In the editing lessons you made three pieces: an image with text, a thirty-second voice clip and a short video. Last lesson you made a piece of your own.
Today you will
- show one of your pieces to a classmate
- get a note back that tells you one thing to change
- make that change and save your piece
A note you can act on. It points at one moment in the piece and says exactly what to change.
You can still review your partner's piece. In step 4, make your change on whichever piece you can open, or quickly make again the part your note is about.
Two students reviewed the same twelve-second sports-day clip. It shows a throw-in and a header, and then it cuts to the goal while a commentator talks.
| Review A | Review B |
|---|---|
| Nice edit, maybe make it shorter. | The cut at four seconds lands mid-word on the commentary. Move it two frames later so the line finishes, then the header lands clean. |
Frames are the still pictures a video is made of, so two frames is a split second. "Mid-word" means the video cuts while the commentator is still saying a word.
With a partner, find three things B does that A does not. Be ready to share one with the class.
- Where: does it say exactly where in the clip?
- What: does it say what is wrong there?
- The fix: does it say exactly what to change, and what that change will do?
Choose one of your pieces, pair up with someone near you and open both pieces side by side. The piece of your own from last lesson is a good one to show.
- Each of you says in one sentence what your piece is meant to do and who it is for.
- Review your partner's piece in the activity below. Start with the first two rows, intent (did it do what they meant?) and craft (is it well made?). Give each a rating and a comment that points at a specific moment.
- Give the other two rows a quick rating, and only add a comment if something stands out.
- Finish by naming the one change that would improve their piece most.
- Press Copy to hand over and send the review to your partner, for example in a school email, so they have it for step 4. If you cannot send it, turn your screen so they can read it and write down the change.
- Then swap so you both get a review.
Review their piece
Now open the review your partner sent you, or the change you wrote down.
- Read every comment once before changing anything.
- Choose the note you agree with most. It does not have to be the change your partner named as most important.
- Make that one change now. If it needs a big rebuild, make the smallest version you can show in five minutes, such as one cut, one change to how loud or bright something is, or one line of text.
- Write one sentence in your copy saying what you changed and why, and anything you would finish later.
- Download the changed piece and save it where the class keeps its work, so it is still there next time.
You are done when one deliberate change shows in your file and the file is saved where the class keeps its work.
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