Video Production Lesson Plans and Video: To Imagine is Everything

An introduction to video production is the featured lesson plan for this performing arts video. Our title comes from a quote by Anatole France, "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything." In video you truly start with nothing but a bunch of equipment. It takes expertise and skill to produce something.

Synopsis of the TV program

Professionals: Brothers Chris and Jeff Grau, own and operate their own production company. Someone comes to them with an idea and they have to imagine the best way of portraying their ideas.

School activity: We take a look at high school students doing video production

Follow-up Activities:

Studying a single commercial gives students the opportunity to look past the passivity of TV viewing and decide if anything on TV is real or completely developed to evoke a specific action or reaction.

What Does It Really Take?

Venn Diagram: Small-Business Owner - Managing Your Life and Your Career

You'll find it very interesting to lead a discussion about the fact that a performer is a small business owner and must have management skills to survive.

Video Clips

	Chris Grau
	Green High School Student, Summit County Ohio

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