Alien
at the Mall
Due,
saved to folder, Thursday, May 27
Most of documentary filmmaking is based on watching what people do from a
different perspective - finding the startling or revealing within the life
around us.
- Spend time filming at a shopping center or other place where many people
gather OTHER THAN SCHOOL.
- Imagine that you are from another planet (internally speaking - this
is not an acting exercise - I am not telling you to draw attention to
yourself) and have no idea why people do what they do.
- Take notes, make observations about what people are doing and write
your notes up as a report.
- The report will become a narrated video documentary.
- You will be the narrator, the sound to be added when editing.
- There will be no sound from the footage of the people.
- You may add background music and sound effects but neither should take
away from your narration.
- It may be helpful to try this first in the In Production classroom.
-
Save as AVI (Export as Movie) to your In Production folder as
alien
Based
on (Fair Use): http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article3.html
Activity:
·
The
scene is to have at least five scenes
that show five pieces of action.
·
You
will create a storyboard describing
each of the actions. Again, there should be at least five pieces of action.
You
are to print and hand in the completed storyboard BEFORE you do any filming. If
you do not, you will automatically receive a zero for the entire assignment. Do
NOT ignore this important direction.
Use
this storyboard. Complete one section of it for EACH scene (Five scenes mean you
complete three of these).
Suggestion - Copy this document to your network folder and update it with
each scene.
Be sure to
complete the following:
Shot
Description (Be detailed.)
Audio
(Is any to be used? If so, note here.)
Effects (Are any to be applied? If so, note here.)
Graphics (Are any to be integrated? If so, note here.)
Transition (Which one(s) will be used after this scene?)
Dialogue / Narration (What EXACTLY will your actors say or what EXACTLY
will be narrated in this scene?)
·
Next
you are to record the shots based upon
the storyboard.
Be
sure to base your shots EXACTLY on the rubric. If you do not, you will
automatically receive a zero for the entire assignment. Do NOT ignore this
important direction.
Procedure:
q
Write/print/hand
in
a Storyboard about the presentation with five pieces of action with five shots.
q
Record
a video (minimum of 5 minutes long) capturing the activity described in the
assignment.
Be SURE to do a
great job of the following: editing,
transitions, lighting, composition, audio
q
Independently
edit
video and master
q
Your video will be shown to the
class and critiqued with the rubric.
Based
on: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/downloadFile.cgi?file=7690-2-21871-dv_activity.doc&filename=dv_activity.doc
Click
here for the rubric Mr. Janes will use to grade your work. | 
