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Media Arts, 1-23-2017

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Warm-Up: List 3 things you intend to do differently this Semester (in regards to Media Arts) that will make your life easier.

Agenda:

  1. The "art" of being lazy.
    1. Technology is meant to make our lives easier.
    2. If our lives are made HARDER through technology, SOMEONE is doing something wrong.
      1. It could be you.
      2. It could be the person who made the technology.
      3. It could be someone else.
    3. It stands to reason that people who enjoy technology prefer to do things the "easy" way.
      1. This can be seen as smart.
      2. This can also be seen as lazy.
    4. TRUE laziness is the desire to do as little work as possible while avoiding negative repercussions for being lazy.
      1. A low grade for repeating the same mistake over again is a negative repercussion.
      2. Having to spend 5+ more minutes editing because you couldn't spend an extra minute of pre-production is a negative repercussion.
      3. Running out of time because you waited too long to start is a negative repercussion.
      4. Having to do the project over is a negative repercussion.
    5. It is OK to be lazy.
      1. Same quality work done in less time? Nothing wrong here.
    6. It is NOT OK to be BAD at being lazy.
      1. This leads to MORE work for you OR grades so low you might be removed from Foulois.
  2. Film Festival Fix
    1. Some of you will be resubmitting your Film Festival submissions.
    2. This is a NEW grade. Your Midterm is set in stone.
    3. Resubmitting students fit into two categories:
      1. Your video has a good chance of being selected with some minor tweaks, OR...
      2. You are being given a chance to show Ms. Hogue, Mr. Smith, and your parents that you can put effort into a video.
        1. A full minute of a single shot with no editing other than title and credits does not show that you can put effort into a video.
        2. This description does not single out any one student.
    4. Due in two weeks. Start planning or (in some cases) editing TODAY.
  3. Series Intro
    1. Students not assigned the Film Festival Fix will make an introduction to their homework series.
      1. This is classwork, NOT homework. (It's worth more.)
      2. This isn't busywork. YouTube asks creators to make an introduction video that's around 1 minute in length.
      3. Use animated title. (Pay attention, we're going over them today.)
      4. Introduce yourself.
      5. Go over broad-reaching goals of your series.
      6. Show sample clips as B-Roll. (This is due when your 2nd series video is due. You'll have material if you're on track.
      7. The same rules apply about copyright and citation.
        1. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS.
      8. Due in 2 weeks. Start scripting (or making/fixing your animated title) TODAY.
  4. NEW Homework Rubric:
    1. 25% Video should be 1-15 minutes in total run time (TRT)
    2. 25% Video should have an animated title card and credits that DO NOT exceed 10 seconds.
    3. 25% Video should adhere to the “10 Commandments of Media Arts.”
    4. 25% Video's title card and content should match the ongoing theme selected by the student for this semester.