Students get assigned a literary work, and have to create a short promotional video. The aim is to get viral and improve book sales.
Note: BookTok is a subcommunity on the app TikTok that focuses on books and literature.
Categories
keyword: video
Categories
Interactive Video
Students will have to create an interactive video narrative, using the online tool Eko Studio.
They have to develop a storyboard with some branching narratives, shoot it, and edit it with the online tool.
Possible topics:
- Exploration of different (famous or hidden) locations in their city.
- Micro-decisions during an ordinary day in their life.
Original inspiration of this brief: an interactive video ad created by ImaginaStudio, Lausanne, and reported by CominMag.
Documentation:
- Eko studio user guide
- Eko developer site (javascript API)
- A 27-min how to video
Categories
24-hour video time capsule
The participants will collectively create a continuous 24-hour video recording. This recording will be a “time capsule” documenting a day and night in their chosen surrounding (city). The video should ideally never cut. It should be a nearly continuous stream. The participants will have to:
- Form small groups that are in charge of a certain time segment of the 24 hours.
- Organise the logistics for transport, food, sleep, electricity, charging batteries.
- Plan events, encounters, visits, discussions, micro-performances… for their segment.
Background: the idea for this brief comes from an audio project I did in 2002, when I produced a 24-hour audio recording, using two minidisk recorders. Nearly 20 years later, such a project can be done in video!
Equipment: the best currently available technology for immersive video recording should be used. In 2020, this is probably “360 degree video”. An interesting option would be the Insta360 One X, a standalone 360 camera, selling for $400 USD. The storage capacity needed, if filming at 4K@30fps resolution, according to camera specs, would be 615 GB – that’s 3 x 256GB SD cards, selling currently for ca $75 (for example SanDisk 256GB Extreme PRO).