Freeze Frame
workshops are designed to give teachers and students the skills needed
to produce their own classroom video projects. Teachers also gain
knowledge and skills on how to integrate media literacy in the curriculum.
Most workshops
are designed as a series of half-day modules (2.5 hour min.) that
can be taken independently or that can build one on the other. The
exception is the intensive video production workshop (15 hour min.)
that provides an in depth experience of the entire process of video
production.
Freeze Frame
works to adapt its programs to various classroom sizes. One instructor
can provide a workshop for up to 30 students. Classrooms with over
thirty students must hire a second instructor at ($15/hour).
Students will always work in groups to produce their videos (unless
the group is ten or less students).
Teachers must always be present and should be prepared to assist the
facilitator in selecting working groups and ensuring working groups
have understood instructions.
What will students do in a workshop?
In a half-day (2.5-hour) module teachers can expect a series of exercises,
where students experiment and learn different concepts and techniques
related to the production of videos.
These modules
can also be used to reinforce a skill set so that a classroom project
may be produced. For example a teacher may develop the story and storyboards
prior to a workshop session and have Freeze Frame lead the students
in a camera technique workshop using the developed story.
In a one-and-a-half
day (7.5 hours) intensive workshop an entire video with a storyline,
titles, music etc can be produced. Students will carry out some exercises
from the regular program all the while developing their final project.
Teachers
may prefer to do the story development and some of the preparation
before the facilitator comes in to save time.
The
project produced depends on the amount of time invested!
A two-minute live action or documentary style video requires a min of
1.5 days (7.5 hours). A classroom of 20 students working in groups of
five could produce four. Longer projects or larger classrooms would
require more time.
A one minute animation with sound requires a minimum of two days (10
hours). A classroom of 20 students working in groups of five could produce
four. Longer projects or larger classrooms would require more time.
Please
share your objectives with us, our workshops can be adapted to suit
different needs. |
Workshop
Descriptions:
-
Story
Development – 2.5 hours
An introduction to the basic elements involved in creating a story
for the screen. Including setting, plot, and character development.
This workshop can be preliminary to storyboarding, animation and
video production workshops. workshop registration
- Storyboarding
– 2.5 hours
A look at
how to break stories down into a 'storyboard', while keeping in mind
such aspects as storyline progression, point of view, and mood. This
workshop can be preliminary to animation and video production workshops.
workshop registration
- Animation
I – 2.5 hours
This
is an exploration of the basic concepts for traditional animation.
Students obtain hands-on experience producing their own animation
projects using flipbooks and paper cutouts, or plasticine. This workshop
allows students to explore and learn different techniques of animation
and can be complimentary to video production workshops. workshop
registration
- Animation
II – 2.5 hours
Once student understand and have experimented with different animation
techniques they can begin to work on and shoot an animation project
of their own. workshop registration
- Video
Production I - 2.5 hours
This dynamic workshop allows students to experiment with video cameras,
and promotes technical and organizational skills. Students will learn
simple in-camera special effects from demonstrations and hands-on
experience. This allows students to explore and learn the visual language
of video and film as well as different camera techniques that will
teach them the concepts needed to tell their stories visually through
a series of exercises. workshop registration
- Video
Production II - 2.5 hours
Once students are more comfortable with the language of video, they
can start to work on, develop and shoot a video project of their own,
whether it be a short documentary an experimental video, a public
service announcement or a narrative. workshop
registration
- Sound
recording for video - 2.5 hours
This hands on workshop focuses on the recording of sound for video.
Teaching students to collect sound with microphones in order to add
them to video. This workshop can be complimentary to any of the video
production or animation workshops. workshop
registration
- Editing
- 2.5 hours
This hands-on workshop allows students to learn the basics of editing
and editing software by putting together a video previously shot within
a workshop or in class by adding title, transitions, music, sounds
and special effects. workshop registration
- Intensive
Video Production 15 – 20 hours
(live action or animation)
This advanced workshop is designed to give students an in-depth video
production experience. Using a hands-on approach, this workshop supports
language development, viewing skills and visual creativity.
Working in groups of 4
or 5, students practice camera techniques, develop a story idea
and storyboard, and shoot (15 hours) and edit (20 hours) their projects.
Teachers may choose to focus on specific formats such as documentary,
fiction or animation. workshop registration
- Video
Project Development Support
(live action or animation)
A facilitator, who is a film or video professional, will come into
the classroom at key moments to provide support and resources for
a class video project (to students and/or teachers). workshop
registration
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