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2 Day Assignment

You and a partner will:

  1. Come up with a detailed Storyboard.
  2. You will have an actor and a camera operator. These roles can be flip flopped at any time during   the filming.
  3. You may use the green screen
  4. You may use any props that you would like that you find in this room. 
  5. You may work in the first floor hall way.
  6. You may not go outside.
  7. There must be at lest 15 lines of dialogue.
  8. You must have a script written out that goes along with your storyboard.
  9. There needs to be a title sequence and a credits sequence. 
  10. These must be completed by November 14, 2011.
  11. We will be viewing the finished projects on Monday, November 14, 2011.
  12. I will be observing how well you work with your partner and making notes on who is doing most of the work. 

Groups:

Anya
Billy
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Aaron
Vinay 
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Arvind
Tommy
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Ashutosh
Sam F.
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Cate
Claudia
Sam W.
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Jacob
Robin
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Jerzy
Maggie
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Mark
Noe
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Preet
Matt

The week of October 24, 2011

This week you will be able to put the finishing touches on your Stop Animation project (if you think you need more time...please see me). The work that I have seen so far on these projects has been excellent. IF you have finished your stop animation project, I would like for you to either one of the following:

1. Add music, title and closing sequences.  You can use the music that iMovie already has available (highly encouraged!) or you can create your own within garage band.  If you need a tutorial on using Garage Band...youtube is your resource.  I am here to help you with questions.  
2. Create a new stop animation.  This can be done either by yourself or with a partner.  A creative group is no more than 3 people.  Two people will do the acting and the other will do the filming.

Digital Story Tales...
Your job this week is to make sure that you have your video recorded and that your project is completed by the end of the day on Thursday. 
If you are finished with your Digital Story Tale then you will need to add the following

• a title sequence
• a sources ending sequence so that I know where your images are coming from. 
• a some background music.  Soft and gentle music that will ease your viewers.

Wildcat Morning News.
Check your inbox on your GA account.  You will need to have this sheet completely filled out and ready to hand in on by the end of the day on Thursday!  I WANT TO SEND THIS OUT TO THE MS FOR VIEWING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31!  If there is time, you may want to record some of the Costume Parade that will happening on Thursday and include this in your video. 
I also have the interviews of Mrs. Fuller and Mr. Dunning that NEEDS to be included.
GET IT DONE!

New Groups, New Projects

New Groups and New Projects

New Groups

WMN - Mark, Ashtosh, Noe, Sam W.  and Preet

Stop Animation - Claudia, Robin, Arvid, Vinay, Anya, Maggie, Cate and Matt

Digital Soty - Jacob, Aaron, Jerzy, Sam F. Billy and Tommy

Get Familiar and Gather

Digital Story-tail...

Your job for today is to get re-acquainted with your  favorite children's book.  Read through it.  Get to know it so that you can make good eye contact with the camera when telling the story.  Time yourself to see how long it takes to read the book.  Make sure that you have plenty of pictures to represent your story.  Please over prepare!  That means gather MANY images!

Writing Scripts and getting permission

Your job for today's is to get a list of the people that you want to interview.  Once that list is complied and approved (by me) you will need to get the permission from the people you want to interview.  You will need to compose a VERY PROFESSIONAL email that will approved by me and sent out by the end of FRIDAY'S class.  Your draft emails will be a group effort lead by your project leaders (Maggie and Billy) and composed in Google Docs.  Once I approve these emails they will be sent from the project leaders Google Apps account.  The next steps will be composing questions that you would like to ask.
Let's be professional but let's also have some fun!


Instructions

1
Assemble all of the facts. This is probably the most important step in writing your script. In addition to talking with officials, witnesses and other people important to the story, you also should consult legal documents related to the story. Police reports, for example, may contain information that an official forgot to tell you.

2
Understand the grammar most commonly used in news stories. According to Newscript, the beginning paragraph on most news stories (also known as the lead), is composed of simple sentences that contain only one subject and one verb. For example: "Lima Town Councilor Gary Carew proposed additions to the town sewer system." In subsequent sentences, avoid words such as "however" and "furthermore," as the complicated sentence may get lost in your listener's ear.

3
Organize the rest of your script by providing the background for the story, and then what is happening to change the situation. For example: "For many years, Lima residents complained about insufficient drainage. Councilor Carew promises that the overhaul will eliminate the periodic flooding that has occurred in low-lying areas."

4
Transition between each of your stories in a graceful manner. The University of Southern California provides examples of transitions in and out of commercials and in between stories and anchors. This is an opportunity to "tease" the important stories that are coming up to keep the viewer's attention. A sample transition might sound like the following: "When we return on Action 5 News, we'll tell you about a local high school's effort to raise funds for a student dealing with chronic illness."

5
Consider how the story will sound to the ear before you go to air. As CyberCollege points out, a listener or viewer cannot return to a sentence he didn't understand. A broadcast news reporter must employ clear sentences that logically follow each other. Read the script aloud to yourself as a final check, to catch problems in your script that your eyes might have missed.


http://www.ehow.com/how_5523613_write-news-script.html
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Digital Story Telling and the beginning of Wildcat Morning News

Group 1 -  Reporters: Tommy, Billy - project leader, Anya and Vinay 

Crew - editing, and filming Jacob, Maggie - project leader, Aaron, Jerzy and Sam F.

At the end of this lesson the student should have produces the Wildcat Morning News. The students will conduct interviews, report on sporting events and other relevant aspects of the middle school   The students will work in google apps to script out  and put together a polished newscast. There will be a director, a camera person, reporters, script director and a project leader. There needs to be as much detail as possible. If the final project is not up to the rubrics standards the newscast will not be presented to the middle school. A student will be the project leader. I will try to accommodate the needs of all the students in the newscast as best as I can. The project leader will assign who will do different news stories.

Newscast - Presentation and Planning : Wildcat Morning News Teacher Name: Mr. Mussoline Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Group Work	The group functioned exceptionally well. All members listened to, shared with and supported the efforts of others. The group (all members) was always on task!	The group functioned pretty well. Most members listened to, shared with and supported the efforts of others. The group (all members) was almost always on task!	The group functioned fairly well but was dominated by one or two members. The group (all members) was almost always on task!	Some members of the group were often off task AND/OR were overtly disrespectful to others in the group AND/OR were typically disregarded by other group members.
Prepared	Group is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.	Group seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.	The group is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking.	Group does not seem at all prepared to present.
Props	Group uses 2 or more props which enhance presentation.	Group uses 1 prop that is not relevant to presentation.	Group uses 2 or more props that are not relevant to presentation .	Group uses 1 prop which which enhances presentation.
Pronunciation	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time and mispronounces no words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time but mispronounces 1 or more words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the time and mispronounces no words.	Does NOT speak clearly and distinctly most of the time AND/OR mispronounces more than 1 word.
Volume	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout the entire newscast.	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout most of newscast.	Volume is often too soft to be heard by all throughout newscast.	Often mumbles or is unable to be heard throughout the majority of the newscast.
Enthusiasm	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast, but it is not overdone.	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast, but it is somewhat overdone.	Facial expression and body language show some interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast.	Facial expression and body language depict apathy or boredom with the topic.
Content	All content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant but is presented in a non professional way.	The content is not relevant and is presented in a non professional way.

Group 2 - Cate - project leader,  Mark, Ashutosh, Noe, Sam W., Matt. - assistant project leader, Preet, Robin and Arvid At the end of this lesson the student should...be able to use green screen to impose themselves into a children's book. iMovie will be used in advance mode. The students will gather images from the Internet that represent their favorite children's book. The students will then narrate their book and impose themselves over the images that they chose. The ultimate goal of this lesson is to present a polished finished project to the lower school student. Story Telling : Work with Green Screen to read your favorite children\'s book Teacher Name: Mr. Mussoline Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Use of Digital Photos	Used all photos with great success-character, mood, setting, plot.	Used most photos with great success-character, mood, setting, plot.	Used a few photos with some success - character, mood setting, plot.	Used no photo with no success - character, mood, setting and plot.
Volume	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout the entire story.	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout most of story.	Volume is often too soft to be heard by all throughout story.	Often mumbles or is unable to be heard throughout the majority of the story.
Enthusiasm	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story, but it is not overdone.	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story, but it is somewhat overdone.	Facial expression and body language show some interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story.	Facial expression and body language depict apathy or boredom with the topic.
Content	All content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant but is presented in a non professional way.	The content is not relevant and is presented in a non professional way.
Pronunciation	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time and mispronounces no words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time but mispronounces 1 or more words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the time and mispronounces no words.	Does NOT speak clearly and distinctly most of the time AND/OR mispronounces more than 1 word.