Media Arts, 9-14-2017

Warm-Up: What can you learn from doing the Door Scene assignment? Answers synonymous with "nothing" will not earn credit. If you know how to do everything the rubric asks you to do, consider how you can add to the requirements to make it into a learning experience. (Answer this question in Google Classroom.)

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Today's Agenda

1. Warm-Up (See above)
2. Goals
   1. Grades
   2. Learning
   3. Doing
3. Back To School Night Resources
   1. Hardware & Software Suggestions (NOT REQUIREMENTS!)
4.  Storyboarding
   1. Paper Rough Draft
      1. Avoid multiple consecutive shots that look the same.
      2. Avoid drawing everyone using the same pose.
5. Assignments
   1. Film Festival, January 24th (Midterm)
   2. Homework
      1. DUE Friday!
      2. 5 pts: Pacing (Is it so slow the audience gets bored? Is it so fast the audience misses things?)
      3. 5 pts: Audio (Is the dialogue clearly spoken? Do other sounds drown the dialogue out? Do the sounds help reinforce the plot?
      4. 5 pts: Visuals (Can the audience see what's going on?  Do the shot choices direct the audience's focus in ways that help move the plot along? Are the transitions distracting?
      5. 5 pts: Video should be a YouTube style vlog entry where you are showing off something cool you've done recently that did not involve a computer or game console.
   3.  Door Scene
      1. Storyboard Due: 9-15-2017
         1. Plot:
            1. Character approaches door.
            2. Character cannot open door.
            3. Character struggles to open door.
            4. Character gets through door.
         2. Shots:
            1. Title
            2. Credits
            3. Establishing shot
            4. Close-Up shot
            5. Extreme Closeup shot
            6. Over The Shoulder shot
      2. Final cut of video due: 9-29-2017
6. Work Time
7. Is your storyboard complete? Make a title card for your videos!
   1. Inkscape Title Card
   2. Animated Title Card