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
U2a: Demonstrate knowledge of SkillsUSA as it applies to learning video production
U2b: OPTIONAL - choose to participate in SkillsUSA club at the school
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.