This course only accepts 20 students. Course materials are provided FREE. Please check the Word and FREE video editing requirements below. This is Part Two of two one-semester courses that “fit together.” Be sure to sign up for “Writing for Video Production, Media, and More, Part One,” where students learn the foundations of creating a videography project with Professor Hughes in this course.

Writing for Video Production, Media, and More, Part One: Secrets of Videography and Writing to Help You Become Great Visual Communicator (X-23). If desired, any other writing course can be taken concurrently (core courses and X-Series).

Class 1: The Foundational Elements of Writing for Video “Story”: The Three Act Structure; plot points, the story arc, key characters (protagonists, antagonists), and more; assigning Creative Teams.

Class 2: “The Five-Shot Film”: What it is, how to use it, and how to quickly create a three-act story

Class 3: “Collaborating to Create”: Writing a portion of the “story” collaboratively and how to make a cohesive written story as a team; assigned teams and how they work.

Class 4: Sound Effects and Music

Class 5: Your Story’s Supporting Elements: Props, sound, lighting, and more

Class 6: “Lights, Camera, Action!” Understanding and using camera angles, camera movement, framing a shot (wide, medium, close-up, etc.)

Class 7: Collaborating to Create: How to film your portions separately; working within remote limitations to film individual portions of the project; and how to make a cohesive visual story as a team.

Class 8: Editing Video: How it works

Class 9: Post-Production Wisdom: Editing the final product, putting the video together

WEEK OFF from meeting; keep working on your project; two weeks to complete your work.

Class 10: Movie Premier Day! The final project is due in the LMS submissions area by midnight the day before Class 10. Class time – How to positively be a movie critic with effective feedback; watching/enjoying each project

All course materials are provided FREE in the course. Microsoft Word or the ability to convert a document to a Word-compatible document is required. If you do not own Microsoft Word, you can use a system such as Google Docs that converts to Word documents FREE to create your documents. Also, students must have access to a smartphone or Zoom (free version) for videography with the final course project, and all students must have access to the FREE personal video creation software, “Clip Champ”: www.clipchamp.com Optional: Microsoft Office that includes PowerPoint.

Weekly writing and videography assignments with direct feedback from the instructor, with an estimated two (2) to three (3) hours per week for homework outside of class time that includes reading, viewing videos, writing, creating videos, and responding to instructor feedback. Students will also be required to meet as a team outside of class in a FREE Zoom Room or other tool that allows students to connect and collaborate across the miles.

For all 10 classes: $197 if you register on or before November 15, $217 if you register after November 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)