AR/VR – FINAL PROJECT

points 550

Assigned: Thursday, September 20, 2018

Round Centre County

This is your chance to use what we’ve discussed this semester to tell a compelling story. Your final project will use either 360 video or an AR project (or both if you are feeling lucky) to tell a compelling and interesting story about a person, subject, event, etc about a local non-profit.

We will use the techniques developed in this class to tell the story of a local non-profit or governmental service.

Think about what kinds of stories lend themselve to 360 video or AR. What kinds of situations work best in these mediums. How can you be compelling?

  • 360 video must include spatial audio and interviews to drive the narrative.
  • You’ll want active situations, that work in 360 degrees.
  • A strong character or story arc.

Good video stories are active. Something must happen in your video.
Good video stories are interesting. They use natural sound, interesting visuals, smart editing, to tell the story.
Good video stories have a strong story. Take us somewhere. Show us. Reveal something we didn’t know.

Due:

  • Wednesday, October 3rd,  by 11:59 pm –  Email me your proposal.
    • (50 points. No points if you don’t have a story. I will deduct points if your story changes after this date)
    • Proposal should include specifics:
      1. A one-sentence pitch – What is the story? Is there a conflict or goal?
      2. An expanded explanation of the story/characters/narrative:
        • Who is the main character(s)
        • Who else will you need to interview
        • What visual opportunities are there
        •  Tell me your basic plan on what footage you’ll need to shoot, who you would like to interview and why someone would want to watch your documentary on this subject.
        • Briefly ‘storyboard’ the project. What do you see as the visuals you will need, and how will you get them.
        • Answer the question ‘Why should we care?’

**Please Remember this is a journalism class. Your project must be a documentary, NOT fiction. Your subjects must be actually doing what they do – we do not pose, recreate or reenact in this class**

  • Thursday, October 4th – pitch story idea in class.  60 seconds to pitch your idea. “My story is about…and it is interesting because…”
  • 1st EDIT: Wednesday, October 31st by 11:59 pm -Turn in your entire project to that point – all raw video/audio/stills along with exported rough cut in Box. First Critique. Export and show the highlights of your project – best video or audio – something you’d like feedback on. You MUST have something to show for class. No longer than two minutes! (50pts)  
  • 2nd EDIT: Wednesday, November 14th – Turn in your entire project. Critique second shoot – you should have a strong sense of your story at this point with good broll and or your interview. No longer than two minutes.
    • (50 points) Turn in your entire project to that point – all raw video/audio/stills along with exported rough cut
  • 3rd EDIT: November 28th – third edit – Turn in your project by 11:59 pm.  By this date you should have a solid audio track in place – we should hear your story unfold.
    • (50 points) Turn in your entire project to that point – all raw video/audio/stills along with exported rough cut
    • Submit first draft of your text story (25pts)
    • Submit first draft of your second multimedia component (25pts)
  • FINAL PROJECT DUE: Wednesday, December 5th– Final project due – in Box by 11:59 pm, or whenever it is done BEFORE CLASS STARTS:
    • (300 points)
    • Entire Project on server plus:
      • Final video exported and on server (200 pts)
        • Hi-Res Archive, Commedia version and still image for your ‘poster frame’
      • Text story to accompany video – this should NOT simply repeat the video content but can add details and context that didn’t fit into the video narrative. (50pts)
      •  Multimedia sidebar – a shorter video on a different aspect of the story, audio slideshow, photo gallery, Timeline, Map with links, etc. (50pts)

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Goal: Create a character driven video story on a person, issue, theme, topic, etc. Using all the skills we’ve practiced and discussed this semester.

Storytelling. It’s all about how you tell the story.

There is no set length for the final project. I expect most will be in the 2-4 minute range – but storytelling and technical proficiency matter MUCH more than length.

Name your project folder:
First_Last_FINALPROJECT

Name the outputted video:
First_Last_FINALPROJECT.mov
First_Last_FINALPROJECT.mp4

Name the outputted sidebar:
(if your sidebar is in some other format than a video – timeline, gallery, data, etc. – name it accordingly)
First_Last_FINALPROJECT_sidebar.mov
First_Last_FINALPROJECT_sidebar.mp4

Name your text story:
First_Last_FINALPROJECT.txt

Name your poster frame:
First_Last_FINALPROJECT.jpg

 

FINAL PROJECTS

NAME PROJECT

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Fringes

 

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