Create your own mini-documentary using the provided footage.

The Interface and Your First Cut

Create a 30 second video
Produce and upload a 30 second video using all of the techniques discussed in the video lessons including:
- Appended edits
- Insert edits
- Connected edits
- Auditions
- Anything else you think is relevant
Upload your video to Vimeo and take a screenshot of your project library so we can see how you put it all together.

Adding Personality to Your Story

Create another video
Continue working with the Ice Festival footage and create a video up to two minutes in length that includes the following:
1. An opening title
2. A soundtrack
3. Interview footage with a lower third of the talent's name and title
4. Properly leveled audio clips
5. An effect placed on one or more of your clips
6. One transition whether it's a simple cross dissolve or a bloom
Bonus: Create a storyboard
I will assign bonus consideration points to anyone who concocts a 30-45 second storyboard using just placeholder generators and their own voice as the on-camera talent. It could be for an existing product/company or something you've just made up. Be original if you choose to do it!

Storyboard by Jake Simon
Explain your process
I also want you to briefly explain your process in a sentence or two. Did you use a secondary storyline or a compound clip? If so, why? How did you find editing audio levels? Were effects more of a help or hindrance? These things are unique to each editor, so I'd like to hear your version.

Your Final Cut and Sharing Your Work

Create your final cut
I want the final version of your story. No less than a minute and a half long and cut however you like, but there are two parts to this:
1. I want your original :30 cut in the beginning with a title over black (or a generator) introducing it along with the date you completed it.
2. I then want your finished, polished cut to be introduced in a similar manner with a title of your choosing and the date you submitted it.
Share your work
Once you've finished your final cut, share it with your classmates on your project page. Be sure to offer feedback on your peers' projects.

Additional Resources

Ethan Norton-Pickering

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