Create a Video About Your Hero

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MY HERO’s mission is to use media and technology to celebrate the best of humanity and to empower people of all ages to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world. These free media arts education resources support all levels of media makers with the tools needed to produce meaningful hero films that can be shared with our global audience.

Steps to Creating a Hero Film

1. Decide on your hero!

2. Decide what kind of movie to make.

3. Shoot footage and gather media for your movie.

4. Edit footage.

5. Add music & titles.

6. Share your film.

STEP ONE: DECIDE ON YOUR HERO

Use the following essay, What Kind of Heroes Should We Embrace to start a discussion about heroes? Students identify the difference between a hero and a celebrity as they discuss what type of person is a hero.

What kind of hero should we embrace?

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STEP TWO: DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MOVIE YOU WANT TO MAKE

What type of film will students be creating? The following student-made films from the MY HERO short film library are wonderful examples of a PSA film, an interview, and creating a film for a poem.

PSA - An American Girl

Naja Butler, Samrina Vasani, and Sophia Villatoro

A day in the life of a typical American girl. This Public Service Announcement was produced by students in The Righteous Conversations Project.

INTERVIEW - MY HERO Reporter Slater interviews Jackie Speier

Produced by:Slater Jewell-Kemker

Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier

POEM - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Produced by:Taft High School

Based on the poem by Robert Frost

STEP THREE: SHOOT FOOTAGE AND GATHER MEDIA

The MY HERO Pocket Field Guide can be printed for students to use as a resource. The Interviewing Tips link is helpful for those students who will be filming an interview with someone. For those students creating a PSA, watching the film New Together is recommended and other excellent examples are located in the MY HERO PSA Film Library.

POCKET GUIDE

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TIPS FOR A GOOD INTERVIEW

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VIEW EXAMPLES OF WELL MADE PSA'S HERE

PSA

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The following resources assist student filmmakers with shooting footage. Students learn about framing in the one-minute Baycat video. And for those creating a video using a mobile phone, there are tips to assist them when filming.