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DVA 1 - Kennedy HS - Blocks 1 & 2

DVA 2 - Kennedy HS - Blocks 1 & 2

DVA 1 - All other schools - 12:45pm

DVA 2 - All other schools - 12:45pm

DVA 3 - Kennedy HS - Blocks 1 & 2

September 2011

DVA 1 - Beginning - Kennedy HS

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
31 School Starts
sample video
Bubblesheets
Handbooks
 
 
1  

Guidelines / Rules

sample videos
History of TV video
(27 min)
 
2 assembly

Guidelines / Rules

sample videos
History of TV
Presentation Prep
Paperwork DUE!
5 Holiday
 
no school
 
 
 
6  
Production Process
SW - Producer (2:24)
Presentation Prep
History Clip - vid lasagna You Tube?
SW - Director (3:40)
7  

Video #1 Groups

History of TV
Presentations
History Clip
(Chap vol 9 23:45)
8  
Assign Video #1
sample silent videos
AFI-Pre-Prod (1:33)
Advice for Beg Video
Brainstorm Video #1
9  
 
Sexual Harassment
training
 
Vitametavegamin -14
12  
Film Jobs
Assign Hwk #1
Composition (Super)
AFI - scripts (5:33)
Script Format
13  
Practice scripts
Storyboarding
Storyboarding
Practice story
Video 1 pre-prod.
14  
Shot lists
Video 1 pre-prod.
SW - Actors (1:46)
SW - Editor (8:22)
 
15  
180 degree rule (:30)
camera use / rules
practice w/cams
 
 
16  
How to check-out
cameras
shoot video #1
SW - Camera?
 
19  
3 Notes about Movement
Excessive Walking
Shoot video #1
 
 
20  
FCP Intro
How to Capture
Shoot video #1
 
 
21  
FCP Basics
Capture video #1
 
AFI - Transitions (2:34)
 
22  
FCP transitions
Edit video #1
Hwk #1 DUE
Assign Hwk #2
 
23  
Quiz - pre-prod
 
Edit video #1
Bad Editing (1:40)
 
26  
Review FCP
Transitions/Capture
Edit Video #1
sample Documentary
FCP Text
27  
Audio Editing
Spelling Errors (:30)
Caption Video (1:57)
Edit video #1
sample Documentary
28  
Quicktime Movies
Assign Video #2 grp
Edit video #1
sample Documentary
 
29  
 
Edit video #1
Video #1 DUE
Practice interviews
 
30  
Movie: Star Wars*
Hero's Journey
Movie: Raider's
Hero's Journey
 

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September 2011

DVA 2 - Advanced - Kennedy

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
31 School Starts
Bubblesheets
Handbooks
 
 
 
1  
Guidelines / Rules
Website Worksheet

Read over Calendar

 
 
2 assembly
Director's Game
(Simon Says)
Topic for Video #1 (PSA)
Watch sample videos
Paperwork Due
5 Holiday
 
no school
 
 
 
6 x
Video -
Cinematography
Review Composition

review cameras

Angles Handout
7  
Mixed Light (25 min)
Research Jobs
(presentations on Monday)
Pleas. Bowling (4:00)
 
8  
Research Jobs
(presentations on Monday)
Shoot sample angles
 
 
9  
 
Sexual Harassment
training
 
 
12  
Present "Film Job"
Descriptions
Color: Sepia, B&W
Tracy, Pleas, Shindl
Making of Pleas. (~11)
13 x
Video - Editing
FCP Basics Review
Advertising Techniq
Sample Ads (posters)
Watch Commercials
14  
Audience
Demographics
Advertising Pitches Assign.
PSA - Pre Production
 
15  
PSA pre-prod
edit angles
 
Technique Used?
Call to Action?
16  
Oscar Worksheet
Academy Worksheet
PSA pre-prod
edit angles
 
19 x
Angles Due
Advertising Pitches Due
"Speed Racer" clip*
Review and Practice
Microphones
20  
Video - Location I
Homework: Location
Shoot PSA
 
 
21 x
Livetype Demo
Livetype Samples
review for quiz
Livetype assign
 
22  
Quiz - Advertising
Shoot PSA
 
 
 
23 x
Video - Location 2
Discuss Locations
and Permissions
Shoot PSA
Livetype samples
26  
Shoot PSA
Livetype samples
 
Copyright Worksheet
 
27  
ACE Worksheet
Shoot / edit PSA
Livetype samples
 
 
28  
Livetype Samples
Due
Read Genre Handout
Edit PSA
sample genre video
29 x
Discuss Genres
Watch Sample Genres
Genre grading wksht
"The General" * (:32 into film) suspense
 
30  
FCP Tools
ripple, slide, slip
Edit PSA
Amplify Emotion
Genre Assign #1 Due

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September 2011

DVA 1 - Beginning - All Other Schools

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
31 School Starts
Bubblesheets
Handbooks
Sample Videos
History of TV video
(27 min)
1  

Guidelines / Rules

 
History of TV assign.
Presentation Prep
Vitametavegamin
2 Paperwork DUE!
Movie: "Star Wars"*
Hero's Journey pt 1
Film Jobs
SW - Director (3:40)
DVA2 presentation
5 Holiday
 
no school
 
 
 
6 SW - Actors (1:46)
Production Process
SW - Producer (2:24)
Video #1 Groups
sample silent videos
SW - Editor (8:22)
7  
sexual harassment
training
Composition (Super)
 
 
8  
sample videos
 
 
Brainstorm Video #1
Script Format
9  
Hero's Journey pt 2
Movie: "Raider's"
Review Scripts
Practice scripts
 
12  
 
AFI - scripts (5:33)
Storyboarding
Storyboarding
(Superman clip)
 
13  
Shot lists
180 degree rule (:30)
Excessive Walking
Video 1 pre-prod.
 
14  
Footage Log
Review Composition
camera use
practice w/cams
finish pre-prod.
15  
discuss movement
Camera check-out
Procedures
Shoot video #1
 
16  
Review Composition
Shoot video #1
Quiz - pre-prod
 
 
19  
 
 
Shoot video #1
 
 
20  
Assign Hwk #1
 
Shoot video #1
 
AFI - Transitions
21  
AFI - Transitions
FCP Intro
How to Capture
FCP Basics
FCP transitions
22  
Review FCP
Transitions/Capture
Capture video #1
Bad Editing (1:40)
In/Out, Timeline (zoom, lock)
23  
Spelling Errors (:30)
Captions Video (1:57)
FCP Text
Edit Video #1
Garageband
26  
Audio Editing
practice Garageband
Edit video #1
sample documentary
 
27  
Quicktime Movies
FCP - assign V1, V2
A1, A2 then move
 
Edit video #1
28  
 
Reminder: Hwk #1
Edit video #1
 
 
29  
Timecode
Video #1 DUE
 
 
 
30  
"The Truman Show"
Discuss: reality TV
Homework #1 DUE
Assign Video #2
 

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September 2011

DVA 2 - Advanced- All Other Schools

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
31 School Starts
Bubblesheets
Handbooks
Sample Videos
 
 
1  

Guidelines / Rules

 
Film Jobs assign.
Presentation Prep
Vitametavegamin
2 Paperwork DUE!
present film jobs
to DVA 1
Video -
Cinematography
Review Composition
5 Holiday
 
no school
 
 
 
6  
Video #1 Groups
sample PSA videos
pre-production
 
 
7  
sexual harassment
training
Composition (Super)
Angles Handout
 
8  
sample videos
Shoot sample angles
Pleas. Bowling (4:00)
Brainstorm Video #1
 
9  
Video - Editing
FCP Basics Review
Advertising Techniq
Sample Ads (posters)
Watch Commercials
12  
Edit sample angles
Mixed Light (25 min)
Audience
Demographics
Assign Adv pitches
13  
Color: Sepia, B&W
Tracy, Pleas, Shindl
Making of Pleas. ~11
Angles Due
"Speed Racer" clip*
14  
Footage Log
Review and Practice
Microphones
PSA pre-prod
 
15  
Oscar Worksheet
Academy Worksheet
shoot PSA
 
 
16  
Video - Location I
Homework: Location
shoot PSA
 
 
19  
Livetype Demo
Livetype Samples
review for quiz
Livetype assign
shoot PSA
20  
Quiz - Advertising
Shoot PSA
 
Livetype samples
 
21  
review FCP
edit PSA
Livetype samples
 
 
22  
Video - Location 2
Discuss Locations
and Permissions
edit PSA
Livetype samples
23  
Copyright Worksheet
ACE Worksheet
edit PSA
Livetype samples
 
26  
Livetype Samples
Due
Read Genre Handout
Edit PSA
sample genre video
27  
FCP Tools
ripple, slide, slip
PSA due
 
 
28  
Watch Livetype
Watch PSAs
grading wksheets
Grade Peers
Logistics Worksheet
29  
Discuss Genres
Watch Sample Genres
Genre grading wksht
"The General" * (:32 into film) suspense
 
30  
"The Truman Show"
Discuss: reality TV
 
 
 

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September 2011

DVA 3 - Advanced- Kennedy

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
31

minimum day

Bubblesheets
Handbooks
 
 
 
1  
Guidelines / Rules
Website Worksheet

Read over Calendar

Topic for Video #1
literature translation
2  
Director's Game
watch previous
class videos
Watch sample videos
 
5 Holiday
 
 
 
 
 
6  
review current cameras
scripts for video #1
 
 
 
7  
Mixed Light (25 min)
Homework:
How has technology
changed since you began DVA 1 & what
influence on your wk?
8  
 
read scripts / choose
 
 
 
9  
 
Sexual Harassment
training
 
 
12  
 
pre-production
for video #1
 
 
13  
 
shoot literature
translation
 
 
14  
Homework DUE
shoot literature
translation
 
 
15  
 
shoot literature
translation
 
 
16  
 
shadow DVA1 group
 
 
 
19  
 
shoot literature
translation
 
 
20  
 
edit literature video
 
1 advanced FCP
book lesson DUE
21  
 
edit literature video
 
 
 
22  
 
edit literature video
 
 
 
23  
edit literature video
Homework:
Choose a common
movie plot formula
and develop a script
26  
 
edit literature video
 
 
 
27  
edit literature video
 
 
 
 
28  
 
Video #1 Due
 
 
 
29  
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Grade Peers / Self
 
 
30  
Slumdog Millionaire
 
 
 
 

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