Learning Art through Video Production
By Janine Campbell MACUL Grant Recipient
Using visuals to express ideas is not a new concept in the Visual Arts classroom. Students use symbols and images daily to show what they know about how materials work, to express their feelings and ideas, as well as demonstrate basic concepts of design. Why not pair this natural process of using visuals to create videos to inform others about Art?
Project Overview
Over the past few years I have become increasingly more interested in creating a marriage between the traditional ways we have learned about Art and using new media to create and share content. After going to the 2010 MACUL conference and listening to Hall Davidson give the Mashed Up Media presentation (
http://community.discoveryeducation.com/files/media_matters/ MACULMashUp.pptx.pdf), I became inspired and equipped with information I needed to transform my traditional lesson on the elements and principles of design into an interactive, digital project that would allow students to show and share what they know. Thanks to the grant from MACUL, I was able to take that idea and put it into motion.
Equipment • Premiere Elements 8 for Windows was selected to provide students with a place to edit videos, add
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layers of video filters, edit sound, and use features like Chroma Key to take their videos to a whole new level of production value.
• Logitech Microphones were used for students to add narratives to their videos.
• Olympus Digital Cameras (FE-46) were used to take still images and audio/video for the student pieces. These cameras were selected for their variety of features and ease of use.
• Davis& Sanford Tripods were purchased for students to take steady shots of their subjects.
Getting Started
Before students begin writing their scripts and filming of their elements and principles of design infomercials, students worked independently to research and discover what these concepts mean. Students are asked to define the following in their own words: line, shape, color, value, texture, form, space, emphasis, balance, harmony, variety, movement, rhythm, proportion, and unity. Through research (using traditional texts and the Internet, specifically using Scholastic Art magazines and the PBS Art21 website) students also find different artists who employ these concepts in their artwork, selecting one artist for each of the elements and principles covered.
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