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Category: Smith, Media Arts

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  1. THIS VIDEO COVERS TODAY'S EXPECTATIONS!
  2. Objective:
    1. Students will critique their Film Fest entries to improve their skills at thinking critically about video production.
  3. Warm-Up:
    1. 2024-12-18: Warm-Up: Critique Critique

      1. 6th Grade
      2. 7th-8th Grade
      3. Share constructive feedback you were given for a Media Arts project this year that you did not feel was very constructive. (You are allowed to paraphrase.)
      4. Explain why the constructive feedback wasn't constructive, in your opinion.
      5. Reword the "constructive" feedback into something that you feel might actually be constructive.
    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.
    1. Quality-of-Work Update
      1. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. We just spent a month planning. Make it count.
    2. Announcements:
      1. "Arcade Day" at the end of the month.

        1. December's Arcade Day is scheduled for Friday, December 20th! THIS WILL ALSO BE OUR FIRST T-SHIRT DAY!
      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!
    3. Computer Buying Guide | Camera Buying Guide | Project Suggestions
    4. 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.
    5. Chromebooks will not be issued on Friday!
      1. You will still ave access to the lab computers, but the Chromebook carts will remain locked.
    6. If you participated on the field trip, check your email!
      1. Ms. Ward would like you to critique the field trip.
  4. Q2 Project deadlines:
    1. Q2P3: Festival Entry 3: Post-Production, Due 12/16
      1. Friday, Dec 6, Day 1
      2. Tuesday, Dec 10, Day 2
      3. Wednesday, Dec 11, ALL MAJOR DAY
      4. Thursday, Dec 12, Day 3
      5. Monday, Dec 16, "Put Out Fires" Day
      6. Wednesday, Dec 18, Critique Day!
        1. 6th Grade
        2. 7th-8th Grade
    2. Q2P4: Student Choice, Due 01/15
      1. Friday, Dec 20, Last day before Winter Break!
      2. Tuesday, Jan 7, Pre-Production
      3. Thursday, Jan 9, Production
      4. Monday, Jan 13,Post-Production
      5. Wednesday, Jan 15, "Put Out Fires" Day
      6. Friday, Jan 17, Critique Day!
    3. Q3P1: Student Choice
      1. Wednesday, Jan 22, Pre-Production
      2. Friday, Jan 24, Production (Last Day of Q2) (Incentive Day)
      3. Tuesday, Jan 28, Production 2
      4. Thursday, Jan 30, Post-Production
      5. Monday, Feb 3, "Put Out Fires" Day
      6. Wednesday, Feb 5, Critique Day!
    4. Projects are 100 point Classwork grades, and are not eligible for late submission.
    5. Feedback from the critiques is provided in the Canvas assignment for that project.
    6. 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!
    7. 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. No Exit Ticket this week!

    1. We have a 3 hour early dismissal on the day the Exit Ticket would be due. I'm not carving out an additional 10 minutes for this assignment.