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Media Arts 11-17-2017

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Warm-Up: Why is more than one round of criticism useful for video production? (Answer this in Google Classroom.)

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Today's Agenda

  1. Warm-Up (See above)
  2.  Assignments
    1. Film Festival, January 24th (Midterm)
      1. Start planning NOW. Your storyboard is due TODAY!
      2. Storyboard Rubric:
        5 ►Storyboard fits one of the official categories for the PGCPS Film Festival.
        5 ►Storyboard is properly formatted, including text placement, character placement/position, set design, camera angles,etc.).
        10 ►Storyboard demonstrates skills and techniques taught while the student has been a Media Arts Major. (This is planning for the Midterm. SHOW OFF WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED!)
      3. During the last 15 minutes of class (or earlier, if you finish your storyboard today...) trade storyboards with a classmate and provide POSITIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Write both as a comment in the Google Classroom Storyboard assignment, along with the name of the student who gave the criticism.
    2. Homework
      1. This Week:
        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 a documentary of a parent or guardian doing something interesting.
      2. Next Week:
        1. Initial Assembly of your Midterm video.
        2. Even if it's based on a previous video, you should have ideas for improvement that you can add in.
        3. Your Initial Assembly videos WILL be shown to the entire class. Prepare for this.
        4. Assignment & Rubric will be posted tomorrow morning at midnight (so no one accidentally hands in this week's homework assignment in the wrong spot).
  3. Work Time
    1. Storyboards
      1. Take previous criticism into account.
      2. Avoid making every shot a long shot! (This is the most common item needing improving.
      3. Criticism Assignment will be posted at 3:35 TODAY. It is due by 3:50 TODAY.
        1. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU that reposting criticism from Monday or Wednesday will result in a zero.
  4. Waiting for something to process? Work on one of these activities while you wait.