Copyright Information

It is critical that you understand the law regarding what you can and cannot use in your videos. Bottom line is: Ask if you don't know!

These are the sites that I used to access information about copyright and the internet. Bottom line is: Know the difference between right and wrong and when in doubt, ask the original author for permission.

Storyboarding

Links for storyboarding:

Examples of storyboarding

Download the Storyboard Worksheet

Resources for your Video Production

Be sure to use the media that was included with the program. Go to C:/drive, Program files, Nova Development, Video Explosion, Media Pool.

Music

Free Play Music

http://www.freeplaymusic.com/   Use this site for music clips for your movies

Koumis Productions
Not only free sounds, but free 3D objects, music, background pictures and video, too.
http://www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm

TopDog Webs
Nature, animal and sound effects.
http://www.topdogwebs.com/audio_effects.html

If you have music that you would like to use, please bring in the ORIGINAL CD and case. You may only use 29 seconds of the piece (copyright.) Ms. Cook must approve before using.

Photos

Use Google / Images to search for photos for your shows.

Pics4Learning has a great collection of royalty free photos for educational use.

Video Clips

Media Literacy

Resources for Information on Media Literacy

Commercials Online

http://www.vw.com/vwlife/commercial.html  The Volkswagen Commercials

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/you/photography/index.html The HP Commercials

Media Literacy | Basics
For centuries, “literacy” has referred to the ability to read and write text.  But in the past century, we have replaced much text-based discourse with image-based discourse.  Most Americans now get most of their information from screens: primarily television, and increasingly, computers and the Internet.  Textual literacy is still critically important, but it’s no longer an adequate measure of one’s ability to understand and use communications media. 

Media literacy -- the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce messages using verbal and visual symbols – has become an essential skill in today’s media-saturated world.  Media literate individuals are better able to decipher the complex messages they receive from television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards and signs, packaging and marketing materials, video games, and the Internet.  Media literacy skills can help one understand not only the surface content of media messages but the deeper and often more important “subtextual” meanings beneath the surface.  Media literacy education seeks to give media consumers greater freedom by teaching them to analyze, access, evaluate and produce media, to tell the stories that are important to you that are not being told.