GPS Standards
AAVTC-AVTFI-3
Understand and utilize trade terminology in an appropriate manner.
3.1 Identify and utilize trade terminology in the media production lab.
3.2 Identify and utilize trade abbreviations and acronyms as appropriate.
AAVTC-AVTFI-3
Understand and utilize trade terminology in an appropriate manner.
3.1 Identify and utilize trade terminology in the media production lab.
3.2 Identify and utilize trade abbreviations and acronyms as appropriate.
Grading Rubric
The Copyright Quizz: 25 points
60 Second Video: 50 points
Video Release Forms and Video: 25 points
Total: 100 points
60 Second Video: 50 points
Video Release Forms and Video: 25 points
Total: 100 points
New Vocabulary
Mashup: A work (video, song, etc.) created by blending two or more original works. To the extent that such works are "transformative" of original content, they may find protection from copyright claims under the "fair use" doctrine of copyright law.
Originality: A work is original if it is new or novel, distinguishing it from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative work. An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. A derivative work is a creation that includes major, copyright-protected elements of an original, previously created first work.
Producer: Someone who manufactures or creates something.
Auto-Tune: Uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune. While its main purpose is to slightly bend sung pitches to the nearest true semitone (to the exact pitch of the nearest tone in traditional equal temperament), Auto-Tune can be used as an effect to distort the human voice when pitch is raised/lowered significantly.
Royalty: payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
Intellectual Property: Have you ever written a story, created a work of art, or composed a song? If so, you have created intellectual property. Written works, photographs, artwork, and music are a few of the many products that people create from information and ideas. Many people enjoy sharing their intellectual property with others. However, they may want to get credit for their hard work.
Copyright: the legal right of creative artists or publishers to control the use and reproduction of their original works. Copyright law prohibits the unauthorized duplication, adaptation, or distribution of a creative work. For most video projects, copyright laws will come into play when you add music, images, or video clips created by others to your work. If you plan on broadcasting your project publicly, you need to get permission from and pay royalties (a fee for use) to the copyright owner of any copyrighted material you use.
Originality: A work is original if it is new or novel, distinguishing it from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative work. An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. A derivative work is a creation that includes major, copyright-protected elements of an original, previously created first work.
Producer: Someone who manufactures or creates something.
Auto-Tune: Uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune. While its main purpose is to slightly bend sung pitches to the nearest true semitone (to the exact pitch of the nearest tone in traditional equal temperament), Auto-Tune can be used as an effect to distort the human voice when pitch is raised/lowered significantly.
Royalty: payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
Intellectual Property: Have you ever written a story, created a work of art, or composed a song? If so, you have created intellectual property. Written works, photographs, artwork, and music are a few of the many products that people create from information and ideas. Many people enjoy sharing their intellectual property with others. However, they may want to get credit for their hard work.
Copyright: the legal right of creative artists or publishers to control the use and reproduction of their original works. Copyright law prohibits the unauthorized duplication, adaptation, or distribution of a creative work. For most video projects, copyright laws will come into play when you add music, images, or video clips created by others to your work. If you plan on broadcasting your project publicly, you need to get permission from and pay royalties (a fee for use) to the copyright owner of any copyrighted material you use.
Assignment 1: Rainbow Disucssion
After watching the rainbow video in class, login into schoology and reply to Assignment 1: Rainbow Discussion
Assignment 2: Copyright Rap Discussion
After watching the Copyright Rap Video, please login to Schoology and complete Assignment 2: Copyright Rap Discussion
Copyright Myths
Copyright Basics
For this activity, you will be placed in small groups. Each group will be assigned a section from Copyright Basics. Your group will then read the assigned section and condense your findings down to a few bullet points and report the key elements of the section back to the entire class when called upon.
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Fair Use
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Video Assignment
Students are to make a 60 second video using all non-original assets. They must, however, construct the video using these assets in a manner that adheres to the doctrine of fair use. Students should use no less than 8 media assets that may include music, sounds, video clips, images, etc. When students present their videos in class, they must site the best practice or or fair use guideline that covers their use or otherwise show that the right to use the asset was personally obtained or granted via a creative commons license by the copyright holder (more on this in the Public Domain and Open Source Section of this lesson).
List of Resource Sites
There are plenty of pay for use sites that are easy to find on the Internet. You may also be able to find the asset you need at the following sites that have assets that are largely free of charge and free to use.
Music/Audio
Creative Commons Audio
http://creativecommons.org/audio
Download.com
http://music.download.com
Free Play
http://www.freeplaymusic.com
The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu
Ghost Note
http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com
Magna Tune
http://www.magnatune.com
Opsound
http://www.opsound.org
Partners in Rhyme
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com
You can also do these things:
10-second clips can be selected for movie introductions or credits, while longer clips can be used for the background of the narration
Creative Commons. Site for legally downloaded music for educational applications
www.creativecommons.org
Sound effects sources Comments
FindSounds. Downloadable sounds for a fee; however, a 15-day trial
www.findsounds.com
Partners in Rhyme. Many free audio files but the clips are only a few
www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html
Nature Songs. Lots of free nature sounds
www.naturesongs.com
American Rhetoric. A plethora of speeches-not downloadable, but video-streamed
www.americanrhetoric.com
Graphics sources
BigFoto
http://www.bigfoto.com
Creative Commons Images
http://creativecommons.org/image
Dreamstime
http://www.dreamstime.com/freephotos
Free Images
http://www.freeimages.com/photos
Open Photo
http://openphoto.net
Flickr. Thousands of photographs to download
www.flickr.com
Browse by category or keyword more than 350,000 quality stock photos
www.Stock.xchng
Foto Search. Royalty-free images
www.sxc.hu
www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/banaszewski.html
Free Foto. Largest collection of free photographs for noncommercial use
www.freefoto.com
General Search
Creative Commons Search
http://search.creativecommons.org
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Video clips
A digital video-on-demand and online teaching service from Discovery education that offers downloadable videos during a free 30-day trials: www.unitedstreaming.com
List of all free video downloads available from iTunes: www.itsfreedownloads.com
Free online video streaming service: www.youtube.com
Free streaming and downloadable video segments from the PBS series Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:www.thirteen.org/edonline/accessislam/video.html
Free streaming and downloadable video segments from the PBS series Wide Angle:
www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/video_bank.html
Photos, music, text, and video that can be legally shared and reused for free:
http://search.creativecommons.org
Welcome to the Archive's Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos:http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Music/Audio
Creative Commons Audio
http://creativecommons.org/audio
Download.com
http://music.download.com
Free Play
http://www.freeplaymusic.com
The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu
Ghost Note
http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com
Magna Tune
http://www.magnatune.com
Opsound
http://www.opsound.org
Partners in Rhyme
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com
You can also do these things:
10-second clips can be selected for movie introductions or credits, while longer clips can be used for the background of the narration
Creative Commons. Site for legally downloaded music for educational applications
www.creativecommons.org
Sound effects sources Comments
FindSounds. Downloadable sounds for a fee; however, a 15-day trial
www.findsounds.com
Partners in Rhyme. Many free audio files but the clips are only a few
www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html
Nature Songs. Lots of free nature sounds
www.naturesongs.com
American Rhetoric. A plethora of speeches-not downloadable, but video-streamed
www.americanrhetoric.com
Graphics sources
BigFoto
http://www.bigfoto.com
Creative Commons Images
http://creativecommons.org/image
Dreamstime
http://www.dreamstime.com/freephotos
Free Images
http://www.freeimages.com/photos
Open Photo
http://openphoto.net
Flickr. Thousands of photographs to download
www.flickr.com
Browse by category or keyword more than 350,000 quality stock photos
www.Stock.xchng
Foto Search. Royalty-free images
www.sxc.hu
www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/banaszewski.html
Free Foto. Largest collection of free photographs for noncommercial use
www.freefoto.com
General Search
Creative Commons Search
http://search.creativecommons.org
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Video clips
A digital video-on-demand and online teaching service from Discovery education that offers downloadable videos during a free 30-day trials: www.unitedstreaming.com
List of all free video downloads available from iTunes: www.itsfreedownloads.com
Free online video streaming service: www.youtube.com
Free streaming and downloadable video segments from the PBS series Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:www.thirteen.org/edonline/accessislam/video.html
Free streaming and downloadable video segments from the PBS series Wide Angle:
www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/video_bank.html
Photos, music, text, and video that can be legally shared and reused for free:
http://search.creativecommons.org
Welcome to the Archive's Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos:http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Video Assignment Upload
Digital Ethics
Digital Ethics (informed consent and releases) Independent Practice
Please read Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form (below and link at bottom).
Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form
Here are the guidelines covering when you'll need to get a video release form signed before you can show someone on your videos. Following these guidelines can keep you out of trouble.
Disclaimer
The information provided below is not intended as legal advice. This is a general discussion of the subject matter, for informational purposes only. If you have any specific legal questions, we recommend you consult an attorney familiar with this area of law to ensure the Release Form you use:
A video release form is also known as an Appearance Release form. It is a simple contract that gives you legal permission to use the image of the person who has signed the form for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Having a signed release form can give you protection in the event an individual appearing in your video should later decide to sue you for using the image (e.g., for invasion of privacy or unfair use of their image).
When do you need to use a release form?
Laws covering the use of images of individuals frequently differ based on jurisdiction - from country to country and state to state. While there is no absolute rule of law you must follow, there is one absolute rule of thumb:
If you plan to use a person's image for commercial purposes, you need to get a signed video release form from that individual.
There are some exceptions to this rule. For example, if you shoot a crowd scene of people in a public area, you generally do not need a video release form from every person in the crowd. By being in a public area, we all give up our 'reasonable expectation of privacy.'
However, this does not mean you can go out and shoot images of identifiable people in public, and then sell those images for commercial use (e.g., in a clip art library). If you do, this could be considered an invasion of privacy (in some states), and you could be opening yourself up to an expensive lawsuit.
Let's say you are shooting a news story of individuals in a public area, you generally don't need to get a video release form. If you are shooting video footage for an educational video showing people in a public area, and you use the footage in the context in which it was shot, you probably wouldn't need a video release form from each individual.
You will want to get a release form if you:
What Do You Need in a Release Form?
A good video release form:
SAMPLE RELEASE
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby consent to the photographing of myself and the recording of my voice and the use of these photographs and/or recordings singularly or in conjunction with other photographs and/or recordings for advertising, publicity, commercial or other business purposes. I understand that the term "photograph" as used herein encompasses both still photographs and motion picture footage.
I further consent to the reproduction and/or authorization by ___________________to reproduce and use said photographs and recordings of my voice, for use in all domestic and foreign markets. Further, I understand that others, with or without the consent of ________________ may use and/or reproduce such photographs and recordings.
I hereby release _____________________, and any of its associated or affiliated companies, their directors, officers, agents, employees and customers, and appointed advertising agencies, their directors, officers, agents and employees from all claims of every kind on account of such use.
If Model is under 18: I, ____________________, am the parent/legal guardian of the individual named above, I have read this release and approve of its terms.
Print Name: ___________________________
Signature: ___________________________
Date: ________________________
Related Resources
If you'd like to learn more about this subject, be sure to visit the web site of professional photographer, Dan Heller, and read his incredibly in-depth article on the subject of model releases.
Resources and Materials
Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form
Please read Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form (below and link at bottom).
Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form
Here are the guidelines covering when you'll need to get a video release form signed before you can show someone on your videos. Following these guidelines can keep you out of trouble.
Disclaimer
The information provided below is not intended as legal advice. This is a general discussion of the subject matter, for informational purposes only. If you have any specific legal questions, we recommend you consult an attorney familiar with this area of law to ensure the Release Form you use:
- Protects your rights;
- Keeps you out of trouble; and,
- Covers all the points related to your situation.
A video release form is also known as an Appearance Release form. It is a simple contract that gives you legal permission to use the image of the person who has signed the form for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Having a signed release form can give you protection in the event an individual appearing in your video should later decide to sue you for using the image (e.g., for invasion of privacy or unfair use of their image).
When do you need to use a release form?
Laws covering the use of images of individuals frequently differ based on jurisdiction - from country to country and state to state. While there is no absolute rule of law you must follow, there is one absolute rule of thumb:
If you plan to use a person's image for commercial purposes, you need to get a signed video release form from that individual.
There are some exceptions to this rule. For example, if you shoot a crowd scene of people in a public area, you generally do not need a video release form from every person in the crowd. By being in a public area, we all give up our 'reasonable expectation of privacy.'
However, this does not mean you can go out and shoot images of identifiable people in public, and then sell those images for commercial use (e.g., in a clip art library). If you do, this could be considered an invasion of privacy (in some states), and you could be opening yourself up to an expensive lawsuit.
Let's say you are shooting a news story of individuals in a public area, you generally don't need to get a video release form. If you are shooting video footage for an educational video showing people in a public area, and you use the footage in the context in which it was shot, you probably wouldn't need a video release form from each individual.
You will want to get a release form if you:
- Are shooting a 'how to' video, and you interview someone or shoot footage of an instructor.
- Are shooting video from a workshop, you may need to get signed video release forms from each audience member who appears on the video - especially if you plan to use clips of indentifiable audience members for promotional purposes.
- Shoot video at a private event, within a place a business, or a home - you will also need to get permission from the owner or organizer of the event before you start videotaping, in addition to video release forms from each person you tape.
What Do You Need in a Release Form?
A good video release form:
- Specifies what is being released (video images, audio, photographs).
- Specifies that the videographer may sell or assign the right to use the images or other materials to third parties.
- Specifies that the release is irrevocable. Otherwise, the release could be terminated by the person giving it at any time.
- Is signed and dated by the individual releasing his/her images. If the subject is a minor (under 18 years old), the release should be signed by a parent or legal guardian.
- Is in writing.
SAMPLE RELEASE
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby consent to the photographing of myself and the recording of my voice and the use of these photographs and/or recordings singularly or in conjunction with other photographs and/or recordings for advertising, publicity, commercial or other business purposes. I understand that the term "photograph" as used herein encompasses both still photographs and motion picture footage.
I further consent to the reproduction and/or authorization by ___________________to reproduce and use said photographs and recordings of my voice, for use in all domestic and foreign markets. Further, I understand that others, with or without the consent of ________________ may use and/or reproduce such photographs and recordings.
I hereby release _____________________, and any of its associated or affiliated companies, their directors, officers, agents, employees and customers, and appointed advertising agencies, their directors, officers, agents and employees from all claims of every kind on account of such use.
If Model is under 18: I, ____________________, am the parent/legal guardian of the individual named above, I have read this release and approve of its terms.
Print Name: ___________________________
Signature: ___________________________
Date: ________________________
Related Resources
If you'd like to learn more about this subject, be sure to visit the web site of professional photographer, Dan Heller, and read his incredibly in-depth article on the subject of model releases.
Resources and Materials
Stay out of trouble: Know when to use a Video Release Form
Assignment:
Please create your own media release form. Once complete. upload to the Media Release Form assignment on Schoology.
Please create your own media release form. Once complete. upload to the Media Release Form assignment on Schoology.