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Media Arts, 10-23-2019 (Q1 Day 18)

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Warm-Up:

  • What elements make a good intro for an audio or video segment? Why?

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Objective:

  • Students will organize and develop artistic ideas and work (Anchor Standard 2) to understand relationships between Media Arts and Language Arts.

Today's Agenda

Business

  1. Computers
    1. I'm working on replacing the 11 year old computers.
    2. The latest one is here!
    3. This time I'm trying for three!

Learning Opportunities

  1. Autobiographical Video

    1. Due in 9 days (including today and weekends)!
    2. Rubric for our 3rd video, as planned in class:
      5 pts Video shows a cohesive, compelling story in 3-5 minutes, TRT.
      5 pts Video matches actions portrayed in the storyboard.
      5 pts Properly cited music is used, with permission.
      5 pts Title Card made during 10-4 classwork is used, credits thematically match the title card.
    3. Production
      1. On-Site
        1. Record what you can in class.
        2. We do have green screens for those who want to use them.
        3. If you can't record in class, help someone who can.
      2. Off-Site
        1. if you are recording outside of the classroom, bring your video to class to edit so you have something to do.
    4. Post-Production
      1. You may edit with whatever available tools you think are best, so long as they allow you to adhere to the grading rubric.
  2. Film Festival Pre-Planning
    1. Categories:
      1. Under-a-Minute Challenge (6th grade only!)
      2. Documentary/Informative
      3. Feature
      4. Broadcast
      5. (Animation?!)
    2. Think about which category would best help you meet the goal you gave yourself on Day 1 of this class.
    3. More will be asked of you as we get closer to 2nd Quarter.
  3. Podcasting
    1. Haiku Rubric, due TODAY:
      5 pts Exported audio is a playable .MP3 file.
      5 pts Exported audio contains a haiku poem (5, 7, 5)
      5 pts Exported audio includes 3 sound effects that support the haiku without covering the words.
      5 pts Exported audio is "clean," free of background noise and verbal filler.
      1. Have Mr. Smith check your Haiku.
      2. Record it using Audacity. (Tutorial here)
      3. Import your sound effects.
        1. Adjust track volume levels so the sound effects don't cover up the dialogue.
      4. Export as .MP3 and upload to Google Classroom.
  4. Exit Ticket (Auto-posting to Google Classroom at 3:40pm.)

    1. Use 1-2 sentences to describe your idea for your Film Festival video.
  5. HOMEWORK
    1. 10-10: Do whatever you need (script/storyboard changes, b-roll, background shots, etc.) so that when you come to class on Monday you can be as productive as possible.
    2. 10-14: Find 3 sound effects in the YouTube Audio Library that you think could be combined to tell an interesting story.
    3. 10-16: Write a haiku that tells the same story as the sounds you selected on 10-14.
    4. 10-21: Imagine it's your job to introduce the haiku recordings in a podcast. Script what you would say. (Remember introductions should not be too long, but should still explain the "who" and "what."
    5. 10-23: Brainstorm 5 different plot ideas for the Film Festival. Use a single sentence to describe each.