The countdown timer will be required of everyone. It is an exercise that will help you become familiar with the editing system. Each person will be responsible for scripting, shooting, and editing four of the six graded packages. One package will be randomly assigned: One person will script and shoot the raw video for a package, and that footage will then be given to another person in the class to edit. The fifth project will be a Photoshop assignment.

DUE DATES FOR PROJECTS WILL BE FIRM, and the projects (raw footage, random packages, scripts, and edited packages) must be turned in at the start of class. Late projects will lose 10 points per day. Projects more than three days late will not be accepted. We have three edit suites and multiple camcorders. You are expected to schedule your shoot/edit times accordingly.

Each edited project will REQUIRE:

• A typed two-column full script (spell-checked and prepared by the photographer). This MUST be turned in at the same time as the raw footage (all packages).
• Raw footage on at least one tape for the editor (random package only).
• A voice-over tape. Either the videographer or editor may cut this (random package only).
• A final, edited package. You must edit two seconds of black before first video and after the last frame of video onto every package.

Each person will produce the following video packages:

1. One :30 voice-over news story or :30 commercial with natural sound or music on one audio channel and narration on the other channel. This package must be no longer than :30 and no shorter than :29.
2. Two 1:00 news packages with one soundbite and voice over. The packages must have music or nat sound on one channel, and the VO on another. One package must have a lighting setup evident. One package must have graphics.
3. One 2:00 news packages with two soundbites from different people (one can be an exterior shot, one must be an interior shot done with a lighting setup). You can do a standup intro and outro, or you can put the package together with only voice-overs. This package must have split audio and graphics.
4. One Photoshop project turned in on disk. This will be an image that you have processed in Photoshop. You will use an image captured from a camcorder, digital camera, or scanned in from a still image. You must use multiple layers and titles. Your final product must be saved in NTSC resolution, 720 x 480.
5. A long form package on the University of Montevallo or a topic of your choice, that must run a minimum of 3:00 and a maximum of 4:00, and must have titles and a mixed soundtrack (audio from two or more souces, e.g., narration and natural sound, narration and music, etc.).

Packages will be graded based on technical & creative merit. 50% of the package grade will come from an evaluation of the technical skills used in the production process, and 50% of the package grade will come from an evaluation of the creative aspects of the package. I will only grade each final, edited package. Standards for each package will get progressively harder, because you should be gaining experience as the semester progresses. By the fourth package, I expect professional looking packages which make extensive use of video cutaways, good shot selection, good audio, and good lighting. You will be expected to make use of all three edit suites in the Mass Comm building. Also, USE A TRIPOD! (required)

Video Package Technical Grading Key:

• No black at the beginning of the package: -4 points
• No black at the end of the package: -4 points
• Audio levels too low: —2 points on :30 and both 1:00, -5 each channel on 2:00 and 3:00 packages
• Audio channels not split correctly: -5 points
• Blank or skipped frame during the package: -1 point on :30 and 1^st 1:00, -1 point for each occurrence starting with the 2^nd 1:00 package
• Control track break: -3 points on :30, -5 on both 1:00, -10 on 2:00 and 3:00
• Jump cut: -4 points each occurrence
• Unapproved handheld shot: -10
• Poor camera work (sloppy framing, poor lighting): -10

Photoshop Project Technical Grading Key:

• No text layer: -15
• Multiple layers with masks missing: -15
• Poor font choice: -5
• Image not saved in NTSC resolution: -15

ROTATION

DUE DATE	Product Due: GROUP A	Product Due: GROUP B
Jan 14
Jan .21	Countdown timer
Jan. 23		Countdown timer
Jan. 30	:30 Edited Package
Feb. 04		:30 Edited Package
Feb. 11
Feb. 13	1:00 Edited Package
Feb. 18		1:00 Edited Package
Feb. 25
Feb. 27	Raw Footage/Script for Random Package due
Mar. 03	1:00 Edited Package: Random Package
Mar. 06		Raw Footage/Script for Random PKG due
Mar. 11		1:00 Edited Package: Random PKG
Mar. 18-20
Mar. 27	2:00 Edited Package
Apr. 01-03	SPRING BREAK
Apr. 10		2:00 Edited Package
Apr. 15
Apr. 17	Photoshop Project	Photoshop Project
Apr. 22
Apr. 24	3:00-4:00 Edited Package
Apr. 29		3:00-4:00 Edited Package