Help with assignments for Video Class!

[thebiggoose]

Long story short: I was so good at our regular video production class, that my school let me do it for independant study. What that means is I have to create my own assignments. Problem is, I can't think of much.

Does anyone have any ideas for assignments for a 16 year old to do for Video Production class?

So far I've got:

Film Trailer
Short Film
Animation
Commercial


Plus I will be covering our high school sports for the local FOX channel

Thanks Guys!

Oh, btw, this class will be using AE, FCS, and anything else you can think of!

 

[LeKiD]

How many more do you need? It already seems good enough. I would say... create a video for students to learn the basics of final cut pro... kind of FCP for dummies... then, sell it to the first year students!

 

[Lunja]

If you can already use AE, it might be worth creating a short experimental film, one where you can really show off your skills. Play with narrative form (ie. Todorov's equilibrium-disequilibrium-equilibrium idea), light colour, metaphor, symbolism, the works!

It's a tricky genre to get marks in though, because it relies on the artistic interpretation of the examiner...

It might also be good to produce a short documentary. Nothing too expositional, just a well researched historical account of an event that has happened in your town. I did something similar at University, and co-produced a 15min doc about some dams that were built in the early 1900's, and 6 months later we are selling it 🙂

Good luck- let us know how it goes!

 

[puckhead193]

my college asked me to do a an orientation video for freshmen maybe something like that. Does your HS have an orientation thing?

 

[zblaxberg]

I would do a music video. We have also tried matrix fight scenes/green screen work.