Awareness Campaign Mind Map

OBJ: To plan your product and process with a mindmap.

TASK: Answer these 2 questions fully.

1. WHAT will your finished product look and sound like?

2. HOW will you get your product to look and sound like that?

MINI LESSON: Using text2mindmap

1. Go to text2mindmap.com

2. Create mindmap for your project

3. Save as .jpg on the desktop

4. Email to mediaarts145@gmail.com

a. heading say "A.C. Mind Map"

b. in the body of email write group member names.

5. Look for more information on your topic online.

One Line at a Time

OBJECTIVE : Adapt a stage scene for the screen.

TASK: Rehearse - practice the voice and actions of a character

OPENING: How to make movie making easier.

MINI LESSON: Record one line at time.

WORKTIME: Pick a scene from the play and rehearse it with your table

CLOSING: How is a stage play different from what we did today?

HOMEWORK: Look for cuts in media.

Motivation, Obstacle & Resolution

OBJ: To learn to write for characters in media.

TASK:

motivation - what a character wants

obstacle - the thing that is stopping

resolution - how it is solved

Pick 2 characters. Write what is their motivation, obstacle and resolution.

Hero- main guy or gal (Martin)

Buddy- Hero's friend (Joaquin, Freddie, Tito)

Romance- who is the hero's love interest? (Ceci)

Villian- bad guy or gal (Sleepy)

OPENING: What is in a motivation?

WORKTIME:

1. Write from one character to another

2. Share

CLO: How did you write the motivation, obstacle, and resolution?

Middle School Film Festival!!!

Check out some of your fellow students in this ad!

more info at tinyurl.com/middleschoolfilmfestival

Middle School Film Festival Promo from NYC Public Schools on Vimeo.

Sound Equipment Pop Quiz

OBJ: To identify items and uses for audio equipment?

TASK: Copy & Identify

1. Boom Pole

2. Shotgun Mic

3. Lapel Microphone

4. Wireless Microphone Receiver

5. Wireless Microphone Transmitter

6. XLR Cable

7. Sound Adaptor

8. 1/8" Stereo Cable

9. 9V Battery

10. Headphones

CLO: Why are external (outside) microphones used?

"Nerdlandia" Monologue

OBJ: To learn about to write for characters in media.

TASK: monologue - one character speaks their inner most feelings at a critical moment.

Pick 2 characters. Write how they feel for each other.

Hero- main guy or gal (Martin)

Buddy- Hero's friend (Joaquin, Freddie, Tito)

Romance- who is the hero's love interest? (Ceci)

Villian- bad guy or gal (Sleepy)

OPENING: What is in a monologue?

WORKTIME:

1. Write Monologue from one character to another

2. Share

CLO: How did you write the monologue?

Monologue

OBJ: To learn about to write for characters in media.

TASK: Pick 2 characters. Write how they feel for each other.

Hero- main guy or gal (Robin Hood)

Buddy- Hero's friend (Azim)

Romance- who is the hero's love interest? (Maid Marion)

Villian- bad guy or gal (George, Sheriff of Nottingham)

Sidekick- Villian's friend (Guy of Gisborne)

OPENING: What is in a monologue?

WORKTIME:

1. Write Monologue from one character to another

2. Share

CLO:How did you write the monologue?

Script for Stage

OBJ: Students will examine design for theatre.

TASK:What does the play look and sound like? Lights? Set? Costumes? Sound? (5 Min)

OPENING: How to do a class read aloud...

MINI LESSON: Looking for clues in the text.

WORKTIME: Class read aloud "Nerdlandia" by Gary Soto

CLOSING: How might the play look different?