Learner Power Video 1a Simplified Curriculum

Unit 1: Employability Skills: Communication, Professionalism, Safety

 

U1a: Demonstrate understanding of modern workplace communication skills by practicing appropriate oral, written, and online communications with the teacher and peers

 

U1b: Participate in a classroom environment that simulates a production company where students practice and model Interpersonal skills that will prepare them for the professional video production world

 

U1c: Demonstrate understanding of safety rules in a professional video production environment

 

U1d: Choose to take unit 1 skills check and objective test

 

u1e: Choose to learn the best strategies for success in this course

 

Unit 2: SkillsUSA

 

U2a: Demonstrate knowledge of SkillsUSA as it applies to learning video production

 

U2b: OPTIONAL - choose to participate in SkillsUSA club at the school

 

Unit 3: Professionalism Discussion

 

U3a: Demonstrate understanding of skillsUSA by participating in a whole class discussion of student organizations

 

U3b: Demonstrate understanding of professionalism by participating in a whole class discussion

 

Unit 4: Careers Project

 

U4a: Demonstrate individual research skills by creating a document that describes two people's real world career experience

 

U4b: Demonstrate understanding of professional group dynamics skills

 

U4c: Demonstrate understanding of group dynamics by participating effectively in a small group planning meeting

 

U4d: Demonstrate understanding of group dynamics by participating effectively in a small group video careers discussion

 

U4e: Demonstrate understanding of group dynamics by participating effectively in a small group collaborative project

 

Unit 5: Careers Discussion and Presentation

 

U5a: Demonstrate understanding of careers in video production by participating in group presentation

 

U5b: Demonstrate understanding of group dynamics by participating in whole class careers discussion

 

Unit 6: Intro to Video Production: Careers, Copyright, Stages

 

U6a: demonstrate understanding of training and skills required for a career in video production

 

U6b: Demonstrate basic understanding of copyright as it applies to professional video production

 

U6c: Demonstrate understanding of the basic stages of video production

 

U6d: Choose to take unit 6 knowledge check and objective test

 

Unit 7: Shots I: The Language of Motion Picture Storytelling

 

U7a: Demonstrate knowledge of the basic components of a shot

 

U7b: Demonstrate understanding of the 8 basic shots

 

U7c: Demonstrate understanding of the 6 basic camera motions

 

U7d: Demonstrate knowledge of the 3 basic rules of shooting video

 

U7e: Demonstrate knowledge of shots as the language of motion picture storytelling

 

U7f: Choose to take unit 7 skills check and objective test

 

Unit 8: About Pre-production: Formats, Scripts I

 

U8a: Identify key technologies and standards associated with video production and distribution

 

U8b: Demonstrate understanding of basic video script formats

 

U8c: Choose to take unit 8 skills check and objective test

 

Unit 9: About Production: Tools, Lighting, Cameras

 

U9a: Identify hardware tools of video production

 

U9b: Identify basic attributes of professional video lights

 

U9c: Identify basic components of professional video cameras

 

U9d: Choose to take unit 9 skills check and objective test

 

Unit 10: Skills Tests: Studio Skills Test and Editing Skills Test

 

U10a: Identify basic setup of a television studio for a single camera, single subject shoot

 

U10b: Demonstrate all necessary steps for using a television studio to record a basic, single camera, single subject shoot

 

U10c: Identify key steps in editing a video project

 

Unit 11: Project: Pre-production Stage

 

U11a: execute the steps necessary to begin a video project

 

U11b: Demonstrate understanding of planning for a video project by selecting an appropriate project idea and pitching it to a teacher acting as an executive producer

 

U11c: Demonstrate knowledge of video project planning by filling out a story planning sheet for this project

 

U11d: Demonstrate knowledge of video project planning by filling out scene maps as necessary for this project

 

U11e: Demonstrate knowledge of video  script writing conventions

 

U11f: Demonstrate knowledge of video project planning by storyboarding for this project

 

U11g: Demonstrate knowledge of planning a video project by completing the project folder and assessing it

 

Unit 12: Project: Production Stage

 

U12a: Choose to apply teamwork, collaboration, professionalism, and safety skills from prior lessons in video production

 

U12b: Demonstrate understanding of various roles in video production

 

Unit 13: Project: Post-production Stage

 

U13a: Demonstrate knowledge of video post-production by setting up an editing project on a computer

 

U13b: Demonstrate understanding of the art of video editing

 

U13c: Choose to apply professional communication skills during the video editing process

 

U13d: Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of video editing by creating a rough cut of the video project

 

U13e: Demonstrate knowledge of video formats by exporting a finished project in the correct format for it's intended use

 

Unit 14: Finish the Course

 

U14a: Demonstrate presentation skills by presenting the finished project to the class

 

U14b: Choose to take the objective final exam

 

U14c: Execute all of the steps in the end-of-course procedure

 

LEARNER POWER: VIDEO PRODUCTION 1a

VID1a is the first semester of a year-long class called "Video 1." This website includes all the tutorials, knowledge checks, tests, handouts, and rubrics you will need. Thousands of students use this site every day to learn video production. Teachers should sign up with the form above for more information.

 

This learner Power Video Production curriculum is tightly aligned to national standards such as the SkiillsUSA Blueprint, ISTE NETS, NOCTI Television Production, and the Adobe Digital Video Curriculum. It is also aligned with Georgia's High School Audio & Video Technology and Film Pathway Curriculum and Gwinnett County's AKS for video production. The video tutorials in this website are copyright Pasha Souvorin 2016.