Multimedia Broadcast

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Analyzing Student Work to Create Rubrics

This lesson will help students walk through the work of other high school broadcast programs, set goals for their own work, and create rubrics for assessment of that work.

Snapchat Storytelling

For this lesson, students will practice utilizing this social media tool for storytelling purposes and create an archive for their Snap Stories on their online news site.

Choosing a Storytelling Medium

This lesson will help students decide the right method for telling the stories of the year and create deliverables to help the whole staff make the best decision.

Exploring free multimedia apps

This lesson will give students a chance to explore these apps with a critical eye, allowing them to brainstorm specific uses for the apps in a journalism class setting. At the end of the lesson, students will create a rating system for judging the usefulness not only of these apps, but any new apps that crop up over the course of the year.

Story Mapping: Picking the Right Way to Tell the Story

This lesson will take you through the process of story mapping, which will help students keep multimedia in mind throughout the publication process. By the end of the lesson, students should be ready to create multimedia packages to supplement written work and vice versa.

Using Videolicious to Create Introductory Videos

This lesson will give students practice not only with the app, but also with script writing, photo selection, and shooting video.

Creating a professional news package

Reflecting on previous work, students will practice how to conduct a critique.

Introduction to live production

Students will explore the different setups, procedures and possible outcomes for live event and broadcast productions.

Video basics: Shooting & editing

Students start by learning about video camera terminology that directly relates to operating a professional-level video camera. Then, students use the video cameras they learned about to put the scriptwriting terms into practice.

Video storytelling & advanced methods

Students will spend time working on advanced multimedia broadcast stories to improve their production skills.

The broadcast studio

Students will learn how to structure two-column script writing and the abbreviations for the elements that appear in the average script.

Multimedia broadcast portfolio

Students learn about the different approaches to creating a multimedia broadcast portfolio, the different elements it should contain and the content that it should not contain.

Understanding the pre-production phase and process

Students will explore the various ways professional journalists prepare for multimedia broadcast projects.

Script writing for broadcast

Students will learn how to structure two-column script writing and the abbreviations for the elements that appear in the average script. 

Storyboarding in multimedia broadcast

Students will learn about all aspects of storyboarding and continue learning about the pre-production phase.

Lighting in multimedia broadcast

Students will learn basic lighting terms, three-point lighting, how to light a green screen, outdoor lighting and lighting safety concerns.

Audio for multimedia broadcast

Students will be introduced to basic audio terms, audio equipment, audio accessories and relate them to real world applications in multimedia broadcast situations.

Making media literate decisions about sound and audio cues

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