Halloween Scavenger Hunt Project

Brian, Thanks for sharing. This really gets me thinking...teaching in an urban setting I would have to revamp the list a bit. I teach in a 1:1 iPad school, so students would be able easily capture and could build this in iMovie or adobe premiere clip right on the iPad. It could be a good intro to composition, lighting, shot angle, editing....and fun.

Hi Laurie, absolutely you can adapt however you want. You can do this as a basic project where yo give them shots to look for just to get their creative juices going as well as practicing the areas of production. I used to use iMovie back in the day.

Brian,

How do your students get all these shots if you only have 3 cameras? Do you have other assignments going while students wait their turn for the camera? Most of these shots seem to be outside of school work. I have never found a good way to keep students busy while rotating through the cameras. Any ideas would be helpful, thank you

Thank you for the terrific idea! With a few modifications for the Taiwanese culture, it should work for my classes. Great lesson

OK, a new pdf file minus the accidental swear word has been uploaded. My apologies!

Brian, You're stuff is amazing! Thanks for sharing! I rarely post, but these are tremendous, so I needed to let you know. Keep up the good work! Your students are better for it.

Thank you very much for your reaction. Sometimes its nice to hear it for all the work, effort and creativity we put in to make these projects enjoyable for students. This is always a favorite project for students.

Adapted this to use for Digital Design. Added a second part that includes the students writing a story about the graphic that they would tell around a campfire.

Great idea! We're always looking for ways to integrate writing. My students will eat this up!

To fulfill our English Language Arts requirements, my students are writing a Pitch, Introduction, Body and Conclusion relating to a story they want to tell centered around the theme of Halloween. That writing becomes their script which I then break down into video script format incorporating the shots from the list into the ideas they have written. This gives then their shot list concepts, how to write a short film script an prepares them for the filming in order to complete the project.

My lower level class is doing the same thing but creating an animated power point with images, video clips, sound and animation techniques. Will post one when they are done.

Are each of your students assigned a camera for the duration of your class that they can take home? What cameras are you using, are they a cheaper model? The reason I ask is budget reasons, maybe I should purchase a set of loaner cameras. Is there such a thing on a teaching budget? The cameras I currently use cannot be sent home with students.

We actually have three Nikon D3300 DSLR Cameras that we record with. Students do not get their own cameras. I used to teach with Canon XHA1S HD Video Cameras but when I moved positions the old Career Center took all my equipment. We have a very small budget too but these Nikons do great work and are only 400.00 bucks or so. I use them for video and for Photography so they school was excited about that. Maybe ask for a few more next year but I don't like to overstep my bounds.

Also - before you print it out for your students, check over the list of shots - the 18 item should be "A pond SHOT". That pesky "i" key....

I actually noticed that before I posted to my students. I don't usually allow that to happen. Thanks for reminding me but I did change it on my class project.

A really creative way to engage students with Adobe products