TGC5: Summer Camp Clips of the Day
The Media Spot has worked within The Generation Connection summer camp
for senior citizen mentors and kids age 8-12 since it's establishment
in 2002. Each day, small groups of campers video tape activities and
work with TMS to edit their footage into "Clips of the Day". This year's clips focus on in-camera editing, and employed a 14 year-old counselor in training to assemble and pre-edit camper's raw video clips.
Watch the videos:
The Process:Our interpretation of editing "in-camera" had campers deciding what they wanted to shoot before pressing record, then capturing a variety of wide, mid and close-up shots, which made the "post-production" editing less about finding the moments to include in the final videos, and more about sequencing the shots, and adding music, titles and effects. This taught the campers the importance of framing their shots -- not only thinking about what goes in to their videos, but also what is left out.
This method allowed us to finish the COD's quickly during camp hours, without sacrificing quality.