Date: Fri 11-Dec-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: MICHEL

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high-school-video-tape

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Getting It On Tape At NHS

(with photos)

BY MICHELE HOGAN

Did you miss the school performance of Arsenic and Old Lace ? Do you want to

know what you've got to do to get into college? Or maybe you would like to

find out more about the new high school initiative, the school-to-career

program.

Whatever your interests, you are likely to find something entertaining or

informative on Channel 17 over the next few weeks, while videos prepared by

students in Kerry Hrabstok's video production course have their shows on the

air at 7 pm weekday nights.

Mrs Hrabstok's video program was selected by the district quality council as

one of a handful of courses which exemplify self-directed learning.

Students start with their idea for a show, research the topic, and write about

it. Then they go out and videotape it. Students informally evaluate their

footage and select the best shots. If they think they could have done better,

they re-shoot selected scenes. Then they pull their best images together,

using voice-over or other methods to tell a story, and voila!

All told, the four classes have made 17 segments which have been spliced

together to form three half-hour-long shows.

Between some of the newsy-type segments, students have prepared a little comic

relief, with everything from handstands to a most unusual birthing scene.

Don't miss it!