Video Report Assignment Instructions Overview We live in an increasingly diverse and

Video Report Assignment Instructions

Overview

We live in an increasingly diverse and multi-cultural world. Once, one rarely encountered anyone who did not know who Moses and Joshua were and, indeed, did not already possess considerable information about them. That is not as true today. What we know, or think we know, about Joshua derives from many different sources: what we learned in church, what we have read in the Old Testament, what the popular culture says about him, and so forth. All of this information gets folded into our contemporary understanding of Joshua. As a backdrop for our serious inquiry into the development of Israel as a nation, it is important to have a clear understanding of Joshua and what he did in response to God’s call and purpose for his life. Who was Joshua? What did he do that prepared himself for meaningful service to the people of God and, ultimately, to mankind? Why did God bless the people under Joshua’s leadership?

Instructions

Imagine you are a reporter for your local television affiliate reporting for the 6 o’clock news. Using your cell phone, tablet, or camera-equipped computer, video yourself doing a “field report” on “Joshua, Leader of Israel’s Conquest” to a television audience that is hearing about him for the first time through your report. Set the video in your time (today), not in the time of Joshua. You can shoot the video either “in the studio” (your home or office, etc.) or “in the field” (with a church for a backdrop, for example).

Include in your report what you consider to be the irreducible minimum of information your television audience must know about Joshua in order to know who he was. You decide what that is. Keep in mind that you are describing Joshua as you currently understand him. This is not a “research project” on Joshua. Because you only have three (3) minutes in which to capture Joshua for your audience, you may wish to compose a short script to memorize or a set of bullet points from which to work, as television reporters do.

Length of video: three (3) minutes maximum length.

No source citations are necessary.

When complete, upload your video file (“mov” or “mp4” file) to LU’s Media Page (watch.liberty.edu) and post the video’s URL as your assignment submission. Be sure the video is not marked “private;” if it is, the instructor will not be able to view it.

Note: If there are compelling reasons why the student cannot complete the assignment as described, contact the instructor and they will provide an alternative method for you to complete the assignment.