March 24 - Comments and winding up this quarter

Your work should have been in the Buffalo server. I noticed that some people did not export correctly or did not put it in the correct file.

If you do not have a grade or you have a failing grade, this may be why. I have written notes on the rubrics to those that are incorrect.

I also want you to check out what a worm's eye view is. Here is a link that shows the worm's world view and the shot you SHOULD have made.

March 12 - What do you have to do to finish this quarter?

Checklist for wrapping up THIRD QUARTER

Two field trips:

March 20 – Juniors only to the Young Professionals Conference. If you have not turned in your money or your permission slip, they are needed as soon as possible. No money, no go.

April 1 – Media Festival Competition at Blake High School. Get a permission slip and get it back to me. First people who get to go are the people who have entries submitted. After that, it is first people who get paperwork back to me and can be trusted on a field trip.

Your Course work to be graded:

1. Where do you put it? You need to export media from your Final Cut project to the desktop and then drag it into the appropriate file for your period on the Buffalo sever (you can find that under Applications). Make sure all names who worked on it are on the title.
(If it does not work or you get a log-in screen, you need to give me your name and ID number and Mr. Dullaney will fix it.)

2. Upload your PSA to the Buffalo server. Include all names of those who worked on it.

3. Also, upload your Bocce Ball to the Buffalo if you have not done so already or I have not given you a grade.

Continuation of the Five-Day Project (60 pts. summative)

Block: We are going to review everyone’s project and give feedback and hear from the people who made them. Then we are going to re-do the project with improved shots, sound, acting and story lines.

So: TODAY, EVERY GROUP MUCH UPLOAD THE PROJECT TO MS. GREER’S HARD DRIVE FOR VIEWING.

You will meet with your group to discuss feedback and plan how to re-shoot. The new version of the project will be due on March 24.

THE OLD PROJECT WILL BE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE NEW, IMPROVED ONE IN A VIMEO FILE THAT WILL BE ON THE WEB AND USED AS A TEACHING TOOL. THAT IMPROVEMENT WILL ALSO FACTOR IN FOR YOUR GRADE.

YOU STILL NEED THE PROP AND THE LINE OF DIALOGUE. Same Genre, too.

In real moving-making, the film company may do matching shots to cut into their old footage. If you take that road, you must be sure that all clothes and locations match. If you doctor your sound, the lip sync must also match.

THE RUBRIC FOR THE MEDIA FESTIVAL WILL BE USED SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU USE IT IN YOUR STORY AND SHOT PLANNING.

IF YOU DO NOTHING, YOUR GRADE WILL STAND. Creativity, collaboration, resilience, and problem-solving are all on the table here.

This is a great project for learning from our mistakes. Remember "Fail early" is what Pixar wants when they make movies like Toy Story -- so they can fix them right away./p> ALSO - Two more current events quizzes on Fridays.

Ms. Greer

Silver Spring, Md.