# Video Project

### This is a team project

- This is a group project.
- Group size: 2.
- If you do not have a team or your team has more than 2 people: -20 points

### Video Project Instructions

Use a video camera or digital camera to capture some video clips, import the clips to Lightworks and make a 4 - 5 minutes film.
Steps:

- Form groups; discuss ideas with your group; decide the topic/theme of your movie
- Come up with a storyline & draft script
- Video shooting
- Video editing (use Lightworks to do the editing)
  - Resource
    - Click here for tutorial on Lightworks video editing.
    - Or you can find other tutorials using youtube if you need more.
  - Trim unnecessary video clips
  - Add title to your video
  - Add transition effects
  - Add credits to your video
  - Add still images to your video
  - Add background music to your video
- Record voice-over for your video using Audacity
- Replace the sound of your video with the voice-over you recorded in the above step
- Adjusting the sound volume for each sound clip so that the mixed sound can be heard clearly
- Export your video as an mp4 or mov movie
- Upload it to youtube and make sure your video is made public so that anyone in this world can watch it
- Add youtube link to your D2L so that your professor will be able to grade your video
- Upload your audio files to D2L (see submission section below for more detail)
- Evaluate your teammate in D2L (see submission section below for more detail)
- If you don't have a video camera, you can use your cell phone or you can borrow a camera from the GGC library. You need to form groups first and identify one person to borrow one. You need to have your own mini video tape for library camera.
- You can use images and video clips from other sources. For instance, youtube. But you must acknowledge everything you borrowed.
- Keep in mind, everything you borrowed from other sources should be less than 15% of your video.

### Basic Requirements:

1. Total Length(including title, credit, etc): 4-5 minutes(-5 points for every minute that is more than 5 min, -5 points for every minute that is less than 4 min)
2. There must be a title at the beginning for your movie(-5 if missing)
3. There must be at least 3 different clips/scenes, at least two must be your own shooting and must be at least 85% of the video (-10 for each missing)
4. There must be voice over (narration) recorded with audacity, not the one you get when you record your video... (-25 if missing )
5. You can keep part of the audio from your recorded video, for example, the voice of someone you interviewed in the video. But you must have some audio clips recorded using audacity and used in your video. (-25 if no audacity audio)
6. There should be transitions between the scenes... (-10 if missing)
7. There must be credits at the end (-5 if missing)
8. A background music is needed when there is no narration (Do not use a whole sound track from an album, you may violate its copyright and youtube will remove your sound after you uploaded the video.) (-10 is missing)
9. At least two still images are used in your video (-10 is missing)

### Topics

Choose one topic from the following list for your movie.

1. A piece of news broadcast
2. Education makes the difference
3. GGC, a college of tomorrow
4. Drive safely
5. What I can do for my parents

Remember, a topic is not necessary the title of your movie, although your movie needs to focus on the topic you picked. Also, if you have a good idea about something else for your movie, talk to your instructor first. If everything is appropriate, you may be allowed to do what you come up for this project.

### Grading

1. Meet the basic requirements listed above. (50 points)
2. Video has a clear purpose which addresses one of the listed topics. (15 points)
3. Content is organized logically. (10 points)
4. Video and sound are synchronized and in good quality (not blurry, fuzzy) (10 points)
5. Video is compelling, interesting and creative. (10 points)
6. Peer evaluation is done on time (5 points). Each group member will be required to evaluate the performance of your teammate. Each group member could receive a different grade based on the peer evaluation results.

### Examples done by GGC students

1. example 1: "GNN news"
2. example 2: "Distraction Free Driving"
3. example 3: "The Drop Out"

### Submission

1. Video file goes to Youtube, make sure your video is made public so that anyone can watch it on any computer
2. Youtube link of your video goes to your D2L in the comment area of this project's submission folder.
3. Audio files (recorded with Audacity) should be uploaded to D2L as well.
4. Peer evaluation should be done in your D2L in the comment area of this project's submission folder. A peer evaluation example is given below:
     Shuhua Lai (Me): 50%
     Mike Miller: 50%
     Explainations why the percentages are assigned as such.
5. Deadline:

  if you are in Section 06: 11:59pm, Sunday, 11/15/2020
  if you are in Section 13: 11:59pm, Sunday, 11/15/2020

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