Nov. 30 - Turning in your Audio Project

You need to find the Buffalo file on the Applications folder.

Open it.
On left hand side under SHARED you will see two different JK815-Video icons. Use the one that has JFK Teacher Share (not the one with the Student Handin, etc.). This is the small server that hooks up to the control room and has all of our work on it.

Drag your project to the period you have Ms. Greer or Mr. Madaio. Example: greerj_Audio 1 Project

Nov. 27 -

Kathy Romero gets ready to record BASE jumpers at Bridge Day in West Virginia 2012.

Click here for Story Corps site on how to interview, questions to ask, listen to examples, etc..

Be sure to listen to examples on this site as well.
You will be interviewing a yourself and editing this in Hindenburg during block period.

I am looking for funny holiday stories, funny sports stories, touching and poignant stories, hassles of high school life stories, etc. Be thinking of what your final audio package will sound like as you craft your questions and your story angle.

This will be heard by others, so don't do anything too personal or something you would be worried about others hearing. It will be at least 2 minutes long.

Write this on a piece of paper (printer out of toner).
Name:
20 questions I would ask myself if I were the interviewer.
Turn in to me.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

November 26 - Soak it in today by viewing inspiring work

Above picture is rust from my father's old lumberyard. Always look for small details. The Japanese love rust and they call this love of deteriorating things wabi sabi. As artists, you should constantly pay attention to detail.

So, let's look at detail in animation today. WRITE UP WHAT YOU NOTICE AS YOU WATCH EACH OF THESE VIDEOS. TURN IN.

Click here for Jenny Slate's amazing (nearly 20 million views)YouTube video. It is still funny if you have seen it multiple times before. What do you think the secret is to this video?

Click here for an animation that utilizes something we have seen multiple times.

Here is a different kind of animation with heavy use of photos. Thanks, Mr. Madaio, this is a very cool link.

Click here for a stop-motion embedded in another video.

Click here for a creepier animation.

How did they do this? Click here.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.

Below are photos of one of our felted creatures for stop-motion. Think about how your would voice this guy.

Nov. 21 - OMG! They are BACK!

Martin has done it again. A little lip dub before the break . . . Click here.

Nov. 20 - News Assignment

This is Lonnie who is grateful that he can still BASE jump after suffering an accident that confines him to a wheelchair. Sydney Harper, JFK 12th grader, interviewed him after he jumped off the New River Gorge Bridge at Bridge Day 2012.

So studies show something very interesting about being grateful. Here is a link to a news article that outlines these findings. READ THIS QUICKLY so you know the gist of the study.

With two other people in this class, go over the study quickly and outline how you build a Thanksgiving story for the morning show. Would you include an explanation of the benefits of gratitude and then ask people to list five things they are thankful for? It seems obvious. But how can you do this in a clever way? Is being straight forward the best way? If you had time and in an ideal world, you could animate and use regular audio like the Thanksgiving eel story from yesterday's NY Times.

Be grateful that you don't live in the Gaza Strip right now and you are dodging rockets or that you lost your house in Sandy. That is a place to start on your own list.

Assignment:

List five things you are grateful for and why. Turn them in for credit.

How would you say them in an interview show? Interview your other group members with their choice and then give them yours. Do this on the Olympus LS 10. It will be going around the room. Be ready when it comes to your group. This may air tomorrow so remember this is a public acknowledgment.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Ms. Greer and Mr. Madaio
Silver Spring, Md,

November 19 - Look at today

Here are some clips to look at that use various techniques. Talk. Interview. Animation with real audio.

Here is a link.

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Here is a clip

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So, start thinking about your own videos. What will your story be and how will you execute it? Animation? Straight news interview with B-roll? Come up with your two good ideas today and turn them in to Ms. Greer.

Nov. 13 -- Today is Final Cut grading AND . . .

Write up ten current affairs items and why they are important to our country. For example: 1. General Petraeus is in the middle of a sex scandal and that has implications for our fighting men and women because their leadership has been compromised and let them down.

Who
What
When
Where
Why
How

Answer all these questions.

Do ten.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md

Nov. 12 - Final Cut Chicago Marathon Rubric

You will be graded on the following:

Sets up establishing shot, with interesting commentary in VO
Effective choices of sequence for combinations of interviews and B-Roll
Effective combination of audio and video
Evidence of some sort of coherent direction to the the narrative (story)
Audio is clear, cuts are smooth, and you effectively use fade ins and fade outs.
No shaky shots, firehosing, or camerawoman's voice.

30 points Formative Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md

Nov. 12 --Check these out and critique (due Friday)

Western High School is trying a news magazine. Check out their pilot here

My understanding is that they have another show from this past week. Dig that up if you have time. I want you to critique the things that work and the things that don't. Show thought and analysis. If something is funny, say why you think it is. Anything that needs tweaking? If so, why?

How could a news magazine work here?

If you were building a weekly show, what would you add to the mix both content-wise and talent (your on-air personalities)?

Type this up in Word (and save) and hand in to me before beginning of class on Friday.

Graded as Homework and worth 15 points Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md

November 12 - Rough Calendar for second quarter

Here is your work calendar for second quarter.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.