SEM: AREA 145 Cast and Crew Reflections
1. View credits for "Area 145" or "Time Traveling Scarecrows from Outer Space"
2. Make corrections to credits.
3. View latest version of the film. (cross faded audio, color correction)
4. Record reflections and interviews with blue screen background.
Romeo and Juliet Reflection
OBJ: Students will practice documentary style interviews about the poetry and plays of Shakespeare.
TASK:
1. What questions do you have about the play?
2. Did the play end how you expected?
3. How would you change the story?
4. Did you recognize any of the feelings from the play?
MINI LESSON:
1. How to do a great interview.
WORKTIME:
1. Conduct interviews about Shakespeare's poetry and plays.
CLOSING:
1. Reflect
2. Group Share
HW: Read Act 5 Scene 3
Romeo and Juliet 3
OBJ: SWBAT recognize parallels between Shakespeare's poetry and plays and influence on cinema.
TASK: Would you want to live in Verona (the play's setting)?
WORKTIME:1. Scenes from Romeo + Juliet (1996).
CLO:
1.Reflect
2. Group Share
HW: Read Act 2 Scene 2
Romeo and Juliet 2
OBJ: SWBAT recognize parallels between Shakespeare's plays and influence on cinema.
TASK: How did this story look when it was originally performed in the 1590s?
WORKTIME:1. Scenes from Romeo + Juliet (1996).
CLO:
1.Reflect
2. Group Share
HW: Find out how much money this film made on imdb
Theatre and Film Props
OBJECTIVE:
SWBAT understand the duties of a properties master.
TASK:
1. What does your prop or set dressing reveal about the character?
2. What other items might this character have in their room?
OPENING:
1. Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" (1954) Opening Scene (1:28-4:01)
2. Look for details given in the set and the props.
3. What do the set, set dressings, props and costumes tell us about the main character L.B. Jeffries and his world?
MINI-LESSON:
1. Read Wikipedia's Theatrical Property as a group.
WORKTIME:
1. In groups, brainstorm answer for questions on worksheet "Notes for Changes"
2. If internet is available locate locations or websites where other versions of this item are available.
3. Complete "Budget Form" for items.
CLOSING:
1. What does the Properties Master have to do? (5 min written)
2. Small Group Share - Everyone in small group shares their writing one at a time (5 min reading, listening and speaking)
3. Whole Class Share - One student from every table shares their thoughts for a minute (10 min)
Logging Footage
OBJ: SWBAT understand nonfiction writing used in production.
VOCAB:
Tape Log- a list of start and end times with info about what is being filmed, for the editor.
WORKTIME:
1. View Event
2. Create a log for the editor
CLO:
1. How does the tape log help the editor
2. Table Share / Group Share
HW: Google Tape Log
Charlie Chaplin "The Kid" (1921)
OBJ: SWBAT identify technological differences between time periods through art.
TASK: Silent Film- a movie with no talking, but with orchestration.
WORKTIME:
1. View and take notes on "The Kid"
CLO:
1. What differences were there between 1921 and now?
2. Table Share
3. Group Share
HW: research Charlie Chaplin.
Romeo and Juliet
OBJ: SWBAT recognize parallels between Shakespeare's plays and influence on cinema.
TASK: What films have two groups that don't get along?
WORKTIME:
1. Scenes from West Side Story.
CLO
1.Reflect
2. Group Share
HW: Find a fact about the play "Romeo and Juliet"
Why Shakespeare?
OBJ: SWBAT find places where Shakespeare poetry and plays are still performed?
TASK: Why do they still perform Shakespeare plays almost 400 years after his death?
WORKTIME:
1. "Why Shakespeare"
CLO:
1. Reflect
2. Group Reflect / Share
HW: Google Shakespeare sonnets and read one.
Shakespeare in Our Time
OBJ: SWBAT dissect Elizabethan drama and poetry.
TASK: What Shakespeare plays have you seen?
WORKTIME:
1. "Shakespeare in Our Time" (25:06)
CLO:
1. Reflect
2. Group Share
HW
Google Shakespeare monologues.
107: Recording Poems in Garageband
OBJ: SWBAT record poems into an audio file.
TASK: How should you read if you are recording a poem?
MINILESSON: Garageband recording your voice
WORKTIME:
1. Record poems
2. Add sound effects or music in the background
CLO: Reflect / Group Share
HW: google garageband and watch tutorial videos.
SEM: "Area 145" Cast and Crew Reflections
The students working on the film will comment by clicking on the "comments" below.
"I worked on the lighting. We tried to make sure the mood stayed consistent with the lighting throughout the film. We did this by using gels and similar lighting styles for each scene."
-Stu Dent (write your name at the bottom)
"Trimming the Fat" when Editing
OBJ: SWBAT make informed judgements about the flow of a sequence.
VOCAB:
shot sequence - a series of camera shots about one event.
flow - the pace of a movie. (Action usually fast, Drama usually slower than Action)
MINILESSON
1. Visit vimeo lessons and look for the differences between the two videos.
WORKTIME
1. Listen to poem or song.
2. Make a list of 5 things to shoot for a music video that would go with the poem or song. Describe the location, how it should look, the mood, and the color in great detail.
CLO:
1.Describe in great detail the best type of flow for the music video of the poem or song.
2.Why do you think so?
3. Group Share
HW: Visit Vimeo Video School and look for more video lessons.
Exporting movies as mp4 from iMovie
OBJ: SWBAT use iMovie to export their advertisement videos.
CC W-10 write over long and short periods of time
CC SL-5 include multimedia components and visuals for clarity and emphasis
CC W-10 write over long and short periods of time
CC SL-5 include multimedia components and visuals for clarity and emphasis
TASK: What tips do you remember from Vimeo's Film School? (5 min)
MINILESSON: Model mp4 export. (5 min)
WORKTIME:
1. Use vimeo guidelines to export mp4 to the desktop
2. Copy file onto Zi8 "No Name" like a thumbdrive.
CLOSING:
1. How did the process go? (2 min)
2. Group Share (10 min)
HW: Review vimeo.com "film school"
Storyboard Poems
OBJ: SWBAT design media for poetry
TASK: "What is the mood of your poem? How will the video show the mood?"
WORKTIME:
1. Storyboard Poems
CLO: Group Share & Journal entry on "How did your design grow today?"
HW: Finish Storyboards for next class
Copyright
OBJ: SWBAT understand legal issues with media.
VOCAB:
creative works - something made by someone
derivative works - works related to previous work
tangible expression - physical proof of work, not just an idea
infringement - using a work without copyright owner's permission
sued - brought to a court hearing
fair use - use for education, parody or news
parody - to make fun of another work
WORKTIME:
1. As a table write a paragraph using all of the vocab words to describe copyright.
2. Copy into everyone's notebook
CLO: When is downloading music illegal? When is it not illegal?
HW: visit creativecommons.org
Email Poems to Submit
OBJ: SWBAT email edited poetry for submission.
VOCAB: email- online mail sent through the internet within seconds.
WORKTIME:
1. Type and Email mediaarts145@gmail.com
CLO: How did you complete the task?
HW: email poem to mediaarts145@gmail.com
Group Poem
OBJ: SWBAT create their own group poetry.
VOCAB:
1. rhyme - word that sound the same
2. alliteration - repeated consonant sounds (Sally sold sandstone)
3. assonance - repeated vowel sounds (Ape ate eight acorns)
4. meter or rhythm - how many "beats" or syllables per line
5. metaphor - comparison without using like or as (love is a rose)
6. simile - comparison using like or as (as strong as a bull)
7. personification - giving human traits to something (Wind whistled)
WORKTIME:
1. Write 4 total lines each Group Poem
CLO: Group Share
HW: google "poetic devices"
Get it, Shoot it, Cut it
OBJ: SWBAT identify techniques for media production
VOCAB:
WORKTIME:
2. What did you learn from the video?
3. Apply learning.
CLO: How could you use what you learned outside of school?
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