Video Production Resource List... A Work in Progress

Equipment Resources

• Adobe Digital Video Products: Digital media, streaming video for the computer, editing products and visual effects are all offered through a variety of products developed by Adobe.
• Avid Cinema: Developer of a variety of products for animation, editing and production of video.
• Pinnacle Studio Deluxe: A very capable, user-friendly, low-cost software/hardware system that enables one to edit movies and input from/output to either digital or analog video.  Pinnacle also has several higher end, more powerful packages as well.

Video Production Resources

• The Atomic Learning Library--This commercial site includes several free guides that are quite good:
  • The Grammar of Video
  • Composing Basic Camera Shots
  • Video Composition Rules
  • Video Examples (QuickTime required)
• Film, TV & Video Tips, How-Tos
• How to Light a Scene for Digital Video: This article will describe several methods for introducing light into your Desktop or Digital Video productions. Topics covered - Ambient Light, On Camera Lighting, Three Point Lighting.
• iMovie basics: Tips, examples and much more.
• iMovie2: Produced by Apple, this application allows the user to shoot, edit, enhance with visual effects and sound and view via DVD, the Internet or videocassette tape.
• Kodak - Taking Better Pictures Best of the Net
  Kodak's tips and online classes on lighting a scene for photography can be applied to videography, too. The tips include "before and after" pictures to help you visualize each lesson.  Start with the Top Ten Tips and the Photo Topics.
• The Multi-Media project: A video guide with many links including "Good Stuff to Know, Production, Post Production and Editing links.
• The Multi-Media Project Production: Great resource with info about all integrating all elements of video production into the curriculum.
• Video Tutorials: A Comprehensive On-line Cybertext in Studio and Field Production
• WTEA's Resource Page: Excellent compilation of varied resources including video tips, curriculum and equipment.

Curriculum Resources

• Article about Video Poetry
• Books about Creating Video with Kids
• Camera terms
• Create a Gold Rush Play and Film it!
• Digital Classroom, Inc.: This document is provided to list some of the standards, competencies, objectives and outcomes Digital Classroom, Inc. curriculum meets when used in conjunction with the DCI TV/Studio Media Center.
• Educational Media / Vocabulary: Here is a list of useful vocabulary related to educational media for students and teachers. It is divided into two sections: media literacy and production.
• Film Terms
• Media Curriculum Ideas
• Scriptwriting
• Scriptwriting Secrets
• Short Video Project Suggestions
• Using Video in the Classroom: Article comparing traditional use of video in the classroom and a constructivist use of video through creating student videos.
• Video Basics and Production Projects for the Classroom : an article
• Video Examples: These videos are examples of student work created in Multimedia courses and Library Media experiences taught by Susan Stansberry at Frontier Public School in Red Rock, Oklahoma.
• Video Production Rubric
• Video Production Program at FE Peacock Middle School: Program description, samples of video projects

Video Industry Resources

• The Digital Media Net Directory encompasses thousands of products and services needed worldwide by communities that serve distinct market segments. These include: streaming media, video, animation, special effects, desktop publishing, imaging and design, audio, CAD workstations, broadcast, post production and game development.
• DigitalProducer.com
• DV.com
• Film and Video Magazine.com
• Media articles and product news

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Last updated 08/28/04