This project may be completed by the following students:
1st Year Media Arts Majors.
2nd Year Media Arts Majors.
3rd Year Media Arts Majors.
Technology Concepts Students.
Directions
Pre-Production
Locate a list of careers that involve animation.
While animators may and frequently do transition from one task to the next as they gain more seniority in an animation studio (unless they're freelance and therefore likely do everything), for this project you should treat each unique job description as a separate career.
Select one of the positions from Step 1 that sounds interesting and research more facts about it. Yes you may use Wikipedia, but you need a total of THREE UNIQUE SOURCES. Wikipedia is just one source so you will need two more. (Google is not a source either, any more than my GPS is a destination.)
Create a list of 3 things you think are cool about the career you selected, as well as 3 things that would be annoying. You may list more than 3 of each if you want, but not less.
Write a script for a short (5 minutes or less) video that gives a brief overview of the roles and responsibilities of the career you selected. Be sure to include the 3 positive and 3 negative things that you listed earlier.
Time yourself as you read your script out loud.
If it takes less than 3:30 to read it, you should add more content. (RELEVANT CONTENT, not filler, digressions, or a plan to just read more slowly with 2 minutes of credits.)
If it takes you more than 5 minutes to read it, you should cut parts of it out.
Get your script approved by the Media Arts teacher. They may have advice to make the recording/editing process easier.
Production
Recruit some classmates (if needed) and record your script.
Post-Production
Open your recording in a video editor. Look for anything that should be removed to improve the quality of the video.
This could be to break up a long clip to add some visual variety or to hide a cut where something was removed, but it should ALWAYS relate to the dialogue.
Be sure to use credits at the end of your video to give thanks to anyone who helps you create it.
This includes YOU! YOUR NAME should be in the credits!
This includes ALL CITATIONS for work not created by you!
If your teacher cannot quickly and easily find the media you added using your citation as a guide, you will not get credit for your citations.
This is easy to do, but being too lazy to do it WILL cost you 25% of your grade.
Export your completed video and upload it with a copy of your approved script.
Rubric
25% Evidence of planning (script and/or storyboard) is included with the project.
25% Video is 3-5 minutes total run time (TRT)
25% Video contains at least 3 positive things and 3 negative things about the selected career. At least 3 credible information sources to support these statements are listed in the video. (Remember, GOOGLE IS NOT A SOURCE!)
25% Citations for all content not owned by the student are included in the credits, including the media name, creator's name (if known), and where the media is from. (Remember, Pintrest and TikTok don't give permission for reuse elsewhere. Google is a search engine, not a citable source.)
1st Year Media Arts Majors.
2nd Year Media Arts Majors.
3rd Year Media Arts Majors.
Technology Concepts Students.