Advanced Video Production (2-4) / Broadcast Journalism (1-4) (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Seth Cohen
- Term
- Spring 2020
- Department
- Career Technical Education (CTE)
- Description
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VIDEO PRODUCTION 2-4 (ADVANCED VIDEO) & BROADCAST JOURNALISM 1-2-3-4 (UC, CSU)
Closure Information
Your group narratives are on hold for now. Your #1 priority is your Vlog Assignment (see assignment page)
Guided Discussion on Zoom - Students are expected to attend class Zoom meetings.
Class discussions are screen recorded and will be posted online within 48 hours of the discussion.
See Zoom Rules for my class discussion guidelines below.Zoom Schedule
Class meetings are Tuesdays & Thursdays 9-9:45am
Open Office Hours on Zoom are at the following times:Mondays, 9-945a & 1-145p
Tuesdays, 2-245p
Wednesdays, 9-945a & 3-345p
Thursdays, 11-1145a & 2-245p
Fridays, 10-1145a & 2-245p
Zoom rules- Must be sitting up. (no lying in bed - on your floor - on your couch)
- Must be dressed appropriately
- Use self-restraint. Even though I can mute you, if we are having a productive discussion I don't want to need to mute you. Don't make me mute you.
- Your must identify yourself with your name on your Zoom setup. If you are unable to change your Zoom setup name I will ask your name in the room. If you don't respond to my request for your identity I will boot you out (especially if you don't have video capability)TRAPPED Screenplay
If you have not submitted your final Captivitiy script, please do so ASAP. Your next steps:
- REVISE. Clean the script up. Proof-read every word and letter. Ensure that you are painting the picture that you want to have painted. Are your descriptions creating the world? Are your characters speaking in their own distinct voices?- STORYBOARD. Using the samples below, follow one of the templates. We discussed storyboarding in the May 14 & 16 classes. Draw each important beat, each important shot. This is more than one cell per scene. Plan on at least 2/page of your script. You should have at least the first 5 pages of your script storyboarded by Tuesday, May 19
Class notes, April 16
Students present shared their pitches for their Captivity screenplays - absent students can share in class on Tuesday, April 21
We had a discussion about Screwball Comedy (see powerpoint below) and began watching My Man Godfrey
Class notes, March 24
To view Rashomon, click here
Rashomon Review to prep for class on April 7
1. Please finish the film at the link provided above
2. Read the Madhuri Katti article on Fiendish, A Tale of Human Perspectives and Distorted Reality
3. Watch the news and/or read the news onlineIn class on April 7 we will be discussing the following. If you are unable to attend class, please write your answers to the following topics.
Rashomon response
We will discuss the film, major themes and plot points
What works for you and what doesn't? Does the film hold up after 70 years?
Identify other films or movies that you have seen that balance multiple perspectives to tell a story?Contemporary Media Observations
Observe contrasting news media presentation (TV news, online, articles) that cover the same topics/stories.
Identify at least two separate reports or articles from different sources that are about the same topic/story (i.e. the Senate's trillion dollar relief plan) and recognize how they frame the facts in different ways. Why do you think that is?Want to support PVPHS Video Production?
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Amazon Wish ListThis is a year-long, advanced video production course, which meets daily. This course provides a meaningful experience allowing students to apply their depth of knowledge in the creation of an art form. Appropriate critical, theoretical, historical and cultural content is emphasized. Students in this course are responsible for producing the school’s video bulletin.
The class is intended to enhance the understanding and ability to use multimedia communication arts to transfer a message to an audience. Students’ abilities are developed through a variety of coursework that creates an intersection between design theory, learning theory, and delivery platforms.
Students will study a variety of techniques applied to both commercial and educational fields. Lectures and student productions are interwoven to produce comprehensive understanding of the medium. In addition to production skills and etiquette, students will also work on journalistic newsgathering, video work for businesses, organize film festivals, operate the TV news studio, and other branches of school related events. This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts courses: artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context, aesthetic valuing, and connections, relationships and applications.
Video 4 focuses on the analysis and practice of newsgathering, production and presentation from a variety of theoretical, philosophical, and historical perspectives.
Students will gain a richer understanding of the ideals, limitations, rituals, and routines of the American news media, all while gaining practical experience as television journalists.
This course will require students to create a comprehensive video portfolio, yearbook and/or other school related projects. An emphasis will be placed on development of a DVD, from conception to presentation. This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts.
Broadcast Journalism focuses on the analysis and practice of newsgathering, production and presentation from a variety of theoretical, philosophical, artistic and historical perspectives.
Students will gain a richer understanding of the ideals, limitations, rituals, and routines of the American news media, all while gaining practical experience as television journalists. They will use this form of production to make personal works of art that include the seven principles of design.
This course will also focus on the elements of design (color, lines, shapes, tones, textures, and volume). This course meets the five content standards for visual and performing arts.
Helpful links:
Syncing Multi-Cam Shots in Premiere
Conflict in Literature and Storytelling
Video Editing Apps for your phones
MUSIC FOR PROJECTS
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES / FESTIVALS
SCREEN Student Film Festival, 2020WATCH THIS WEEK
Video of Puppies Whining
Files
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Screenplay Assignment
Screenplay Assignment – ‘TRAPPED’
For this assignment you will be writing a script for a short film. The short film should follow a traditional 3-act/8-sequence structure. Your story needs to follow the theme of CAPTIVITY. Your protagonist must be a captive, but this can be taken in a literal or in a figurative way.
The full length of your script should be a minimum of 10 pages, with a goal of 15 pages.
After completing your screenplay, you will be creating storyboards. Storyboarding is the planning of what shots you plan to get. Though it does not necessarily mean the FINAL drawing of a sequence - further adjustments may happen. The storyboarding process is your roadmap for the shots in each scene. Each scene is made up of a few different beats. Each scene may have 2-3 beats for a short scene, more beats for longer scenes. Each cell represents a shot that you plan for your production. Ideally, plan on 1-4 frames per page of your script.
The last phase will be to create storyboard stills from your storyboards.
For this, pick a sequence of shots and recreate them. You may do this with members of your household, action figures/dolls, Legos, or whatever you like. Take pictures with your cellphone (or camera). Minimum 8 stills - this can be one set of 8 sequential stills OR two separate sequences of at least 4 stills. You may take more than 8 stills if you like.
Please submit images in ONE document, in order. Label each image with scene and shot number. (Sc. 1 Shot 1, Sc. 1 Shot 2, etc.)
Deadlines:
Thursday, April 16 2-3 minute pitch
Thursday, April 23 Act 1 Complete
Thursday, April 30 Act 2 Complete
Monday, May 11 Act 3 Complete
Tuesday, May 19 Storyboards through page 5 (minimum 12 cells)
Thursday, May 21 Storyboards through page 8 (minimum 18 cells)
Tuesday, May 26 Storyboards Complete
Thursday, June 4 Storyboard Stills
Further completion dates to be discussed at a later time.
Due:
WEBINAR RESPONSE
Webinar Response Assignment
Due: May 28
Please attend any film related webinar that you can find.
There are a lot of different types of film related webinars online, especially if you are looking through YouTube, Netflix and Amazon. Some are focused on craft and skill building, others are about specific films and eras or genres of filmmaking, yet others choose to focus on individual filmmakers or actors.
The criteria (for what you view):
- Must be at least 25 minutes long
That’s it. It needs to be at least as long as a network sitcom episode. It can be longer. As long as you like, as long as it is at least 25 minutes.
After attending the webinar, please write a one-page response about the webinar.
Make sure to include:
- The name of the Webinar
- Who was featured (name and title/profession)
- What topic(s) were covered.
- At least one thing you learned.
- Did you find it valuable? Will this affect any change in behavior or action from you?
All responses are to be typed and submitted through the Google Drive folder
- Times, 12pt font
- 5 spacing
- Include your name on the assignment
Due:
Assignment
VLOG PROJECT
While we are apart from each other, I would like you to continue to create.
Each (school) day, I ask you to create a 30-second video clip. You can talk about whatever you wish to talk about, but bring us in to a piece of your day. This can be one 30-second clip, or multiple clips cut together to equal 30 seconds of your day.
(there are many free apps for your phone you can use to edit your clips)
https://later.com/blog/mobile-video-editing-apps/
At the start of each day’s clip, please include text of the day that you are recording to introduce us.
You are not expected to vlog on weekends or over the officially scheduled Spring Break. You will need to submit video for the following dates:
March 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Submission
You can submit Daily Vlogs or Weekly Vlogs or any combination.
Your Week 1 Vlog(s) (March 16-20) will be due on Monday March 23
Your Week 2 Vlog(s) (March 23-27) will be due on Tuesday, April 7
All vlogs will be submitted through the Closure Vlogs folder in the EOP/VP Google Drive.
Please let me know if you have any questions, [email protected]
Mr Cohen
Due:
Assignment
Advanced Video Production Semester 2
OPEN CHOICE
Spring 2020
For this assignment, you will choose on of the below options. This is a group project, and you must work in a group of at least 3, and no more than 6 people.
This Assignments will be turned in via the network drive from computers. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file (e.g. “Smith_Mary Poppins_Option1_GenreShift_Script”).
Option 1: Advocacy Film
Advocacy pieces can be done as narrative or documentary films. The key is the message or idea being conveyed. They can push a personal agenda, a social agenda, local or global. No parody.
Suggestions for filming and editing:
- Pick an idea or concept that you are passionate about.
- Consider a personal story (not necessarily your own) to aid your development. Feel free to dramatize or fictionalize if sensitive.
- Utilize source material / found footage if needed
Samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1iXU1WoTk&t=25s
Option 2: A Quiet Decision
Using limited dialogue or voice over, make a film that is about a character making a difficult and dramatic decision. Show that the character is pulled in two different directions at an emotional level, visualize their process of consideration, and show that they make a decision.
Requirements and Expectations
Length: 3:00-6:30
After picking your groups, each group will have to choose their topic and then pitch their idea to the class. The pitch will be 5-7 minutes. From there, you may begin developing your script.
A rough assemble will be turned in, which will include all principal photography. No titles or graphics are expected at this time. A week later, your rough cut will be submitted. This is expected to be an almost final version of your film.
Sound: Music and/or dialogue is required. May be diegetic on non-diegetic.
*As always, music must be used only with permission unless it is in the public domain.
Each group will divide jobs up, but collaborate throughout the process. Make a production and editing schedule.
You will be graded on the following criteria:
- Adhering to the assignment – Did you fit within the time requirements and honor one of the two prompts?
- Cinematography – Are the images clear and help tell the story? Are your shots varied? (CU/MS/LS, etc)
- Editing – Are the cuts clean and well-designed with no wasted frames? Are you following the “rules” (180/30)? Use of titles? (15)
- Story – Are you telling a clear story? (10)
- Audio – Music is appropriate and public domain/with permission? Dialogue/effects are clear and appropriate? (5)
- Did you label your file correctly? [LastName_TrackingProject_Final]
As always, PLEASE keep it school appropriate. Keep yourself safe and don’t do anything illegal. No documentaries about parkour on the roof of Peninsula Center.
Due Dates:
Groups Chosen February 5 10 points
Prompt Choice February 5 5 points
Pitch Idea February 11 25 points
Script February 19 50 points
Schedule February 19 20 points
Assemble Cut March 11 25 points
Rough Cut March 18 40 points
Final Cut March 25 100 points
Total 275 points!??!