Video 1

This Unit will last until roughly 2/17/11

We will begin learning about the PROCESS of making a movie. I will be using the guide from AFI to teach this process. There is a basic FIVE step process in film making. This unit will provide a brief intro to the AFI Screen Education process, provide key exercises, and raise the comfort level of all students when working with cameras. Each of the FIVE steps will take approx three school days to cover.




General Standards for Exercises
• NA-VA.9-12.1 Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques and processes they use.
• NA-VA.9-12.1 Students initiate, define and solve challenging visual arts problems independently, using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• NA-VA.9-12.6 Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and other selected arts disciplines.
• NT.K-12.1 Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems. Students are proficient in the use of technology.

New unit- Using the Screen Ed 5 Step process to create content based video projects. This project will demonstrate student understanding of the text.

During this pre-production step of the process, students will perform the following tasks:
• Review the project goals, practical limitations and boundaries.
• Discuss timelines, resources and grading rubrics.
• Set length parameters for the final project (30 sec. – 5 min.).
• Write a one-page story treatment describing the proposed project.
• Present or “pitch” the story idea to the class for comment and approval.
• Create a shooting script for the film project.
• Create a set of storyboards that accurately visually describe the film project.
• Set deadlines and milestones.
• Explore varied filmmaking resources.
• Review Genres of Film to be used in Video Project.


General National Tech Standards for Screen Ed Process

• NT.K-12.1 Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems. Students are proficient in the use of technology.
• NT.K-12.5 Students use technology to locate, evaluate and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
• NT.K-12.2 Students understand the ethical, cultural and societal issues related to technology. Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information and software. Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits and productivity.
• NT.K-12.6 Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions. Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world.


General National Visual Arts Standards for Screen Ed Process
• NA-VA.9-12.1 Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques and processes they use.
• NA-VA.9-12.1 Students initiate, define and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• NA-VA.9-12.6 Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other arts disciplines.
• NA-VA.9-12.2 Students demonstrate the ability to compare two or more perspectives about the use of organizational principles and functions in artwork and to defend personal evaluations of these perspectives. Students create multiple solutions to specific visual arts problems that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between structural choices and artistic functions.
• NA-VA.9-12.3 Students evaluate and defend the validity of sources for content and the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' works.
• NA-VA.9-12.4 Students analyze and interpret artworks for relationships among form, context, purposes and critical models, showing understanding of the work of critics, historians, aestheticians and artists. Students analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations and interpretations of meaning.
• NA-VA.9-12.5 Students identify intentions of those creating artworks, explore the implications of various purposes and justify their analyses of purposes in particular works. Students describe meanings of artworks by analyzing how specific works are created and how they relate to historical and cultural contexts. Students reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art.

Video II

Rough Drafts are due WED 2/1.

Most filming is done outside of school, so footage should be imported and organized for easier editing.

Tentative schedule for this project is

START MONDAY 1/2/12
SCRIPT DUE MONDAY 1/20/12
ROUGH CUT THURSDAY 2/1/12
FINAL CUT WEDNESDAY 2/8/12

General Standards for Exercises

• NA-VA.9-12.1 Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques and processes they use.

• NA-VA.9-12.1 Students initiate, define and solve challenging visual arts problems independently, using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

• NA-VA.9-12.6 Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and other selected arts disciplines.

Video III-IV

Groups should be using their storyboards to shoot their scenes. Most filming is done outside of school, so footage should be imported and organized for easier editing. Our final cuts are due Feb 3rd now because or server crashed and we lost 2 days.

new deadline for Final Cuts

ROUGH CUT 1/25/12
FINAL CUT 2/3/12

General Standards for Exercises

• NA-VA.9-12.1 Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques and processes they use.

• NA-VA.9-12.1 Students initiate, define and solve challenging visual arts problems independently, using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

• NA-VA.9-12.6 Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and other selected arts disciplines.

Theater

GRADES 9 - 12

• NA-T.9-12.1 Script Writing by Planning and Recording Improvisations Based on Personal Experience and Heritage, Imagination, Literature, and History
• NA-T.9-12.2 Acting by Assuming Roles and Interacting in Improvisations
• NA-T.9-12.3 Designing by Visualizing and Arranging Environments for Classroom Dramatizations
• NA-T.9-12.4 Directing by Planning Classroom Dramatizations
• NA-T.9-12.6 Comparing and Connecting Art Forms by Describing Theatre, Dramatic Media (Such as Film, Television, and Electronic Media), and Other Art Forms
• NA-T.9-12.7 Analyzing and Explaining Personal Preferences and Constructing Meanings from Classroom Dramatizations and from Theatre, Film, Television, and Electronic Media Productions
• NA-T.9-12.8 Understanding Context by Recognizing the Role of Theatre, Film, Television, and Electronic Media in Daily Life