Video 1

Mon-Friday

The class will be finishing up their photos and organizing them into order to tell their story. This week we will focus on camera movements, transitions, and how we direct the attention of our viewers to what we (as Cinematographers) want them to focus on.

Part of the process is trying something to see if it works and then possible doing it over again. Groups will find that come pics need to be retaken, some need to be altered and some work just fine. It will take the week to get things in place the way we want them. Some groups might be slightly ahead of others, and they will begin placing sound fx, transitions, music and other alterations in their projects

Video II

Continuation of our next movie making project. Read Across America Challenge! We will be adapting children's books into short films. To jumpstart thinking and to provide an example, we will be watching an adapted screenplay movie that was taken from a popular book.

Monday and Tuesday -Review of adapted screenplay movies from Hollywood and from last year's work.

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

Scripts will be due Friday for this project. Students will be using class time to write. Once completed, scripts will be storyboarded to plan out their filming.

Tentative schedule for this project is

START MONDAY 1/2/12
SCRIPT DUE 1/13/12
ROUGH CUT 1/25/12
FINAL CUT 2/1/12

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