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Media Arts 10-27-2017

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Warm-Up: How could you make a creepy movie without showing blood, violence, or death? (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. Media Day
    1. November 16th
    2. All permission slips are in!
    3. Remember to bring a lunch if you did not request that a bag lunch be provided from the cafeteria. Food WILL NOT BE served there.
  4. Equipment
    1. Sign-up forms are provided for high-volume days.
      1. Example: Chroma key screens on the weeks up to the first due date.
    2. On other days, just ask.
    3. Remember to return equipment.
      1. Last class, someone didn't return the memory card for one of the cameras.
  5. Suggested Software
  6.  Assignments
    1. Film Festival, January 24th (Midterm)
    2. Chroma Key Adventure
      1. Fixes due TODAY!
      2. Resubmissions will only be accepted if original video was uploaded ON TIME.
    3. 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 include no characters (human, animal, OR personified objects) or dialogue but should show something cool being done.
    4. Music Video Storyboard
      1. Due THURSDAY, 11-02-2017
      2. Rubric
        1. 10 points ► Storyboard includes every shot in the 1st minute of the video.
        2. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the placement of characters/set in each shot.
        3. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the pose of characters in each shot.
        4. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the camera angle in each shot.
    5. Homework Critiques
      1. Due TODAY, 10-27-2017
      2. MAKE A COPY of the document shared in Google Classroom by clicking on "File" and then "Make a copy."
      3. Have another Media Arts Major share their homework video from last week with you. (This was today's Warm-Up...)
      4. Share your copied sheet with that student, but DO NOT give them editing rights.
      5. Complete ALL the blue cells on your copy of this sheet.
      6. Repeat these steps until you have 4 completed sheets.
      7. Submit ALL 4 SHEETS for a classwork grade.
      8. Up to 10 points/sheet, up to 4 sheets. (Score is out of 40.)
  7. Work Time
  8. Waiting for something to process? Work on one of these activities while you wait. EVERYONE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO RIGHT NOW! NO ONE CAN USE THE "I'M WAITING" EXCUSE!