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8-Hour Video Workshop Companion

Source: 2014 8-Hour Video Workshop

Working promise: Make a short video that tells your own story or communicates your own message.

Same structure, your subject. This workshop teaches a repeatable method. The person attending owns the topic, decisions and results. Smartphone first, laptop/desktop compatible. Nothing on this page is a mandatory assignment or approved public offer.

How to use this scratch pad

Instructor: demonstrate the method with one short example, then let participants work on subjects of their own choosing. AI is an assistant, not the author of the participant’s identity. Pause regularly for human judgment, questions, revision and verification.

Step 1: Choose Your Film

Choose your subject, audience and desired feeling. It can be personal, commercial, educational or just entertaining.

AI conversation starter — tap to expand

Act as my production planning assistant. Ask me one question at a time to define the audience, main message, and style of a 60-second video I can shoot with my phone. Do not invent my personal story.

Copy the prompt into your own preferred AI assistant. This is a draft; test before any live class.

Jim’s check: Ask what the participant chose, why, and what needs improvement before continuing.

Step 2: Shape the Story

Create a beginning, middle and end; choose three to six shots.

AI conversation starter — tap to expand

Use my answers to propose a simple 60-second shooting script and a shot list requiring only my phone and available location. Give me three options and explain the tradeoffs.

Copy the prompt into your own preferred AI assistant. This is a draft; test before any live class.

Jim’s check: Ask what the participant chose, why, and what needs improvement before continuing.

Step 3: Shoot and Direct

Shoot real footage. Review framing, lighting, sound, performance and continuity with Jim.

AI conversation starter — tap to expand

Help me check my shot list. Ask what footage I captured, then identify any missing visual or audio elements without pretending you saw footage that I have not provided.

Copy the prompt into your own preferred AI assistant. This is a draft; test before any live class.

Jim’s check: Ask what the participant chose, why, and what needs improvement before continuing.

Step 4: Edit and Release

Assemble a rough cut using available phone or computer editing tools, then choose a destination.

AI conversation starter — tap to expand

Give me a platform-neutral editing checklist for my short video. Help me improve pacing and clarity; distinguish what you can assess from my description from what requires actually viewing the footage.

Copy the prompt into your own preferred AI assistant. This is a draft; test before any live class.

Jim’s check: Ask what the participant chose, why, and what needs improvement before continuing.

Participant finish line

A filmed and ideally edited 60-second piece, with an owned shot list and production plan.

Facilitator’s role

Jim directs story choices, practical filmmaking, performances and the room’s production energy.

Production notes (working)

Record clean instructor demonstrations separately. Capture participant testimonials and identifiable footage only with clear permission. Keep a facilitator run of show, participant companion, and post-class revision notes as distinct assets. No ticket or admission charge is proposed: optional voluntary contributions and separately sponsored or booked sessions remain the model.

Status: Scratch pad only. AI First Contact remains the active workshop launch priority.