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Media Arts 10-18-2017

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Warm-Up: Come up with a parody name for a trademarked product name. (Example: Instead of an X Box, use a Z Cube.) List your parody and the product it's based on in Google Classroom. You should be able to see other students' answers once you've posted yours.

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Today's Agenda

  1. Warm-Up (See above)
  2. Goals
    1. Grades
    2. Learning
    3. Doing
  3. Image & Video Citation
    1. Provide link to page where image/video is found.
      1. https://openclipart.org/detail/12789/giscomputer
      2. https://videos.pexels.com/videos/coding-performed-on-a-computer-1317
    2. Long links are a pain to display legibly in a video.
      1. Use a "URL Shortener" to replace the long link with something easier to type and display.
      2. I recommend tinyurl.com for this.
        1. tinyurl.com/yctrrvju
        2. tinyurl.com/grqaze8
  4. Chroma Key Filming
    1. Sign-up form will be posted to Google Classroom AFTER today's agenda is covered.
      1. You can only sign up once. Don't put your name on it if you're not ready.
    2. You will have 5 minutes to film.
      1. I have yet to see a storyboard with 2.5 minutes worth of dialogue. You should be able to get everything done in 5 minutes.
  5. Media Day
    1. November 16th
    2. Permission slips are due THIS WEEK!
    3. Behavior will be considered.
  6. ELO
    1. This Thursday
    2. Stay in your B Day class UNTIL AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE!
    3. Do not stay unless I have a signed ELO permission slip.
  7. Suggested Software
  8.  Assignments
    1. Film Festival, January 24th (Midterm)
    2. Homework
      1. This week's homework:
        1. 5 pts: Pacing (Is it so slow the audience gets bored? Is it so fast the audience misses things?)
        2. 5 pts: Audio (Is the dialogue clearly spoken? Do other sounds drown the dialogue out? Do the sounds help reinforce the plot?
        3. 5 pts: Visuals (Title & credits?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?)
        4. 5 pts: Video should be muted and show a conversation happening using subtitles.
    3. Chroma Key Adventure
      1. Storyboard: Was due Friday, 10-06
      2. Final Cut of Video: Due Friday, 10-20
      3. Rubric
      4.  Plot
        1. Main character travels somewhere incredible & interacts with things there.
      5. Edits
        1. Main character filmed in front of chroma key screen.
        2. At least 3 different camera angles are used.
        3. Each shot has a foreground, middle ground, & background that change with the angle used.
      6. Tutorials
        1. Chroma Key in HitFilm
        2. Chroma Key in Camtasia
  9. Work Time
  10. Waiting for something to process? Work on one of these activities while you wait.