01_JANUARY

--   MONDAY, January 26, 2009 : BRAINYFLIX Video Vocab - BEGIN SHOOTING  -- KEEP IT SIMPLE**. Instead of shooting a complex scene with actors and conditions you cannot conrol (weather, daylight, etc) think of a way you can use symbols to represent larger ideas. What is [|SYMBOLISM?]
 * If you're not shooting today or tonight it may be very difficult for you to get the time to finish this week.**

 **--   THURSDAY, January 22, 2009 : BRAINYFLIX Storyboards  -- TODAYS ASSIGNMENT: 1. Choose your most descriptive word (from your top 5) 2. Carefully and neatly, create a series of panels with sketches of ideas for your video. 3. Write the word, its part of speech, the definition, and a sample sentence using the word on the back (or front) of your storyboard. 4. Submit the storyboard to me for approval before you begin shooting.
 * S T O R Y B O A R D S

V I E W O T H E R S H O R T F I L M S** Links to short films made by young people**: http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/ http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/8/  **Take the time to view several films from these Web sites until you find one or two that you think stand out. Email me with the link and what you thought was good/interesting/clever/original about it.

--<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(31, 147, 173);"> <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(20, 79, 93);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(20, 93, 49);"> WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2009 : <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(20, 93, 49);"><span style="color: rgb(52, 195, 239);">BRAINYFLIX Storyboards <span style="color: rgb(28, 177, 233);"> -- TODAYS ASSIGNMENT: 1. Choose your most descriptive word (from your top 5) 2. Carefully and neatly, create a series of panels with sketches of ideas for your video. 3. Write the word, its part of speech, the definition, and a sample sentence using the word on the back (or front) of your storyboard. 4. Submit the storyboard to me for approval before you begin shooting. <span style="color: rgb(28, 177, 233);"> **--<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(31, 147, 173);"> <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(20, 79, 93);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(20, 93, 49);"> TUESDAY, January 20, 2009 : <span style="color: rgb(52, 195, 239);">BRAINYFLIX Video Vocab <span style="color: rgb(28, 177, 233);"> -- <span style="color: rgb(11, 54, 70);"> NEW PROJECT: Jan 21 - 30: THE [|BRAINYFLIX] VIDEO VOCABULARY CONTEST <span style="color: rgb(33, 125, 56);">Hosted by M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) **<span style="color: rgb(16, 47, 91);">We'll be making individual, 2-minute or less videos about one of the SAT vocabulary words. Make as many videos as you can in the next two weeks and we will enter them into the contest. Winners will get **<span style="color: rgb(171, 13, 13);">CA$H **FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE SCHOOL.** We'll go over rules and guidelines in class. Check out the [|Web site]for details and examples of others who have already submitted. TODAYS ASSIGNMENT: Send them to me via email WITH DEFINITIONS by the end of the class period. Meanwhile, look at the video examples on the site and review the rules and guidelines.
 * S T O R Y B O A R D S
 * Check out the word list on the Brainyflix Web site and choose five words you think you might be interested in working with.

<span style="color: rgb(28, 177, 233);"> **--<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(31, 147, 173);"> <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(20, 79, 93);"> <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(20, 93, 49);"> TUESDAY, January 13, 2009 : Video Poetry <span style="color: rgb(28, 177, 233);"> -- As Media Arts students you will have class time to work on the English/Art project, however, you are responsible for (**and will be graded on**) the following technical criteria:
 * Your project this week is to work on your Video Poetry.

1. Setting proper white balance for the scene. 2. Recording picture without sound. (or extracting the audio in iMovie) 3. Setting proper ISO and SHUTTER SPEED levels to optimize lighting conditions. 4. Understanding of the camera angles listed in the [|AFI Handbook], and how to use them in a production. 5. Provide evidence of good composition in the shooting of scenes.

As Media Arts students you should be able to take the lead in your group to make sure your project is technically accurate.

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