Geography ICT (Moving Image: Making Movies)

Key Task: Produce a movie and publish it to a website

  • To be able to create an effective and interesting script for a movie
  • To be able to record their own video footage
  • To be able to edit video using Movie Maker
  • To be able to publish their video online
  • To be able to evaluate the quality of differing movies and understand what makes a successful movie.

Description of the Task:

The topic chosen is Global Warming. The focus of the task is to produce a movie for a TV advert that challenges people about the impact of Global Warming on a local scale.

Prior Learning: Prior to the assessment activity students will be taught how to:

  1. The importance of audience
  2. Use a video capture device effectively
  3. How to upload a video onto the computer
  4. How to script a movie
  5. How to edit video using Movie Maker
  6. How to finish and save a movie in preparation for upload.
  7. How to make online reviews and comment

Lesson Number / Key Content / Description and Resources
1 / The importance of audience
Resources
Teacher computer
2 videos
Question sheet
Household objects / 1. Students are shown 2 pieces of video and have to think about who they think the video is aimed at
2. Questions to be answered on a sheet
3. How might a video for 5 year old children be different from a video for 18 year old university students?
4. How would you sell activity? Students are given 2 household objects and they must think about how they would sell these to a particular audience (Role Play activity)
2 and 3 / Capturing video
1: Downloading from the Internet
2: Uploading from a video capture device/ camera
Resources
Teacher computer
Student laptops
Cameras (photo/movie) /
  1. Demonstration of how wmv video can be downloaded from the internet
  2. Student practice by downloading an example of global warming video into their my documents space
  3. Students learn how to import these video clips into MovieMaker
  4. Demonstration of how video can be taken from a camera and uploaded into MovieMaker
  5. Students learn how to do this themselves (in groups)

4 / How to script a movie
Resources
Global Warming Storyboards
A3 sheets /
  1. Demonstration of a storyboard to tell the story of a topic (use Global Warming sheet created earlier in year)
  2. Students start to learn to draw storyboard/ types of annotation they will need to use
  3. Students start to think up plans for storyboard for the final task

5 / How to edit video using Movie Maker
Resources
Teacher computer with Moveimaker
Camera to input material
Clips of global warming for editing
Moviemaker help sheets/ guide
Laptops for students / Demonstration class. Students are shown how to use the key features of MovieMaker to make a movie.
Introduction to help sheets.
Students can start to practice some basic skills on the laptops
6, 7, 8 and 9 / The Task:
Produce a TV advert that will challenge people about the impact of Global Warming on a local scale
Resources
Laptops for each student
Video clips from internet for editing
Digital camera/ video cameras for students
How to get copyright free music sheet
How to get old clips from Pathe sheet
How to join an online video service and how to share your video with the world sheet / Rules
  • You must have at least 50% of your own video footage taken either at home or in school
  • You can use video downloaded from the Internet to support your story
  • You must use copyright free music in the background of your video
  • Students will be shown how to get copyright free music; how to get clips from pathe and how to join an online video service and how to share you video with the world
  • Your video must be between 1 – 3 minutes long
  • You must finish you video and upload the video to an online site
  • You need to email your teacher with the link to your video

10 / How to finish and upload your video / All students will make sure that videos are finished, shared and ready for viewing (this might take place in lesson 9 rather than 10)
11 / How to make online reviews and comments
Resources
List of other web sites in class and across other classes (links on thinkgeography) / Demonstration of how to use the online video editor to make comments and look at other videos
Class should decide what they should look for in a good video that addresses this task.
All students will be provided with the links for people in their class and other classes and they have to watch and review other videos. What do you like? What do you not like? What one thing do you wish YOU had done?
What would you do differently if you were making another video?

Each class need to nominate ONE final film that they reckon is the best film produced by the class. One film from each class will be shown at a special Geography film showing where the Geography teachers will decide which film is the best and the person who made the film and their class will both get a special prize.

Every year 10 student should note that they must complete this activity as this ICT task is part of your ICT education and this will form the basis of your ICT comment for your summer report.