Creating Videos In the Classroom: Common Craft Style

Creating videos for teaching subjects can be a  great way to explain complex subjects succinctly in a style that can be watched over and over again. Your free Educators Pro Account allows you to import your own audio files and add voice overs to videos. This opens up a lot of opportunities to incorporate technology in the classroom.

There are a few styles that utilize voice overs to make creative and interesting videos. Today we’d love to tell you about the Common Craft Style. This style can be used for just about any project, whether it is the fall of the Ottoman Empire or the examples of duality in The Tale of Two Cities.

The Common Craft style uses a single camera shot from above with the action happening on a white background placed on the floor. The graphics are drawn on paper cut outs that are manually placed and picked up by people off camera. This gives teachers flexibility to be creative whether they want to use words, drawings  or photos.  This is a great opportunity to let students help build visuals and they can also help in the execution. With just a little video editing you and your students can create a shareable video about any subject.

Check out this behind the scenes look.

Once you’ve shot all your raw footage, use Pixorial to add transitions, credits and voice overs to make a more polished product.

To add the voice over just record an audio file while playing back you finished video. With a Pro account just choose “Add a Song” from here you can upload your audio file.

Once you have the audio in place, click “Finalize Video” and we’ll get to producing it.

Sharing the finished product is as easy as copy and pasting your videos unique URL in an email or posting it on your classes website. Free video sharing is at your fingertips.

Need more video editing help? Check out this article!

Check out these examples and let us know what you come up with in your classroom!