Shape Shifters

OBJ: To discover altered images in print media?

TASK: What do we see? What don't we see?

OPENING: Show website

WORKTIME:

1. Go to http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

click on "Your Entertainment" then "Cover Model Secrets"

2. Complete webquest questions below

a. What were 3 new things you discovered?

b. What were 3 things you already knew?

c. What does this cause us to think?

CLOSING: Group Share

HW: Look for altered images in the media.

http://jezebel.com/5426296/photoshop-of-horrors-hall-of-shame-2000+2009/gallery/

Is Seeing Believing?

OBJ: To discover media techniques for altering images.

VOCAB:

Chroma Key - a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind it.

WORKTIME:

1.View "Stargate Studios"

2.Discuss "Stargate Studios"

CLO: How can you tell what is real on tv?

HW: Check for examples of chroma key on youtube

Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Demo from Stargate Studios on Vimeo.

Superbowl Ad Analysis

OBJ: To calculate the cost per person for advertising and to understand media marketing

TASK: Why is it so expensive to put a commercial during the super bowl?

OPENING: 30 sec = $3.01 million, 90 million viewers.
WORKTIME:

1. Analyze ads

2. Identify target audience (who it's for)

3. Interpret subtext (what it "means", not what it says) THINK "If you don't use this, then..."

CLO: Who get paid in advertising? Who pays for advertising?

HW: View more superbowl ads at the link below.

http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/

Color Symbolism

OBJ: To learn how color can mean something through symbolism.

TASK: How does this film use light/dark and framing?

WORKTIME:

CLO: What might the color red mean?

HW: Think of 5 places you saw color symbolism.

Animation: Haiti Relief

OBJ: To introduce sound design for animation.

TASK: What sounds are used in a cartoon?

WORKTIME:
1. Create sound effects with objects in groups for "Bridge to Terabithia"
2. Group Share/Perform

CLOSING: What is your sound? How did you create it?

HW: Close your eyes and listen to a cartoon. Write what you notice. Copy into notebook.