Intro to 360 Video

Introduction to 360 Filmmakers Challenge - Community Matters - this was for last year

Use 360 video to make an impact around one of the following topics:

1. Share what makes your community special 
   
2. Inspire action for positive change
   
3. Help people learn something new

To further help you with these topics consider the following:

Start by considering some of the guiding questions below. Document your thinking using post-it notes, a mind map, or a drawing.

Community

What is a community? Why do communities exist, and why do they matter?
What communities do you belong to? Did you choose it, or did it choose you?
How does your community shape who you are?
What are the components of your community? (Who and what is involved?)
What components are special and unique, and why?

Action

What issues do you care about in your community?
Who do these issues affect, and how?
What (if anything) is already being done to address them?
What more needs to be done?
What could inspire action to make change?
Who could be part of taking action and finding solutions?

Learning

What do you know that you would like to teach to others? This could be a skill, life lesson, technique, concept, topic, or anything that you think is important to teach to others.
Think of a time when you had a really effective learning experience. What made it effective?
How can you create an effective learning experience for someone else using 360 video?

Now that you've reflected on these prompts, does one of them jump out at you? Does it make you want to share what you thought about?
Once you decide on a prompt to use for your video, the next step is to focus in on the story you want to tell, and how you'll tell it.

Be ready next class to pitch your idea for a 360 video (based on one of the above themes). We will only be able to produce three maybe four videos per class and only ONE video will be submitted to Facebook/Oculus for competition. If your video is selected you might be invited to Facebook to be a part of the release of the winning videos.

How is shooting 360 video different? To find out you need to experience what 360 and VR is all about.

Experiencing 360 VR - First Video - Clouds over Sidra
Second Video - Through the Ages: President Obama Celebrates America's National Parks
Cuba 360 - What is different about this video?

Find your inspiration - 360 Demo Videos -
VRSE - Waves of Grace, Clouds over Sidra
RYOT - The Second Line, Rethinking Cuba, Meet Albina, Pencils for Promise

Demo Instructions
- sit down - if you begin to feel uncomfortable at any time take the headset off
- hold headset with left hand and straps with right hand, slip onto head and adjust lenses
- right hand controls - top button - back, middle button select, can swipe up/down and back/forward

In the RYOT videos watch one of the following: - The Second Line, Rethinking Cuba, Meet Albina

Create a team/join a team - assign roles to each member, identify your community, your story.

Identify your story -

Make your video -

Share and reflect -

Before you leave today - list of group members, list of ideas for your video