. Mood Piece
Establish a basic mood—tranquility, anxiety, reverence, anger, patriotism, spirituality, or whatever—entirely through your selection of subject matter and the use of camera angles and lighting techniques.

Music and dialogue may only supplement (but not establish or fully communicate) the mood you select. Without your audio we should clearly get the idea.

Stick to one mood or feeling, and don't confuse matters by moving from one mood to another.

After seeing your video we should be able to ask 10 people for a one-word description of the mood conveyed and get a reasonably consistent answer.

TIME: Probably rather short, but minimum of 2 minutes. Once you feel you have communicated your mood, quit!

Person at Work
Illustrate with video the relationship between a person and a job. This can be a vocation or avocation, but not a hobby.

Tell a complete story of the person-job interaction through the use of establishing shots, closeups, ECUs, etc.

When you present your video in class we should get a clear idea of the person, exactly what they do, how they do it, maybe a key person or two they work with, and something of their personality and feelings toward their job.

Sound for this assignment will be a selection of music of your choice. You may include SOT (sound-on-tape) segments if you feel you can confidently handle this at this point. Transfer this music along with any location sound (including interview segments) to your edited master during the editing process.

TIME: Not critical, but between 2 and 4 minutes.

Public Service Announcement

Create a 30-second PSA (Public Service Announcement) with an ethical, moral, spiritual, or humanitarian message.

Time: precisely 0:30. (Not a second more or less!)

Have a video (and possibly audio) tag at the end that clearly identifies your cause.