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Day in History (Creative Choice)

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Objective

To create a 1 minute video documenting an important day/event in US History OR a historical figure.

Project Example

Design Requirements

  • Follow the techniques used in the PSA project tutorial to create your video in a similar style with moving still images. 
  • Research an important day/event in history or a historical figure and write a 1-minute voiceover to use for the video.
  • Options for events could be 911, Pearl Harbor, Landing on the Moon, SpaceX, etc. while options for people could be political figures, actors/actresses, musicians, inventors.
  • Use one of the free text-to-voice AI generators linked here to create an AI generated voiceover.
  • For this project, you will be utilizing the Fair Use Doctrine for education, which is a legal concept that allows you to use copyrighted material without permission, as long as you are adding or changing it, and utilizing it for educational purposes. You can use images from Google for this project only. You still should refer to the resources linked here to find appropriate royalty-free background music.
  • Find all your still photos from Google, then use the Ken Burns effect to animate your images to your edited audio narration track
  • Add an opening title screen to your video and a credit title at the end with this disclaimer: The images utilized in this video were sourced from Google Images, as per the Fair Use doctrine for educational. This video should never be exploited for commercial gain.

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Project Tutorial

Working File Instructions

IMPORTANT: Make sure you are saving the editable file as you work.

File Type:

PRPROJ

File Naming Convention:

lastname+firstinitial_CCDIH.PRPROJ

Final Deliverable Instructions

IMPORTANT: Canvas will only accept the file type below.  

File Type:

MP4

File Naming Convention:

lastname+firstinitial_CCDIH.MP4