6.4 - OSS

Warm-Up
POTD
QOTD:
In your last week of school reflect on what you are proud of this year? What was an academic goal that you accomplished? Was there something that you did not accomplish that you hoped or planned to? What got in the way? What is a goal that you have for your finals or next year?

VOTD:
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. Some open source software is available within the public domain. Open source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. The term open-source software originated as part of a marketing campaign for free software.

Open Source (research)
Intro: We don’t need to spend a whole bunch of C.R.EA.M. to have access to software. Instead, open source software can make your home computer into a powerful production studio! This summer can be very productive! Make your own movie on your camera phone. Record your own album with a $2 microphone! GetRDun.

Instructions: There are a number of open source applications that are free and effective. For each item on the following list, find at least one open source program that allow you to work on that task. Provide a link to the developers’ website. Post to your blog when finished.

Categories:

1. Word Processing (like Word)
2. Vector Drawing (like illustrator)
3. Photo Editing (like Photo Shop)
4. Music recording (like garageband)
5. Presentation (like Keynote)
6. Video Editing (like iMovie)
7. Web browsers (Like Safari)
8. Animation (like flash)
9. Games (like Street Fighter)

Here is an example table:

Type of Software	Name of Open Source Software	Links
Word Processing (like Word)	Open Office	http://www.openoffice.org/
Vector Drawing (like illustrator)
Photo Editing (like Photo Shop)
Music recording (like garageband)
Presentation (like Keynote)
Video Editing (like iMovie)
Web browsers (Like Safari)
Animation (like flash)

POST A table like this on your blog (or take a screenshot of it and post).

6.2 - Editing The Change

Warm Up
POTD
QOTD: What are some studying techniques you use for preparing for a big test? What is effective? What isn’t?

PUT ALL “The Change” CLIPS ON DESKTOP AND PREPARE TO IMPORT.

The Final
1. All semester of vocabulary in multiple choice format
2. Editing mini-project

Opening iMovie Projects from Student Server



Editing
Use your video clips and iMovie to edit together a short film based on your shotlist and storyboard.

Titles & Transitions
Add a title to the beginning of your video.
Add credits to the end of your video.
Add a fade from and to black at the beginning and end of your video.
DO NOT LABEL YOUR CLIPS!!!! TELL THE STORY WITH THE MOVING PICTURES!

Sound
Remove all native sound from your clips by “detaching audio”
Use http://findsounds.com to find any sound effects for your project.
Use youtube and http://video2mp3.net to find any music.

Exporting
Export your sort as a quicktime file
Change the default setting to “Broadband - Medium”
Name your file “YOUR NAME _ CHANGE”
Drop in the appropriate drop box.

5.28 - Shooting "The Change"

Warm Up
POTD
QOTD:
What is the greatest challenge in creating a storyboard from a shot list? I am very curious.
STORYBOARD CHECK OFF
Please hand in your storyboard while you do the warm up

Using Your storyboard
Maximize your efficiency by shooting your shots OUT OF ORDER. If you group shots of similar locations and subjects (actors, etc) you will save time setting up your shots. This works especially well in close-ups, but requires a VERY organized director.

Use scissors to cut your panels into individual cards and organize them by similar location and subject.

Groups of Three
Form like Voltron. Students with complete storyboards will shoot first.
1 director/co-star (with storyboard)
1 camera person
1 actor

Camera Lotto
Pick a number get a camera.

Shooting
Use the hallway and classroom to shoot you short. Be careful of your background to avoid continuity errors.

Importing
Import your clips to your and your group member’s student server.

Editing
If time allows.

5.25 - Shot Lists and Storyboards

Warm-Up

POTD

VOTD:

genre convention - A genre convention is a typical or standard plot, character, setting, icon, theme, or effect in a genre story.

QOTD:

What makes a comedy a comedy? What makes a horror movie a horror movie? A Western a Western? Most films observe "genre conventions," what genre was "The Cross?" What is you favorite genre of film? Think of at least one example of a genre convention you have noticed in other films of this genre.

Creating our own shot list with beats and objectives (continued)
As a class develop a shot list together. Adapted from Mamet’s, On Directing.
1. We will need one note taker
2. We will need one board writer
3. We will need everyone’s participation

Shot-list to a Storyboard
Use the paper storyboards to illustrate the shot list we created.

Using Storyboards Effectively
Cut your storyboard up into its panels (one sheet has 6 panels). Group these panels by similar shots and angles. For instance, if shot #2 and shot #9 are close-ups of the protagonist's hands, we can shoot those two shots one after another without setting up the camera at a new position.

Film in groups of 3 (or, view "The Cross" depending on time.)
1. organizer/director/producer (in charge of determining the order of shots and what is necessary in each shot)
2. camera
3. actor

Uploading to your servers
Every person in your group needs to have a copy of the clips for editing before next class.

Warm-Up (10 min)
POTD
VOTD:
1. Hierarchy Of Film - See desktop document
2. Beats - A specific piece of the story that leads up to a larger objective. A segment of a story based on multiple shots.
Objectives - A bigger building block than a beat. Can be the whole point of the short story. All of out beats will contribute to the protagonist completing this objective.
uninflected
cinematically
juxtapose
steadicam

Reading TalktotheText (20 min to read, 15 min to discuss)
TttT David Mamet On Directing pg. 1-7 and answer the following questions on your blog:


1. Mr. Mamet Describes two ways to make a movie. What are they?
2. Uninflected is defined as something NOT changed by tone or pitch? What does that mean in film?
3. Mamet says we, as storytellers, should “let the cut tell the story.” What does that mean?
4. What is a shot list most similar to?
5. Mamet gives this as an example of something you can not film without narration:”Nick, a young fellow in his thirties with a flair for the unusual.” Why would this be impossible to film without narration?
6. Why, according to Mamet, has steadicam hurt film?
BONUS:
7. How is a film like a dream?

Creating our own shot list with beats and objectives (45 min)
As a class develop a shot list together. Adapted from Mamet’s, On Directing.
1. We will need one note taker
2. We will need one board writer
3. We will need everyone’s participation

5.19 - Edit the Cross

Warm-Up

Downloading the clips to computers:

Each student will need their own copy of the clips you shot yesterday. So like last week, the person who saved the videos to their server will be responsible for downloading the clips to 3 computers. Do so NOW!

Edit The Cross

Import the video clips to iMovie.

Arrange the clips to tell the story of "The Cross."

Remove the original audio (right click > detach audio > delete)

Add sound effects from findsounds.com

Export @ Broadband - Medium

Name your file "THE CROSS _ YOUR NAME"

5.18 - Storyboards + Shotlists

Warm-Up (15 min)
POTD
QOTD:
Use the following article to answer your questions of the day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard

1. What is a storyboard?
2. What are arrows used for, or, how do they help?
3. What information should be written under the drawing?
4. How is a storyboard different from a comic? How is it similar?

Part 1 - Shot lists and Storyboards (20 min)
With your group, use shot-lists to complete the storyboards to pre-produce your next video.
Shot-List: The Cross.pages
Storyboards: Storyboard Template.pages

Part 2 - Camera lottery (5 min)

Part 3 - Shooting (45 min)
Use storyboards and shot-lists to organize your shoot.

Part 4 - Uploading (15 min)
Import, export and save to all group member’s servers. You will be editing next class.

5.14 - Turn-In Abstract angles Project

Warm-Up

POTD

QOTD:

mini-reflection - answer the following questions on your blog

1. What did you like about shooting your first video?
2. What was a strength of yours?
3. Did that strength help your group?
4. What was a challenge for you?
5. How did you overcome that challenge?
6. What would you change about this project?

part - 1 COMPLETE AND HAND IN YOUR ABSTRACT ANGLES PROJECT

If you began editing your video but DID NOT FINISH you must put your iMovie Project file BACK INTO THE "iMOVIE PROJECTS" folder on your desktop.

Here is s video demonstrating dragging your iMovie file back into the iMovie projects folder:

http://blip.tv/dashboard/episode/2759075

You must also reimport your clips. Before importing your clips, drag them to your desktop. If you try to import from your student server, you could be waiting all day!

When exporting, please use Quicktime to export and change the "default settings" to "broadband - medium." If you leave the export on default you could be waiting all day!

Part - 2

Answer at least 10 of the following questions on your blog based on the in-class movie:

1. What did the first filmmakers do instead of editing?
2. Edwin S. Porter is regarded as the founder of what art?
3. Why do some editors not go on the movie set during filming?
4. If a 2 hour movie uses 200 hours of unedited material, how much unedited material does a 5 minute movie use?
5. Why did Stephen Spielberg’s editor cut so much of Jaws out?
6. What lesson did James Cameron learn from Terminator 2?
7. Who established the "grammar of film"? Name two of the techniques that he introduced to moviemaking?
8. What is the "invisible cut"? How is it achieved?
9. How did the first editors edit a film?
10. The editor/director relation ship often is a struggle to achieve the right length of a film. The editor wants the film _______ and the director wants it to be ________.
11. How did the editor of Election get his way? What was his way?
12. What is Juxtaposition?
13. While Americans were interested in telling bourgeoise stories, Russian filmmakers wanted to show ______.
14. How can a bowl of soup, a coffin and a little girl change the meaning of a neutral expression? What is this technique called? (Hint: two possible answers.)
15. Why did Eisenstien want to make the audience aware of the fact that they were watching a movie (the opposite of "invisible cutting")?
16. James Cameron thinks an action scene should have what kind of build up?
17. About how many “shots” does a typical movie have?
18. With which organ does editor Didi Allen cut a film? Why do you think that is?
19. What innovation brought more men to be involved in editing?
20. Why did the movie Dante's Peak not use music in the underground scene?
21. The ______ is responsible for finding the best performance of the actors.
22. Usually actors aren't allowed into the editor’s cutting room? Why is that?
23. When does Spielberg have a difficult time editing? Why?
24. Editing is also called, "A dance of _____." Why do you think these are so important in movies?
25. Why were movies so important to WW!!? What are these films called? What is an example of one of the German films of this type?
26. Editing is often perceived as emotional _______-ion.
27. What does a “2-shot” refer to? A “1-shot”? What about a “long-shot”?
28. According to 1950s film grammar, what is a dissolve used for transitioning between?
29. A "jump-cut" is seen in French filmmaker Jean-Luc Goddard's Breathless; what is a "jump cut"? How does it break the rule of the "invisible cut"?
30. Which 1967 major American film “broke the rules” of editing that the Germans and Russians had earlier broken or disregarded?
31. Why do you think Easy Rider was so widely accepted even though it was so difficult to understand?
32. What does implicit mean? How is it used in movie making?
33. What does intercutting mean? How is flash-back and flash-forward used? How does this fragment time and space?
34. The movie XXX was influenced by which “-ism”?
35. Why do some editors and directors think people of today need faster cutting? Why do some people worry about this trend?
36. Slower cutting can provide what type of effect? What does that say about the “rhythm” of cuts?
37. What does George Lucas mean when he says, “all art is technology?”
38. Who creates the first final draft of a film?

If you were the only group member to save your movie clips in your server, you will log-in to 3 computers today to drag the clips to the desktops of your group members.

We will be importing our clips into iMovie and editing together our abstract angles movie.

Each shot should have it's own title. Please export your movie to broadband-medium and drop in my drop-box when you are done.

5.11 - Getting to know your tools

Warm-Up (15 min)

POTD

QOTD:

1. What is your favorite movie? Why do you like it?

2. What is a movie that you have seen recently and NOT liked? Why did you dislike it?

3. Do you have any experience making videos or movies?

VOTD: Use the following words in an example sentence.
Tripod: A three legged stand used for controlling and stabilizing a camera.
Clip: A single unedited shot.

Part 1 - Review of Shots, Angles & Movements (15 min)
Reviewing with video examples.

Part 2 - The 9 or 6 Digital Cameras (10 min)
3 types of camera in the school
Still/video - good for images & importing, bad for sound
SD video - good for importing, bad for sound
HD camera - good for picture + sound, LONG IMPORT TIMES
The more you know about the camera the less magic it is.

Part 3 - Importing and Exporting (10 min)
Join Group. Students film a 10 second video. To prove import and export skills. Groups of 3 (camera, grip, subject).

Part 4 - Abstract with all Angles, Shots & Movements. (30 min)
Students will be given an object to shoot from all different angles, using all of the shot distances (possible), and with all of the camera movements defined last week.

Part 5 - Import, Export & Save. (20 min)
Students will import their raw footage into iphoto. Export to the desktop and save to their 3 group members student servers. Next week each member of your group will edit one version of this abstract project.

Warm Up - 10 min
POTD
QOTD: fill out as much of the Camera Angles, Movement & shots sheet as best you can. we will post the complete version to your blog a the end of the period for credit. This is our assignment for the day.


Part 1 - The Camera Angles (10 min)

Think of the camera as an eye. When you look at people from different angles or distances you notice different things about them. For instance, seeing a person in a long shot might give you a better understanding of the character’s environment.

Different Angles have different meanings.
(two volunteers one actor, one cameraperson(rotating))

1. low angle
2. high angle
3. level angle
4. eye-level angle
5. dutch or batman angle
6. rack focus

Part 2 - Basic Shots (10 min)
The distance of the camera to the subject has different meanings think of these shots on a continuum (far left extreme close up, far right long or establishing shot).

Need 3 volunteers (two subjects, one cameraperson (rotating))

1. extreme close up
2. close up
3. medium shot
4. one shot
5. two shot
6. over-the-shoulder shot
7. full shot
8. long shot
9. establishing shot

Part 3 - Camera Movements (10 min)
When you move the camera it changes the way the audience sees the subject(s). For instance, dollying into a close up may suggest becoming more intimate with the subject or getting into something more private.

The movement of the camera can convey different meanings.
Need two volunteers (one actor, one cameraperson)

1. tilt
2. pan
3. cant
4. zoom in
5. zoom out
6. dolly in
7. dolly out
8. tracking

Shot Analysis Video in 3 parts (10 min)
Further Exploration of shots and angles through looking at masterworks.
Use these to help complete your worksheet.

5.3 - Viewing our Kuleshov Effect Montages

Warm-Up

POTD

QOTD:

What do montages, the Kuleshov Effect and juxtaposition have to do with each other?

Kuleshov Effect Video Screening

Cutting Edge Movie

4.30 - Kuleshov Effect

Warm-Up (10 min)
POTD, Take an uninflected photo of yourself.
VOTD:
Use the following vocabulary word in an example sentence.
Uninflected: Not changing in intonation, pitch or style.

Action Montage Vs. Soviet Montage (15 min)

Action montages compress time

Soviet montage compresses meaning.

That is, when juxtaposing two images we create a new meaning or A+B = C. If image A is a pumpkin and image B is a piece of candy we may think of a third meaning (Halloween). Or an image of a woman looking blankly into the camera followed by an image of a delicious meal, we automatically combine these two images into a third meaning (the woman’s hunger). For us to interpret this hunger, the woman does not have to “look hungry.” Instead, if she simply is neutral or blank, the audience will put this meaning into the images.
It is the juxtaposition of images that tells the story, or rather, allows the audience to tell the story.

Cutting Edge Clip (5 min)
see netflix


Kuleshov Effect Montage A+B=C
Create your own example of the Kuleshov Effect. Combine an image of yourself (uninflected) and an image of your choice. Use fades in and out between the sets of emotions. Warning: you will have to think about what these words mean to you!

1. Hunger
2. Fear
3. Longing
4. Disgust
5. Sympathy
6. Stress
7. Boredom
8. Anger
9. Envy
10. Happiness
11. Tired
12. Crazed
13. Silly
14. Sorrow
15. Shock

4.27 - We Need A Montage!

Warm-Up (15 min)
POTD

Write an example sentence using the following vocabulary words.
VOTD:
Montage: is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. It is usually used to suggest the passage of time, rather than to create symbolic meaning as it does in Soviet montage theory.

Juxtaposition: Placing of two things side by side to compare or contrast. In film, this is done by editing two different clips; these clips, when juxtaposed, then make a third meaning.

Watching our lyrics videos (5 min)

Metric Montage
What is it? timing/length based

Examples (10 min)
Eisenstien, Karate Kid, Team America,

How can we do it? (brief tutorial 10 min)
imovie

What do we need? (intro sheet)
Collect images and music

Making a still image montage (60 min)
1. Choose a topic (use the list on your desktop)
2. Brainstorm search terms (for finding images)
3. Download 20+ high quality images
4. Use a song that will complement your images
5. drag mp3 to iMovie
6. Use drag images to iMovie timeline
7. Use your editing techniques to edit the images on beat.
8. Export and drop in drop box

4.23 - SUBs DUE

Warm-Up (15 min)
If you have not completed you subtitle video, place the folder on your desktop and export immediately.

POTD
QOTD:
In watching the BG presentations what was one thing you were impressed with? What was one thing that you learned? What will you do differently when you present?
VOTD:
Subtitle: The words in the lower portion of the screen translating or transcribing dialogue of the video. Can be used to increase accessibility of hearing impaired or to translate other languages.

Complete Subtitle Work

4.14 - Vocabulary is very..

Warm-Up (5 min)

Open Server and place your iMovie file on your desktop.

POTD

VOTD:

Titles: Words that appear in a video or movie.

Transitions: Effects between visual elements.

Import: To process something in. Often this changes the original format of the media

Export: To process something out. Often this changes the format of the original media.

A note about the word editing window (5 min)

Only use as many lines as you wish to appear at a given time. Partially filled out, or even blank lines will cause your subtitles to move to quickly or reduce the size of your font.

Continue Subtitling (30 min)

Get your iMovie File on your desktop and continue subtitling! BEGIN SAVING TO YOUR STUDENT SERVER BEFORE CLASS ENDS

4.13 - Subtitles 4 Songs

warm up (10 min)
POTD:
QOTD: have you ever made a movie? have you ever wanted to? if you had the chance what kind of video would you make? what kind have you made?



Editing Subtitles (70 min)
As an introduction to video editing and montage, let’s start with creating a subtitled video! This will take timing and patience with the iMovie interface. Save often!

you will need the following:
- 1 song with lyrics (searching youtube on google and using video2mp3.net may be of assistance)
- 1, or more, image of the band/artist or just images that capture or represent the mood of the song (try a google image search)
- much patience

Download an mp3 version of your song (10 min)
- a song that you love that has lyrics (it doesn’t have to have a lot of lyrics, just some)
remember if you spend too much time searching, your computer may freeze, or, you may loose youtube rights.
- drag your mp3 from your downloads folder to a new folder on the desktop, call the folder “SUBS”

Open iMovie HD (5 min)
- you should be able to find iMovie HD on your dock or use you spotlight search to locate
name your project “SUBS_YOUR NAME”
- save to your desktop “SUBS” folder

The iMovie HD interface (5 min)
- Timeline
- Monitor
- Editing Window
- Controls

Add your audio (5 min)
drag your mp3 file to your timeline
notice the waveform!

Editing Window (5 min)

1. Clips - access your images and video clips that have ben imported
2. Themes - some pre-made shells that make your video look like every other video made by someone in 2008
3. Media - access the computers garageband, itunes and iphoto media
4. Chapters - add chapter markers for skilling around your video

Editing (10 min)

1. Audio Effects - change the sound of your audio
2. Video Effects - select a clip and click the check to apply the effect
3. Transitions - add movement or effects between visual clips
4. Titles - create titles and subtitles.

Titles (10 min)

1. choose style of titles
2. choose direction of text
3. choose color of text
4. (+, -) choose how much text you want to add
5. fill in boxes with lyrics
6. choose font
7. speed = choose length
8. over black = add a black background to your subtitle

4.9 - Reflection and Turn-In

Warm - Up (10 min)

POTD
QOTD:
Is your hero’s portrait saved as a JPG? If not, open your photoshop document and save for web and devices as a JPG. We will need it to make our movie!

Turning In (5 min)
Today you will be turning in the following:
Hero’s Theme Garageband File
and MP3 version of the song
a movie version of the song
Please put these three documents in a folder and name the folder
“YOUR NAME_HERO’S THEME”

Making the song into a movie (15 min)

1. Open your Hero’s Theme Song from your desktop.
2. Use “Share” to export your song or podcast to disk; save the MP3 to your desktop.
3. Open iMovie (NOT iMovie HD!)
4. Drag your MP3 into the project window (your cursor will turn into a green plus when it’s ready to drop). You should see a green rectangle with a musical note on it.
5. Drag your JPG image onto the green rectangle; again, your cursor will turn into a green plus when it’s time to drop.
6. Click on the cog, or gear in the lower left corner of your image. Click on “clip adjustments;” change the “duration” to 60. Press the space bar to preview.
7. To save as a video go to “Share” > “Export Movie Using Quicktime” > Broadband - Medium
8. Save as “HERO’S THEME _ YOUR NAME” to your desktop.

Reflection (60 min)
Reflect on the process of creating your Hero’s Theme Song project. Respond to the following questions in essay form. Please write in full sentences and answer ALL questions. You do not need to make the answers equal in length or answer them in order. THIS DRAFT SHOULD FLOW AS AN ESSAY NOT AS A COLLECTION OF QUESTIONS.

Requirements:
1. Minimum - 300 words
2. Detailed and personal responses
First draft posted on blog by end of day

If you and a peer finish before the end of the period, exchange papers to do peer review of spelling and grammar.

4.7 - Maximize your Grade

Warm-Up (10 min)
POTD
QOTD:
Using the Hero’s Theme Song Rubric (on your desktop) find something that you can do today to improve your grade (I will be using this rubric to grade your theme songs!).

Work It! (30 min)
Complete the task you assigned yourself during the warm-up.

4.6 - help a friend in need

Warm-Up (10 min)
POTD
QOTD:
What has been your biggest challenge in completing the Hero's Theme project? What is something that you could do to help? What is something your teacher could do to help?
VOTD:
warm feedback: elements of a project that you like.

cool feedback: elements of a project that you think could be improved

Peer Review (30 min)
Use the Hero’s Theme rubric and warm and cool feedback to help your classmate.

Please give feedback to the one or two people you are sitting next to. When you have completed the rubric put both of your names on it and turn it into the teacher’s drop box.

Revisions (50 min)
Use this time to make any revisions specified on your peer-review rubrics.

Reflection (10 min)
Use the last 10 minutes of class to save your work and thoughtfully answer one or more of the following questions on your blog:
What did you learn today?
What is one thing that went well today and what made it go well?
What is one thing that went badly today and what could have made it go better?
What did you succeed at today?
What do you need to improve on for next class?
What questions do you have for your teacher?
What suggestions do you have for your teacher to make class better?