All participants will get hands-on sessions led by some of the best-known professionals in Washington and Oregon.
TRAINERS:
Tony Overman, past president of NPPA (ethics session). Colin Mulvaney, multimedia contest chair NPPA (video editing, storytelling methods). Kurt Austin, KGW photographer with 19 Seattle-area Emmy awards and Adam Tischler, KING5 photographer (shooting and storytelling methods). Yan Shvalb, Sr. Systems Engineer for Apple and certified Final Cut Studio Instructor. Anna King, Northwest Public Radio reporter and former print journalist (interviewing for great audio) and Canon corporate camera trainer Mike Mount. (Read the trainer bios)
A rough breakdown of the workshop schedule is below, the final schedule will be provided at the workshop.
WORKSHOP TIMES
Check in: Advanced group — Friday Nov. 6, 8:30 – 9 a.m.
Check in: Intermediate group — Saturday Nov. 7, 9:30 – 10 a.m.
Workshop conclusion — 4 p.m. Sunday Nov. 8, with ‘awards’ ceremony and Canon G10 giveaway.
| Time | All | Intermediate | Advanced |
| Friday | |||
| 8:30 | Read below to Saturday. | Check in | |
| 9:00 | Welcome, storytelling warm up, equipment checkout | ||
| 10:00 | Video storytelling session | ||
| 11:00 | Storytelling Q&A, lunch, story assignments | ||
| 11:45 | Break to begin work on stories. Contact subjects, 1-on-1 on story brainstorming, begin recording subjects. | ||
| 3-6 | Everyone returns to talk about issues and prep for Final Cut session | ||
| 6:00 | Creating a efficient work flow Final Cut Pro. Import of first video clips. Q&A with Apple trainer. | ||
| 7:15 | Wrap up with trainers, address story work needed for next day. | ||
| 7:30 | Special break-out session for shooting sports highlight video. Held at local prep-football game. All workshop attendees are welcome. | Advanced people can continue working until sports break-out session returns. | |
| 9:00 | End of day 1 | ||
| Saturday | |||
| 7:30 | Advanced group check in with video trainer on shooting needs. Teams continue to shoot through 10 a.m. |
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| 9:30 | Main group attendees arrive, check in, social over food. | ||
| 10:00 | Welcome | ||
| 10:15 | Ethics: What we aspire toward and the ethical dilemmas of video and audio. | ||
| 11:00 | Ethics Q&A | ||
| 11:45 | Camera tech walk through over lunch | Lunch & Video Import. | |
| 1:00 | Audio interview session: Getting the most from your audio interview. | ||
| 2:00 | Audio Interview Q&A | ||
| 2:30 | Video storytelling walk through session. Shooting methods tool kit. | Components of strong video stories. Examples with breakdown of process. | |
| 3:30 | Group video assignments handed out and attendees sent out to practice with helpers until dinner at 6:00. | Final Cut story timeline walkthrough. ‘Assembling your video timeline’ | |
| 4:30 | One-on-one work with trainers till dinner at 6:00. | ||
| 6:00 | Dinner in house | ||
| 7:00 | Import video walk through with helpers. | Work independently on projects. | |
| 9:00 | Day 2 ends | ||
| Sunday | |||
| 7:30 | Open upper room up for advanced group. | ||
| 8:15 | Main group attendees arrive, social over food. | Helpers assist with editing. | |
| 8:30 | Beginning video storytelling by video trainer. | ||
| 9:30 | Storytelling Q&A | ||
| 10:00 | Break | ||
| 10:15 | Group raw video interview clip evaluation by helpers trainers. Group videos edited by helpers. | Trainers check in with advanced group on editing progress. | |
| 11:30 | Lunch. All cameras, etc. checked in. | ||
| 12:30 | Basic Final Cut story time line walk through. ‘Assembling your video time line’ | Final edits made and previewed. | |
| 2:00 | Final Cut video output/encode walk through. | ||
| 2:45 | All videos encoded. | ||
| 3:30 | All videos shown to wrap up session. | ||
| 4:00 | Closing statements and end of workshop. |
