorial.
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