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Media Arts, Smith, 11-08-2018

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Warm-Up:

  • What is a roadblock you've overcome in the process of making your animatic? How did you overcome it?

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Objective:

  • Students will ask critical questions that help them refine and complete artistic work.

Today's Agenda

  1. Guided Instruction
    1. Warm-Up Review
    2. Homework Review
      1. 10-30In your journal, list 10 "hooks" for "social justice" stories that could be turned into videos.
      2. 11-1 In your journal, storyboard three (3) distinctly different shots that include no characters, but still convey strong emotions.
      3. 11-5 List 5 different camera shots that AREN’T a medium shot. Explain why you would use each instead of a medium shot.
    3. Media Day
      1. Friday, November 16
  2. 2019 Film Festival
    1. Midterm
    2. Showing is on January 23rd (Snow Day 1-31)
    3. Category requirements have been posted on Google Classroom in the Animatic assignment.
      1. Categories will likely change this year.
        1. Silent Film
        2. Replacement categories unknown (Animation? Music Video?)
  3. Film Festival Animatic
    1. First project of 2nd Quarter
    2. Photographed storyboard panels turned into a video with audio added.
    3. Film Festival Rubric used for assessment.
  4. Initial Edit
    1. Due November 30
    2. Minimal editing
    3. Record all the scenes as best you can
    4. Use animatic as a guide
    5. Use stand-ins if needed, refinement happens with the Rough Cut projects.
  5. Rough Cut
    1. Due December 14
    2. Stand-ins from initial edit replaced
    3. Criticism from initial edit applied to this version
    4. Title/credits added
    5. Soundtrack
    6. Transitions AS NEEDED (Not always needed)
  6. Independent Work
    1. Homework/Journal checks
    2. Film Festival Pre-Production
      1. ANIMATIC IS DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH!
      2. Script
        1. I still have not seen a finished script from any of you so I assume you have a lot to finish.
      3. Storyboard
        1. As I have not seen any scripts I assume you have not started this yet.
        2. Remember this is where the largest portion of your work for the animatic will take place.
      4. Title Card (This is post-production!)
      5. Soundtrack (Technically not part of pre-production except in rare cases. Get your script done first!)
      6. Anything involving Inkscape (Drawing your storyboard is faster than anything you can do in this program, assuming you're doing it correctly.)
    3. Worth investigation (Assuming your Animatic is handed in)...
      1. https://spark.adobe.com/
      2. Video: If you are in a shell...
  7. HOMEWORK
    1. 11-8 Storyboard 3 ways to show a character’s thoughts without the character speaking.