Assignment 8 - Your 30 Second Story board

Before you leave today

Everyone in your group submit a storyboard for your 30 second video.

Number them in order. For example, #1 is the first image in the commercial.

Use the examples in our "Understanding Movies" textbook, pg 191-215 for support. Include your subject, camera and light.

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Assignment 7b

Quick blog post: 15 minutes.

Compare the two commercials you viewed yesterday.

Which commercials did you watch?

How many scenes were in each?

How many characters?

How was the light the same? How was the light different?

Assignment 7a - Creating Short Video Project

Even if your group has not finished the first six assignments, you can start on the next project.


Today, I want your group to watch at least two 30 second Super Bowl 2011 commercials. without sound.
That's right. Without Sound.


Then,


Create a story board scene from either of the two commercials. Each person in the group draws a different scene.


Afterwards, write a blog post that compares number of scenes, camera angles and light.


The storyboard is due today.

Group Assessments

All groups have been working well together.

Today I will visit with each group and discuss how well everyone has met the six requirements. Please open your workbooks and list each person's progess before I visit the group. I will also ask that each group member show me how they met the requirements.

Within the six requirements there are at least 16 necessary tasks that each students should know how to accomplish. If you do not know how to do any of these items, ask someone in your group for help. If nobody in your group understands what I meant, then ask me.

Quick Review of Six Assignments

Before groups begin making movies, every group member must demonstrate competence using our basic tools.

Please review

Assignment 1. Creating a g-mail account. In the To section list a parent or guardian. "Copy" means "Cc" so list my school e-mail in the Cc section. There should be three links in the body of the e-mail. Before sending, look at the email subject.

Assignment 2. Blog Invites and Following. This is a huge assignment. Many parents have enjoyed reading about our class. I have appreciated all of the communication and feedback as well.
For a student to receive full credit, I must receive a message from a parent confirming that a parent is "Following." By the way, a parent can "Follow" without participating.

Assignment 3. Posting, Controlling the Sequence, and Responding Properly. For new students, this might be a complicated project. For returning students, improve your blog so that viewers can read your response. Learn more about "Post Options" at the bottom of each blog post during composing.

Assignment 4. See the link about the recent historical references project. I want you to learn how to post links and embed videos in your blog. There is a difference between pasting a website address http://sanmarinmmvp.blogspot.com/2011/02/2nd-sem-assignment-4-1980-something.html and insert a link. Same with embedding videos.

Assignment 5.  Second Group Video Project. Embed both videos and provide your question with three supporting answers. See the link.

Assignment 6. Creating Groups. Following Group members. Making a group email contact. Send the e-mail to my school email listing the members and leader and assistant leader name. If you do not know how to create a group in gmail, use the help function.

Embedding vs. Pasting code

Here I embedded a video using the "Edit HTML" tab



Here I just copied and pasted the code after selecting the "Compose" tab.
<object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0' width='320' height='270' id='yfop'><param name='movie' value='http://d.yimg.com/m/up/fop/embedflv/swf/fop.swf' /><param name='flashvars' value='id=v41179885&shareEnable=1' /><embed src='http://d.yimg.com/m/up/fop/embedflv/swf/fop.swf' width='320' height='270' name='yfop' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='id=v41179885&shareEnable=1'></embed></object>

Assignment 7, Part 1

For our next assignment, we will be creating storyboards.

This article provides a beginning understanding of storyboards. If your group has completed the first six assignments, read this article and learn the terms posted on Tuesday.

Also, see the examples of storyboards on page 6 under the heading "Plan Your Digital Video."

Your first video assignment will be a 30 second video. You can create a commercial or other short project. Notice how many clips are in this popular Super Bowl commercial. You need a story board for each shot.

<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=9f4c2bed-868f-4309-8f18-a9fdadf772f0" target="_new" title="">Volkswagen Passat: Young Vader</a>copy

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New Group Requirements

A few notes before we continue with group projects...

Before students begin filming, all students in each group must complete the first six assignments. I also expect that the students are familiar with using the basic tools. Some students have done amazing work. Other students are almost doing amazing work, but are still making a few minor mistakes. Sometimes, I do not explain everything as well as I could.

So, before we begin, everyone in each group is responsible that everyone in their group knows how to do the following.

1. Find our class blog quickly
2. Copy and paste
3. Know the difference between creating a link and pasting a web address or url
4. Send an e-mail
5. Know e-mail terminology (send, compose, copy, cc, subject, folder)
6. Create an e-mail group
7. Know how to grab the embed video code
8. Know the difference between pasting the code and embedding the video into a blog post in html
9. Know how to create a Blogger blog
10. Know how to invite people to a blog
11. Know how to "follow" people
12. Know the difference between follow, invite and read.
13. Have a parent or guardian "follow" your blog
14. Have a parent or guardian "follow my class blog
15. Have a parent or guardian send me an e-mail to bfarley @ nusd.org confirming that they are following both blogs.
16. Know the three Relection Questions.

Assignment 6 - New Groups

With student input, our class has created new work groups for the remainder of the school year. Most groups will have five students; some may have only four.

While students are still responsible for individual assignments, students will also be required to work together. Students will learn how to work in teams, and compare how choosing groups is different than working with externally imposed groups.

For assignment 6, students will choose their group members.

Then, students will choose a leader and assistant leader.

Next, students will "follow" their group members blogs.

Finally, students will send a group e-mail to Mr. Farley at bfarley @ nusd.org will all student e-mail addresses. In the subject, please list your group number and period number. Students will create groups the same way they would create an indivdual contact.

On Monday, students can begin creating story boards and video projects if every person in their group has completed the first six assignments of the second semester. Groups will not be able to film outside until every member has completed the first six assignments. If for some reason a group member is unable to complete any of these assignments, please contact the teacher.

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no gum in class

Assignment 5 - MTV Group Projects

In the second group project, our class researched historical trends in music videos. Students also learned how frame research questions.

In this post, list your question and provide your answer.

Each answer should have three supporting points. For example, if you asked "How did Madonna influence current music trends?" Your answer could read like this:

Madonna influenced current music trends the following three ways. First ...

Also in your post, embed your two music videos.

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2nd Sem - Assignment 4 (1980 Something)

Some of you may have already prepared this post. If not, see the bottom of the Video Killed the Radio Star post with the link provided above. In the song "19 Something," Mark Wills sings about a time I remember. While I might be familiar with all of his references, you may not be.


Research at least five of these recent historical references.


Provide at least four links and one embeddable video. If you do not know the difference between a link and an embedded video, please ask.


Send me an e-mail when complete with the subject listed in the title of this post.

Sem2, Assignment 3 - First Group Projects

Some of you have already completed the first group video project post. If so, create another post Tuesday or Wednesday called "First Music Video Group Project"  and link to your previous post.

If you have not done the original assignment, do it. (On the original assignment, I wanted you to learn how to back date posts as well as review embedding and linking.)  Then start at the beginning of this post.
After you have completed this assignment, send me an e-mail to bfarley @ nusd.org with the subject

"Sem2 - Assignment 3, Period 4 or 5"

Include link to the blog post.

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