Video 1

Mon-Start Chapter 7 on the 180 Degree Rule Pages 75-81

What is the 180 Rule and how can you work with it??

There are numerous ways to work around the 180 Rule, we will examine those techniques in class by watching examples and then practicing with the cameras. Students will be given a study guide and asked to search for the required information.

Tue- Continue Chapter 7

Video II

This unit will last 4 weeks and it will have multiple deadlines for the student to meet along the way. Scripts/storyboard/rough cut of film/final cut of film/student critique and analysis. We had to change our schedule and the updated due dates are listed below.

Start Date: November 7, 2011

Approved Concept/Idea outline: November 9

Script Due by: November 16

Approved Storyboard before filming begins.

Rough Cut 1: November 24

Rough Cut 2: December 14

Final Cut Due Date: December 21

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

We are starting our next project cycle. The student production groups will be given the opportunity to make a short film. Emphasis is placed on developing a main character with a goal, coming up with obstacles that prevent attaining that goal, and then an action taken to make a change. Scripts will be built around those milestones.

Start Date: November 14, 2011

Approved Concept/Idea outline: November 16

Script Due by: November 22

Approved Storyboard before filming begins.

Rough Cut 1: December 2

Rough Cut 2: December 14

Final Cut Due Date: December 21

Some groups have opted to work on Segment for the announcement show (ex: sports/highlights/movie review etc.)

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