Video Production Computer Lab Day
May 24, 2011
#1 - visit www.cnn.com/studentnews and listen to today’s news report. If you do not have your earbuds, then please read the transcript.
#2 You may only visit the 7 sites listed below :
May 10, 2011
Hello Students:
There are 2 tasks for you today-
#1 - visit www.cnn.com/studentnews and listen to today’s news report. If you do not have your earbuds, then please read the transcript.
#2 You may only visit the 5 sites listed below :
April 19, 2011
Hello Students:
There are 3 tasks lined up for you today. If you have already selected your movie line, then you can skip #3.
#1 - visit www.cnn.com/studentnews and listen to today’s news report. If you do not have your earbuds, then please read the transcript.
#2 - please go to the link listed below and read any animated television show or movie script in which you are interested:
http://www.imsdb.com/ <<<< You will spend most of your time on this site reading scripts and comparing them with your favorite movies and TV shows.
Choose a television show or movie you have seen within the last few weeks, and compare and contrast the script with the show/movie. Does the script read like the show/movie? How is it the same or different from the show/movie?
#3 - if you do not already have your movie line selected & memorized, please do redo this assignment:
Visit the links below, and select one movie line for you to memorize, rehearse, and present to the class. Additionally, you will need to know the following:
The answer to question #1 is required, and your answers
to questions #2 & #3 are optional, but recommended:
REQUIRED
1. The name of the actor & movie(s) containing your famous movie lines.
OPTIONAL
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15.The name of the movie character who speaks your line in the movie, and
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16.The context in the movie in which the line is spoken. Obviously, for this one, you either have to see the movie or do some online research about that scene in the movie.
You can find movie lines here:
Wikipedia’s Entry for Famous Movie Lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes
Movie Quotes here: http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmquotes.html
Top 10 Movie Quotes here: http://www.filmsite.org/topquotes.html
OPTIONAL
You get Super Bonus points if you choose lines from movies we have viewed in class.
Finally,
You have the opportunity to present your movie lines to the class. I have plans to film students presenting their lines and show the film at the Falcon Media Festival. And...of course, you will be expected to present your lines with respect to how the writer intended the actor to convey the meaning of the words within your lines. Thus, you cannot simply memorize the lines and present them without feeling, emotion or any sense of the context in which they were delivered by the actor during the filming of the movie. This means that you will have to understand the meaning of those lines and what those words were intended to do and mean within the film.
March 29
Remember, we will have a speaker on Thursday. Be on your best behavior.
First, visit www.cnn.com/studentnews and listen to today’s news report. If you do not have your earphones, then please read the transcript.
Second, visit the sites listed below, and select two famous movie lines for you to memorize, rehearse, and present to the class on Friday, April 8. Additionally, you will need to know the following:
The answers to questions #1 and #2 are required, and the answer to question #3 is optional, but recommended:
REQUIRED
1. The real name of the actor(s) & movie(s) containing your famous movie lines.
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2.The context of the lines being spoken. What is going on in the story line of the movie before the lines and immediately after the lines?
OPTIONAL
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3.The name of the movie character who speaks your lines in the movies, and...
You can find movie lines here:
--Wikipedia’s Entry for Famous Movie Lines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes
--Movie Quotes here: http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmquotes.html
--Top 10 Movie Quotes here: http://www.filmsite.org/topquotes.html
Finally,
You have the opportunity to present your movie lines to the class. I have plans to film students presenting their lines and show the film at the Falcon Media Festival. And...of course, you will be expected to present your lines with respect to how the writer intended the actor to convey the meaning of the words within your lines. Thus, you cannot simply memorize the lines and present them without feeling, emotion or any sense of the context in which they were delivered by the actor during the filming of the movie. This means that you will have to understand the meaning of those lines and what those words were intended to do and mean within the film.
***You Must Have Your Movie Lines Selected and Written Down On A Piece of Paper Before You Move On To Rhett & Link. Stop By My Desk & Show Me Your Lines Written Down On Your Piece of Paper.***
When you are done, please go to www.rhettandlink.com and learn all you can about Rhett and Link.
March 22
First, visit www.cnn.com/studentnews and listen to today’s news report. If you do not have your earphones, then please read the transcript.
Second, if you have not finished this assignment, please do it now: there are different assignments based on your grade level. Please read this thoroughly as this will count as a 45% grade for the 5th Six Weeks.
8th Grade - If you are in 8th grade, you are required to make an animation at www.goanimate.com that concerns the topics of Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny.
Here are your criteria:
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Your animation must be at least 15 seconds in length. -
Your animation must be clearly connected to the US History concepts of Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion
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You must email a link of your animation to me. You must put your real name (not your user name) in the subject heading of your email. Send your animation link to brainbackbend2010@gmail.com
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This animation is due by Friday, March 25. This means that if you do not finish during the lab time, you are required to either stay after school and finish or use your time at home to finish.
6th & 7th Grades - If you are in 6th or 7th grade, you are required to make an animation at www.goanimate.com that concerns the topic of recycling.
Here are the criteria:
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Your animation must be at least 15 seconds in length.
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Your animation must be clearly related to the idea of recycling.
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You must email a link of your animation to me. You must put your real name (not your user name) in the subject heading of your email. Send your animation link to brainbackbend2010@gmail.com
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This animation is due by Wednesday, March 2nd. This means that if you do not finish during the lab time, you are required to either stay after school and finish or use your time at home to finish.
March 8
You may only visit these sites. With link #5, you can make cool pieces of art and photography.
February 22
Hello Students,
If you did not complete your ToonDoo assignment (see February 15), you must use your own time at home or after school. We are now moving to our next assignment.
Here is the next assignment, WESTWARD EXPANSION / MANIFEST DESTINY
You are required to make an animation at www.goanimate.com that concerns the topics of Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny. You cannot start until I see a draft (on paper) of your animation ideas.
Here are your criteria:
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You may work with one partner or work by yourself.
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Your animation must be at least 15 seconds in length if working by yourself, or 30 seconds if you are working with a partner.
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Your animation must be clearly connected to the US History concepts of Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion.
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Your animation must say something worthy about Manifest Destiny / Westward Expansion. For example, If you just have thw words Manifest Destiny scrolling across the top of the screen and a wagon underneath it, that is not enough.
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You must email a link of your animation to me. You must put your real first and last name (not your user name) in the subject heading of your email to me. Send your animation link to brainbackbend2010@gmail.com
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This animation is due by Wednesday, March 2nd. This means that if you do not finish during the lab time this week and next week, you are required to either stay after school and finish or use your time at home to finish.
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February 15
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1. Please visit http://www.toondoo.com/Latestw.toon
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2.Set up a free account.
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3.For today, make one comic that relates to a positive experience at Fulmore Middle School. Your comic could be related to sports, social life, academics, fine arts, journalism, Gifted & Talented, After School Programs, or anything else where you have a positive connection to Fulmore Middle School.
Criteria
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minimum of a 4-panel comic -
use correct grammar and spelling
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no inappropriate language
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Comic must relate to Fulmore and be positive in tone.
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to receive credit, you must email me a link to your comic. NOTE - you must include your first and last name in the subject heading of your email. If you do not do this, I will not be able to count your comic as received. Email to brainbackbend2010@gmail.com
February 8
If you are done with your Power video, you may visit these links today:
1. http://science.discovery.com/tv/science-movies/science-movies.html
2. http://animal.discovery.com/
If you are on any site other than these 3, you will lose your computer privileges.
January 18, 2011
1. Working with a partner, you will create a 90 second media artifact inspired by the current theme of POWER (and one of the guiding questions):
Power
-Is power simply the ability to influence?
-How and when is power used or abused?
-Is power always present in some form or another?
-What types of power surround us—chemical, electrical, political, or mechanical?
-Does power corrupt people?
2. Before you begin work on your project, I want to see a brainstorm and a draft of your proposal. Again, before you begin work, a brainstorm and a draft is needed. You may use www.goanimate.com or www.onetruemedia.com to create your project.
3. Criteria:
-You and partner put forth equal work.
-You choose which partner’s account (GoAnimate or OneTrueMedia) you will use.
-You create a brainstorm and a draft (storyboard) before working on the project.
-You connect your project to the theme and one of the guiding questions
-Deadline is at the end of class on Tuesday, January 25th.
-Your artifact contains at least 50 words (either through character dialogue and/or written as text appearing in various scenes).
-You turn in a 4-6 sentence paragraph explaining how your project is connected to the theme and one of the guiding questions.
-You email me a link with “Power Media Project” in the subject heading of the email.
-Viewers should be able to view your project and make sense of it. If it is so overly abstract or nonsensical that the average person cannot understand it, then you will have to redo the assignment.
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January 11, 2011
First, go here and read the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?_r=1
Second, go to this link and answer the questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z8MKBG2
Third, go here and read other comments and add your own comments. Obviously, use only appropriate language and correct spelling and grammar:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/how-much-time-do-you-spend-consuming-media-every-day/
When you are done, you may visit these sites. No, you may not visit any other site that is not listed below:
January 4, 2011
Visit this link: Online Bullying
Then write down 5 questions/comments you have about the article.
Next, visit these links and learn.