Video 1

Chapter 6 application with hands on practice.

We will be editing our first shot sequence using Final Cut Pro X. Student will learn how to import footage from a SD card, store files and work with FCPX to build shot sequences.

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.

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 1

Final Cut Due Date: December 8

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 8

Final Cut Due Date: December 15

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