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Media Arts Majors, 10-29-2024

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  1. Objective:
    1. Students will revise scripts and create storyboards to better prepare for the film festival.
  2. Warm-Up:
    1. 2024-10-29 Warm-Up: Script & Storyboard Progress

      1. 6th Grade Warm-Up
      2. 7th & 8th Grade Warm-Up
      3. Your script must be a Google Doc or photo.
      4. Your storyboard should be a photo of your hand-drawn work.
      5. Google Docs will be printed to make it easier for you to get today's feedback.
      6. If you have it on paper already, use your computer's camera app (On the lab computers it's called "Cheese," if you need a camera ask Mr. Smith) to take a photo.
      7. If your script is not a Google Doc it will be harder to print.
    2. Warm-Ups are usually a 5 point Independent Work grade if a written response is expected, or a 5 point Assessment grade if the Warm-Up is a quiz. They are due at the start of class and not eligible for late submission or re-submission.
  3. Announcements
    1. Project Suggestions
      1. Is there something you want to do but can't find a project that fits that framework already? Use this form to suggest a project!
    2. Quality-of-Work Update
      1. Your work is constantly being shown to others. Proofread.
    3. Monthly Media Arts Incentive:
      1. "Arcade Day" at the end of the month.
        1. October's Arcade Day is scheduled for Thursday, October 31st. (The last day of Q1!)
      2. Students remain eligible unless a Notice of Concern has been earned that month for grades or behavior, though a student who missed out from low grades can earn back their Arcade Day privileges if they bring their grade back up.
        1. Check Canvas - if your avg is 70% or above, you're probably eligible.
      3. Ineligible students should be working on a project re-submission or their next project.
      4. Arcade Days do not change project deadlines! All work is still due!
    4. I have written a computer buying guide, because I am frequently asked about what's worth buying.
    5. The FILM FEST GUIDELINES have been released!
      1. This is an edited version of the official guidelines. Links to hand the videos in have been removed as only teachers are allowed to do that part.
    6. BDF is going to the Harvest Festival!
      1. BDF PTO invites our school family and friends out for a fun fall day of activities and fundraising at the MD Corn Maze! Saturday, November 2nd. Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://mdcornmaze.com/collections/all-tickets-1 using code BFCPA24 or at the entrance showing the attached flyer so our school can receive 15% back! A prize will be given to the teacher whose class has the most tickets purchased to the maze.
    7. Promote the Vote!
      1. The BDF PTO is proud to present Promote the Vote. We encourage our families to exercise their right to civic engagement in the upcoming local, state and national elections. Show your pride in your action by sending in a selfie of your BDF Student with an "I Voted Sticker". The homeroom classes with the most sticker selfies (per grade level) will win a pizza party! Please use the QR code or link to submit your selfies.
  4. Q2 Project deadlines:
    1. Q2P1: Festival Entry 1: Pre-Production
      1. Monday, Oct 21: Select project category, begin script writing.
      2. Wednesday, Oct 23: Script peer review.
      3. Friday, Oct 25: Script revisions & storyboard creation.
      4. Tuesday, Oct 29: Script & storyboard peer review.

        1. 6th Grade
        2. 7th Grade
      5. Thursday, Oct 31: Script & storyboard revisions. (Last day of Q1/Arcade Day)
      6. Monday, Nov 4: Script & storyboard revisions.
      7. Thursday, Nov 7: Script & storyboard peer review.
      8. Monday, Nov 11: Script & storyboard revisions.
      9. Wednesday, Nov 13: Q2P1 Put Out Fires Day!
      10. Friday, Nov 15: Q2P1 Critique Day!
    2. Projects are 100 point Classwork grades, and are not eligible for late submission.
    3. Feedback from the critiques is provided in the Canvas assignment for that project.
    4. Projects are eligible for re-submission, but only once. They must be resubmitted using the same form as before, and no later than 10 days after feedback has been shared with them in Canvas. The 4th project of each Quarter is not eligible for re-submission due to its proximity to the end of the Quarter!
    5. Deadlines for future projects are not adjusted. Students are encouraged to not put off starting Project 4 because they've decided to work on redoing Project 3 from scratch.
  5. Exit Ticket
    1. There will be no Exit Ticket this week.