Georgia Student Media Festival

2013-2014

What is the Media Festival?

• A way to showcase student produced projects using all types of media production.

• A new way of showing what you have learned or are learning in school.

• A fun way to share knowledge.

When is the Media Festival?

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School level – February 27, 2014

• County level – March 21, 2014 • State level – May 2014

Who Can Enter?

• Any student in Kindergarten – 12 th grade can enter a media festival project.

• You can work alone, with a partner, with a group, or as a whole class.

• Each project is judged using a rubric- so there can be many winners!

Categories for Projects

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Story

– tells a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Can be fiction or non-fiction. Includes comedy, drama, and real-life experiences.

Documentary

a topic.

– provides an in depth view of

Instructional

– teaches something

Informationa

l – presents a factual view of a topic.

Persuasive/Public Service Announcement

– changes someone mind about something

Entertainment

– to entertain or amuse in a format other than telling a story.

Live Action Videotape

• A production that includes full motion productions • Live on-screen talent appears in the form of actors, instructors, hosts, or narrators. • This category includes video podcasts.

• Media accepted are CD or DVD. • Time limit: 7 minutes

Live Action Videotape

• Example: – Bullyinator 9000 – Paul Revere

Animation (2 dimensional)

• Draw or create a 2 dimensional character who will be the star of your story, then make a video. • Media accepted are CD or DVD. • Time limit: 7 minutes

2 Dimensional Animation

• Example: – Tortoise and the Hare (Stickman Version)

Animation (3 Dimensional)

• Use clay, objects, or models to create 3 dimensional characters who will be the star in your story, then make a video.

• Media accepted are CD or DVD. • Time limit: 7 minutes

3 Dimensional Animation

• Example: – The Woodchuck – Peanuts vs. Grapes

Sequential Stills

• A series of images from slides, photographs, still video or digital images rendered into a production using PowerPoint. • They may or may not include audio.

• This could be an electronic picture book.

Sequential Stills

• Example: – Our Favorite Places – Meet the Idioms: Raining Cats and Dogs

Electronic Photographic Essay

• These projects are a slideshow presentation that involves the organization of a number of original photographs on a single theme. • Titles and captions may be used.

Electronic Photographic Essay

• Example: – Florida’s Flora and Fauna

Website

• You can create a website. It must be available online.

• Types of websites: personal, instructional, or entertainment. • Include a “site map” (table of contents) • A backup copy of your website must be turned in on a CD or DVD.

Websites

• Examples: – Wonderful Weather

Electronic Picture Book

• Create a picture book you read on the computer.

• You can use original photographs or drawn artwork that has been scanned into PowerPoint.

• An author page may include a commercially produced school picture of the student.

Electronic Picture Book

• Examples: – The Crazy Adventure

Podcast

• A podcast is a digital audio program that can be downloaded and played on a computer or digital audio player.

• A podcast can be a stand-alone item or one of a series, though are not required.

only one of the series should be submitted.

• Files should be in mp3 or mp4. RSS files • All podcast entries must be available for download from the Internet, but due to a technological uncertainties all podcast entries must include a backup CD or DVD.

Podcast

• Examples: – Interview with Santa – Voice of the Spartan

Copyright

• All work must be original or fall in the “fair use” clause of the copyright law.

• Don’t use copyrighted music or pictures without written permission from the artist or musician.

• Give credit at the end of your project for where pictures, information, and music came from.

How do I enter?

 Take your information paper home and discuss the project with your parents to decide what you might want to do.  Decide if you will work with other students or by yourself.

 Brainstorm ideas.

 Begin work on your project.

 Create a rough draft of your project.  Take pictures or draw your illustrations  Show rough draft to teacher and media specialist as soon as possible.

How do I enter?

• Fill out forms for media festival entry.

• Continue work on project by:  Asking for help with technology  Scanning pictures into a software program such as PowerPoint.  Typing words into a computer software program such as Powerpoint  Add voice, music, or sound as needed  Put video into Movie Maker or other editing software.

• Test your project to make sure it works.

• Submit completed project by February 25 th !

Where can I get more info?

• • There are links to all the forms, websites, and other information on our school website.

www.flippenelementary.org

– There is a link on the home page OR you can go under academics to the media center page and find the information there.