Digital+Media

Music Video Production
Required Elements Grading Rubric

Week of March 30
Time to take pictures again. Some people say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but I tend to think if you really want to know about someone look at their hands. This is your task:

You will be taking two pictures of hands and two pictures of eyes. These pictures should give us a new look into the subjects hearts and souls. Then post your 4 pictures into Flickr. Don't forget about all of the editing tools we have utilized.

Check out these websites for samples:

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Documentary Project

You will be using photostory to create an educational documentary based on a topic you are currently covering in another class.

Documentary requirements: Finished product must be atleast 5 minutes in length. finished products must contain both appropriate music and narration. All sources must be documented in the credits. You may need to utilize audacity for the music and narration. A rubric is attached below.

Here is a resource to help you understnd the difference between primary and secondary sources. []

Claymation Project: Utilizing only modeling clay & digital photography you and your partner will create a claymation short. We will use Windows movie maker to edit the video, however do not forget about the other pieces of software you have learned like PhotoPlus 6, Audacity, etc. These may be helpful in producing a polished product. Please remember to have a distinct beginning, middle, and end. Claymation Animation Requirements.  Storyboarding Resources
 * 1) You must have at least 400 pictures.
 * 2) Each partner edits 200 pictures in 100 picture blocks.
 * 3) Finish each of the four parts of the claymation movie.
 * 4) Put the four parts of the movie into one video.
 * 5) Other than the backdrop, only clay may be used. Absolutely no Barbies, plastic farm animals, etc.
 * 6) You must create a story board before starting your project.
 * 7) You must have a script written before beginning.
 * 8) Your video must include music and voice throughout the movie.
 * 9) The team must work cooperatively and work must be shared equally.

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http://www.videomaker.com/article/2313/ http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/TechHelp/Storyboarding.html 

Week Five **__Monday:__** See Friday's directions. THERE IS A QUIZ TODAY!
 * __Tuesday:__** Read Photo Plus 6 Chapter 6. Complete your wave and upload it. Complete and upload the bouncing ball and web button. Finally, create an animation of your own and upload it into the homework folder titled "Chapter 6."
 * **__Wednesday:__** Begin Photostory project. Please bring pictures of your earlier life.
 * __Thursday:__** Continue with Photostory
 * __Friday:__** Continue with Photostory ||

Thursdays Links for Audacity Tutorial:
http://www.lifelonglearner.us/other/audacity/

http://soundamerica.com/ http://www.wav-sounds.com/ http://www.talkingwav.com/ http://www.moviewavs.com/ http://www.wavsource.com/ http://www.reelwavs.com/

To Be Thinking About:
===You will be creating a 10 question interview on an chosen topic. First you will compose your 10 questions and submit them in a word document. Then, using Audacity you will find appropriate sound clips that will suffice as answers, all sound clips must be deemed appropriate for class, if you are uncertain, ask your mother or grandmother. Your completed project will be one sound file. There is a weblink to view to get the idea. Plus, other weblinks for audio resources.  ===

Week Four Here is the article for this week: http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/fairuse.html Below is a short study guide to help you for the quiz on Friday on copywrite laws. We all need to be aware of what is legal and right concerning other people's work.

Below is the tutorial for Photoplus 6. Please save this to your desktop for easy reference as you work through the activities to teach you about the features found in this photo editing software.

Explore the pictures of graffitti. Part Two of this assignment: You are a high tech grafitti artist, complete a mural using the tools you just learned, and upload. Week Three Here is the article for this week: http://www.shutterbugsource.com/general-photography-tips/if-only-i-had-a-better-cameraRemember to post to the discussion board by 3:00 friday on this article. = = = Check Out Some of the Cool Picts your classmates are taking!! media type="flickr" key="37044533@N00" ARG0="&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" width="500" height="500" Digital Media  =
 * __Monday's Directions:__** Read Learning Module Chapter "Getting Started" page 11-36. Complete the "Wake me when it's over. . ." cat tutorial. Upload your completed work.
 * __Wednesday's Directions:__** Begin reading in the middle of page 36 starting with "Making Selections". Complete all tutorials through page 48. When you are finished you will upload a total of 4 pictures. Your text.jpg, the France.jpg, redeye.jpg, and the sepia photo.
 * __Thursday's Directions:__** Read Ch. 4 in the Photo Plus Companion. Experiment with all of the tools contained in this chapter. Upload your "Sandbox". Then, visit this site: http://www.txmx.de/graffindex.html
 * __Friday's Directions:__** Chapter 5 "Using Layers and Masks", read the chapter and complete both tutorials. Upload your "Montage & Vignette" completed project files. Do not flatten, send the whole project file so we can see all layers. Then, create a montage of your own advertising a school activity. This montage should have a minimum of 5 layers, including background. Only two of these layers may be text layers. When you have completed you will have uploaded a total of 3 pictures all still in the .SPP file format.

Week Two
Projects
 * Remember, where ever it says you need to insert a photo, put that photo into a publisher document and label it. Plus, for each picture you put into your Publisher document, you will need to upload another picture into Flickr. The Flickr username is: digital_mediafhs and the password is: FHSfhs

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Websites http://www.vividlight.com/articles/3104.htm (due Friday, January 16th) You will need to make sure you have read this article and posted in the discussion by Friday.

Week One
= = ===Welcome to year two of Digital Media. Good news, you are no longer the guinea pigs (that was the year one class). Bad news, we will be trying some all new stuff, which in essence means that you will still be guinea pigs. Don't worry, I know you will do a great job teaching Mrs. King and myself, we're even pretty quick learners! Which gets me around to our week one assignment.===

We will be starting off the semester with Digital Photography. So say Cheese!

Projects
 * Remember, where ever it says you need to insert a photo, put that photo into a publisher document and label it. Plus, for each picture you put into your Publisher document, you will need to upload another picture into Flickr. The Flickr username is: digital_mediafhs and the password is: FHSfhs



REMEMBER THE QUIZ ON MONDAY
Due to no school on Monday, the quiz will be Tuesday.

Websites http://www.vividlight.com/articles/3104.htm (due Friday, January 16th)