There's great scope for filming science demos for use in the classroom using relatively cheap and easy to use video cameras. But telling good stories that work on tv isn't always easy and takes a little bit of getting used to.
The SciCast Video Skills workshop to be held on 23 June 2007 in Manchester aims to give teacher's a crash course in making good videos (and "mini movies" as they call them):
"A one-day video-skills workshop, organised by the British Interactive Group, based on teachers' workshops run as part of the NESTA/ ETB/IOP SciCast project. Facilitated by science TV professional Jonathan Sanderson, participants will work in small groups to film and edit a short demo-based movie, learning about working in video, from script to performance, and exploring what makes a compelling web video."This is a really interesting project and their well designed and written website has some great tips on visual story telling as well as some videos showcasing best practice - including a silent movie by the staff of the Glasgow Science Centre.
(This story is also from the Institute of Physics e-bulletion for the North West region of the UK - see below for another interesting story they mention.)
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Thanks for the kind words, Diarmaid. We're just getting started with SciCast, and the site content will grow considerably in the coming weeks. Lots more films to come, and I'm planning to write plenty more 'film school' material.
ReplyDelete(and incidentally, my previous job was making Scope with stop.watch, in Dublin. Small world.)