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Media Arts, 01-22-2020 (Q2 Day 22)

Warm-Up:

  • Prepare for today's critiques. You will be watching ALL of the videos that were handed in as of this morning.

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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. Fundraising

    1. We are now up to NINE (9) Raspberry Pi computers for the class!
      1. (Plus two Raspberry Pi computers and three of my old gaming PCs I brought from home, but I'm not counting those.)
    2. Let's try for Raspberry Pi #10!
    3. Let's try to get another camera while we're at it!
  2.  Schedule
    1. Script/Storyboard (Due November 15th)
    2. Initial Edit (Due December 6th)
    3. Rough Cut 1 (Due December 20th)
    4. Rough Cut 2 (Due January 9th)
    5. Final Cut (Due January 17th)
    6. Foulois Film Festival (January 22nd)
      1. Wednesday 1-22-2020
      2. 7:00 PM
      3. Media Center
      4. Admission will be free, Donors Choose donations will be requested.
      5. Media Arts majors will earn an Assessment grade for attending.
        1. Dress nice. This is one of the few times you'll see me in a suit coat.

Learning Opportunities

  1. Film Festival
    1. Today is a critique day. The playlist of all videos is exactly 1 hour long, including content introducing grade levels and saying goodnight to attendees.
  2. Podcasting: The Media Behind the Arts
    1. Bi-Weekly Schedule
      1. Segment recordings due 01-09. (Note: We will not be critiquing these until after they have been combined into a single recording.)
      2. Final combined edit published 01-17.
      3. Segment recordings due 01-24.
    2. Your contribution will be a project grade!
      1. 5 pts: Dialogue is well spoken and free of verbal filler.
      2. 5 pts: Dialogue focuses on the chosen topic and stays within the time requirement.
      3. 5 pts: Audio recording is free of distracting background noise.
      4. 5 pts: Any outside works included are used with permission and cited properly.
    3. Segments
      1. Every Episode
        1. Episode Host
          1. Intro, Outro, & Segment introductions
        2. School News
          1. Sports
          2. Events (Concerts, Dances, etc.)
          3. SGA
        3. Local News
          1. Sources must be cited! (CNN is reporting that...)
        4. World News
          1. Sources must be cited! (CNN is reporting that...)
      2. As needed
        1. (Remember as an audio only format giving advice will be difficult.)
        2. Coding
        3. Inkscape
        4. Title Cards
        5. Computer Basics
        6. Game Design
        7. Video Production
          1. Pre-Production
          2. Production
          3. Post-Production
        8. Bullying
  3. Exit Ticket (Auto-posted to Google Classroom at 3:40pm.)

    1. Which four videos do you feel should go on to the County level? Explain your answers to earn credit.
  4. HOMEWORK
    1. 01-22: Come to tonight's Film Festival at 7pm.