Emotions Through Video

Students create a short video that captures how we can use images and sound to make someone feel a certain way. Students may choose the emotion they would like to evoke, using both audio and images/footage to create their multimedia composition.

In this activity, students look at how storytelling using both sound and images can evoke emotions in a much stronger way than either modality can by itself. 

• Start with a classroom discussion about the power of emotions conveyed in video vs. text.

• Move beyond happy, sad, or angry and toward more complex emotions like confusion or embarrassment.

• Enhance the production quality with advanced editing such as sound levels, transitions, and text.

• Knowledge Constructor 1.3.b

• Creative Communicator 1.6.d