Susan Grigsby will teach a class on broadcasting to provide students hands-on experience with video production. She has extensive experience in audio and video production. The class will cover setting up a broadcast team, news crew positions and rotations, basic equipment, shooting and editing videos, lighting, and how video production relates to literacy and learning standards. Students will gain skills in writing, speaking, critical thinking, and collaboration through completing a video project.

1. Lights! Camera! Action! Broadcast News for Schools Susan K. S. Grigsby Elkins Pointe Middle School

2. Today’s Agenda Who’s your teacher and why is she qualified to teach a class on broadcasting? Who are you and why do you want to know more about broadcasting? Setting up a broadcast team News crew positions News crew rotations Basic equipment Basic video shooting Audio for video Lighting strategies Live vs. pre-taped Literacy & video production

3. Susan Grigsby Honors graduate: Music Business Institute Exocet Productions Audio Technician – Live sound crew Studio Technician – Recorded music Atlanta Video Production Center Videographer Audio Technician Deep South Wrestling Bronners Bros. Hair Industrial productions Peachtree Presbyterian Producer The Story Spinner

4. Susan Grigsby B.S. from GSU in Commercial Music Recording and Production Southern Living Studio Audio technician Operations Manager Broadcast recording Primedia Entertainment Group Operations Manager Stage Manager M.L.M. from GSU The Epstein School (PK-8) Midvale Elementary (PK-6) Tate Elementary (K-5) Elkins Pointe (6-8)

5. Your Turn!

6. Setting Up a Broadcast Team Applications Teacher Recommendations GAMA Georgia Association of Media Assistants http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/ugh/state/steps.htm Think of being ready for the next school year! Questions/Comments

7. News Crew Positions Director Talent Camera Operator(s) Teleprompter operator Production Assistant Lighting Set design and/or props Computer/graphics Character generator Animation graphics

8. News Crew Rotation Full Year Position Director 2 to 3 week positions Talent Be flexible! Camera Operator(s) Teleprompter operator Production Assistant Computer/graphics

9. Basic Equipment Camera(s) VCR/DVD Lighting equipment Overhead projectors Photo lighting kid Monitor(s) Computer Teleprompter

10. Equipment - Extras CD player Computer Graphics Scrolling announcement Switcher For 2-camera shoots For 1 camera + C.G. Character Generator AverKey/Chroma Key

11. Basic Video Shooting Picture in to camera Camera out to VCR in VCR out to Monitor in One Camera Set-up

12. Basic Video Shooting Picture in to camera Camera out to channel in of switcher Mixer out to Monitor(s) in Two Camera Set-up Switcher out to Mixer in

13. Audio for Video Connect an external mic to your camera (single camera shoot) or an audio mixer for best results. Remember! Proximity is everything! No one wants to watch a video with bad audio!

14. Basic Lighting Right Angle light Left Angle light Center light Back drop or “hair” light

15. Live Broadcast vs. Pre-Taped Live Spontaneous Come in, do show, go to class Video as roll-in only 99% scripted Errors are live! Pre-taped Completely scripted Edited program tighter No room for spontaneity

16. Literacy & video production Literacy is the ability to communicate in real world situations which involves the abilities of individuals to read, write, speak, listen, view and think. Cooper, 2000

17. Literacy & video production Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively Indicator 1: Organizes information for practical application Indicator 4: Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats. Information Power Standards

18. Literacy & video production Standard 9: The student who contributes positively to the learning community & to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue & generate information. Indicator 4: Collaborates with others, both in person and through technologies, to design, develop, and evaluate information products and solutions. Information Power Standards

19. Literacy & video production We understand & remember best when facts & skills are embedded in natural, spatial memory Language acquired this way Single most important element that brain-based theories have in common Educational implications Spatial memory best invoked through experiential learning (projects, field trips, performances) Caine and Caine Making Connections Brain-Based Learning

20. Literacy & video production Brainstorming Drafting Revising Editing Publishing The writing process

21. Literacy & video production The video production process Brainstorming Planning Implementation Evaluation Performance

22. "What I've Learned from Making Video" — A Student Speaks "Not only have we learned how to use the equipment, how to work together, and how to create something worthwhile for television, we've learned how to put it all together, too. We've learned how to watch television as well. We're paying more attention now to what we see. We know what to look for, because we have inside information. We're thinking more about what's on television, and making more intelligent decisions about what we want to spend our time watching. Most of all, after doing this kind of work ourselves, we have a lot more respect for what we view, and for the people who do it professionally. We understand what goes into every minute we see on television. Knowing what happens behind the scenes doesn't diminish the magic of television, however; if anything, it increases the wonder of what we see." — Steve Dast, Advanced Media Class, West High School, Madison, WI http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article560.html

23. Lights, Camera, Action! Video production addresses Information Power Standards Video production addresses several areas of brain-based learning principles Video production is an example of inquiry-based instruction/learning Video production is a natural extension of the reading and writing process

24. Lights! Camera! Action! Broadcast News for Schools Let’s start shooting!