Skip to content

Category: Smith, Media Arts

Published on

Warm-Up: List as many ways as you can think of to learn something without a teacher's help. (Answer this question in Google Classroom.)

PGCPS Gmail Login | Student SchoolMax Login

Today's Agenda

  1. Warm-Up (See above)
  2. Goals
    1. Grades
    2. Learning
    3. Doing
  3. ELO
    1. Most Thursdays
    2. Today's ELO is canceled.
      1. I am not feeling well and had to go home early.
    3. Next Thursday (11/9) is canceled.
      1. Last day of Q1.
      2. Time needed for grading your work.
  4. Media Day
    1. November 16th
    2. Remember to bring a lunch if you did not request that a bag lunch be provided from the cafeteria. Food WILL NOT BE served there.
  5. Suggested Software
  6.  Assignments
    1. Film Festival, January 24th (Midterm)
    2. Homework
      1. This week's homework:
        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 "creepy" without violating school policies.
    3. Music Video Storyboard
      1. Due TODAY, 11-02-2017
      2. Remember, you are storyboarding a video made by someone else. You are NOT making your own music video.
      3. At this point if you have not selected a video to storyboard, use one of the ones shared in Google Classroom. DO NOT waste time watching video after video to find the "right" one.
      4. Rubric
        1. 10 points ► Storyboard includes every shot in the 1st minute of the video.
        2. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the placement of characters/set in each shot.
        3. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the pose of characters in each shot.
        4. 10 points ► Storyboard accurately depicts the camera angle in each shot.
    4. Homework Critiques
      1. Revisions due Friday, 11-03-2017
      2. Up to 10 points/sheet, up to 4 sheets. (Score is out of 40.)
  7. Work Time
  8. Waiting for something to process? Work on one of these activities while you wait.