RAK SWISS Teacher Exchange Program

Video Documentary Workshops

Objective• To equip participants with the skills to:

– Storyboard– Script– Film– Edit – ShareVideos to support their RAK/SWISS research projects.

Agenda: Workshop 1• What makes a good education documentary?• Video simulation• Storyboarding and scripting• Flip tutorial and practice• Project planning• Q and A & Homework

Homework• Collect video footage!

– Keep video clips short! • Set up YouTube account (Note: You will need a

Gmail email account to do this.)• Bring completed storyboard and script

template to Switzerland and Workshop 2.

Agenda: Workshop 2• Icebreaker• Sample documentary• Intro to Windows Movie Maker • Time to work on documentaries• Sharing videos on YouTube and the RAKTN• Research descriptions• Q and A & Thanks!

Icebreaker• If you had to pick one word to describe your

experiences in Switzerland what would that word be? • If you had to pick one image to describe your

experiences in Switzerland what image would you select?

• What is your best memory from the trip? • If you had to select a genre of music to capture the

energy of that memory, what genre of music would you select?

RAKTN Video Debrief• What was the main message of the film?• How did the music make you feel?• What types of video footage did you see?• What was the role of text in the video?• Why do you think the editor included teacher

interviews?• What was the most memorable scene in the

video?

Agenda: Workshop 2 cont.• Intro to Windows Movie Maker • Time to work on documentaries• Sharing videos on YouTube and the RAKTN• Research descriptions• Q and A• Thanks!