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Earn credits while you help with the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games!


Take a videography workshop!
Department of Communication is offering four (4) 1-credit videography workshops. Two of the workshops are focused on shooting video, two on editing that video. You may enroll in one, two, three or all four workshops.


What will you shoot?  The Games.  Special Olympics International has developed an exciting initiative to allow athletes’ family and friends who are not able to attend the games to see their athlete compete.  The initiative was launched at the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai China.  The World Winter games in Idaho will be the second foray into the effort to include families and friends from afar in the excitement of the games.  Students will shoot, edit and upload video to a website from which families and friends will view competitions.

Previous training in videography is not required.  All majors are welcome.  The main requirements are interest, willingness to learn and the ability and desire to commit to the intense time requirement of these workshops.  

Because of the unique nature and time frame of these workshops, we encourage you to review the workshop schedule shown here and read all the information presented on this page.

Schedule of Special Olympics Videography Workshop Days and Times
Comm 294*/494**

Training Lab –
Shoot Workshops

Training Lab –
Edit Workshops

Section 1650
(#15582/#15580)
            OR
Section1652
(#15584/#15577)

Tu Jan. 27, 6pm to 9pm
               OR
Sa, Jan 31, 9am to noon

 

Section 1651
(#15583/#15581)
            OR
Section 1653
(#15585/#15579)

 

Th, Jan 29, 6pm to 9pm
               OR
Sa, Jan 31, 1pm to 3pm

AND

Comm
294*/494**

8am to 6pm,
Shoot video

4pm to midnight,
Edit
video

Section 1650
(#15582/#15580)

M W F (Feb 9-13)

 

Section 1651
(#15583/#15581)

 

M W F (Feb 9-13)

Section 1652
(#
15584/#15577)

Su Tu Th (Feb 8-12)

 

Section 1653
(#15585/#15579)

 

Su Tu Th (Feb 8-12)

Each section has a specific day and time commitment. Click the class description of each particular section in BroncoWeb electronic registration for the specific times of that section. Ignore the times (12am-12am) listed in the time bracket of the electronic schedule.

Shooting workshops will run from 8am to 6pm each day.  Editing workshops will run from 4pm to midnight each day.  You may enroll in a Sun-Tues-Thurs workshop and/or a Mon-Wed-Fri workshop.  In addition, you must attend a training lab.  There is one training lab for shooting and one training lab for editing.  Each lab is offered at two different times.  If you decide to take both a shoot workshop and an edit workshop, you must attend a training lab for each.  This chart shows the time commitment for a person taking all four workshops. To find the time commitment for the workshop(s) you want to take, find the Section Number/Class Number of the workshop in which you are interested and highlight it.  Remember, you may enroll in one, two, three or all four workshops.
 
Special Olympics Video Project:  Shoot
COMM294* Section 1650 (#15582), 1652 (#15584)
COMM494** Section 1650(# 15580), 1652 (#15577)

Special Olympics Video Project: Edit
COMM294* Section 1651 (#15583), 1653 (#15585)
COMM494** Section 1651(#15581), 1653 (#15579)


*This section is recommended for students who have NOT taken Comm 268.  A Comm 494 section is available at the same time for students who have taken Comm 268.

**This section is recommended for students who have taken Comm 268.  A Comm 294 section is available at the same time for students who have not had Comm 268.



The time commitment needed for these workshops may conflict
with other classes in which you are enrolled.

Review all the courses for which you have registered. Compare the days and times in the workshop schedule above to the class days and times for all of your other courses. For any course that meets on the same day and time as one of the workshops you have chosen, print this form and take it with you to initiate a discussion with the instructor of that course. Discuss how he or she will view your absence from their class while you are involved in the videography workshop.

Each instructor will decide how he or she will view the absence. The absence may be excused or unexcused, depending on how each instructor must conduct class. There may be no consequences for missing class and assignments or there may be consequences. You should understand how missing a class or assignment will affect your grade.

This form is intended as a tool to help you start a conversation with the instructor of the course for which you would miss class. Use of the form is OPTIONAL to each instructor. An instructor may choose to require you to sign the form. Or they may choose not to use the form. The form is between the student and instructor and does not need to be submitted to anyone but the instructor, if they so choose.

 

If you have questions about the workshops, please contact Jesse Cordtz at JesseCordtz@boisestate.edu.

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