Foulois Media Arts

Warm-Up:  Look at the grade for your Door Scene. What, if anything, can you fix to bring it up? (Answer this question in Google Classroom.)

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Today's Agenda

1. Warm-Up (See above)
2. Goals
   1. Grades
   2. Learning
   3. Doing
3. Citing Sources
   1. Without written permission from the owner, citations don't count.
      1. Work Name
         1. Spelled correctly
      2. Author Name
         1. Spelled correctly
      3. Source
         1. Link to page with work & copyright info, if possible
4. Suggested Software
   • Hitfilm ExpressOpens in a new window
     • FREE
     • Tutorials can be found here (Opens in a new window).
5.  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 show the point of view of something much smaller than a human (mouse? cat? dog? lawn gnome?) looking for and eventually finding something.
   3.  Door Scene
      1. Revised versions due Friday, October 6th.
      2. You may only submit a revised video if you handed in a video BEFORE the original due date of September 29th.
   4. Chroma Key Adventure
      1. Storyboard: Due Friday, 10-06
      2. Final Cut of Video: Due Friday, 10-20
      3.  Plot
         1. Main character travels somewhere incredible & interacts with things there.
      4. Edits
         1. Main character filmed in front of chroma key screen.
         2. At least 3 different camera angles are used.
         3. Each shot has a foreground, middle ground, & background that change with the angle used.
      5. Tutorials
         1. Chroma Key in HitFilm
         2. Chroma Key in Camtasia
6. Work Time
7. Waiting for something to process? Work on one of these activities while you wait.