New "Action Sequence" Production

I have always been fond of the assignment that I call "Action Sequence." It depicts one of my SC State University students getting up, leaving the classroom, making his or her way out the door, through the hall and down the steps from the third floor to the ground level of Turner Hall. 

Another student is the director and videographer, and later the editor using Adobe Premiere Pro to put it all together with titles and music and the clips that should be edited together into a smooth, flowing process. 

Last week I shot a sample "Action Sequence" with two students, Ariana Pinder and Andrea Fullington. 

The skills tested in this production exercise include communication and planning between the director and "actor", shot composition, lighting, white balancing the camera in different settings, editing and blog posting correctly. 

Here are some other "Action Sequence" examples from previous years. 

New "Action Sequence" Starring Amauri Allen

I fun project that I like to have students do in my television production classes is one I call "Action Sequence." In it, a student videotapes a classmate leaving or entering the classroom. There needs to be at least 10 shots of the subject entering and leaving the camera frame. I feel the project is instructive in terms of videography, directing and editing. I ask that music be included in the finished product along with an opening and closing slate or title and credits. 

As a demonstration, I shot this piece with communications major Amauri Allen.

The music is catchy right? I found "Surf Shimmy" under the "bouncy' genre in the royalty-free music site Incompetech. Check it out! I've been using this site for years. 

In editing this piece I sought assistance with a couple things: changing the background color of my title and closing slates and creating a fade-to-black effect. Click for the awesome "Adobe in a Minute" tutorials on YouTube. 

Here is a link to a few other "action sequences" from several years ago.