Act in your Art

THE CHALLENGE: Use multiple skills by bringing several technologies together to create a story or even a movie in which you create the background and use it as you act out a scene in front of the green screen.

THE DETAILS:

  • PLAN!! This project takes a full plan from beginning to end. Be sure to spend a full day or two just planning the steps needed to complete this project.

  • You will need to decide the following:

    • Storyline

    • Background

    • The actors movements

    • Music/Sound FX

  • Create a storyline for your movie. Write a Screenplay and Storyboard that includes what the actors movements and lines will be and what the background will look like at those times.

  • Create the background you will use with the green screen for your video.

    • Draw your stop motion background

  • Now that your background has been created, film the actors acting in front of the green screen as if they were in the background you will add later in editing.

  • Import your film into iMovie (check Filmmaking 101 for steps).

  • Import your background into iMovie and use the green screen effect to place it behind your actor. The background goes in first and the clips with the actors in it go ON TOP of the green screen.

  • Edit your movie to match everything (actor, background, music, sound, titles, transitions, etc.) up the best you can.

  • Be sure to add a title screen and credits.

  • Export your iMovie or WeVideo and add to your presentation slides.


STEAM U Levels:

GREEN CIRCLE (1 PT.)

  • With a consistent effort over the entirety of the project and a well communicated presentation that includes how you used the green screen, a blue square will be earned.

BLUE CIRCLE (2 PTS.) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE....

  • A successful completion of using your art (can be drawn, animated, stop motion, etc.) to go with your acting is finished.

  • Steps listed below in the 'Challenge Resources' section are read and followed.

  • green screen effect is used

  • Presentation communicates the steps to creating your movie including the art, acting, and editing of your movie.

BLACK DIAMOND (3PTS) IN ADDITION TO ALL IN THE GREEN CIRCLE & BLUE SQUARE...

  • The story that is told in the movie is well thought out and has a purpose that is more than just for 'entertainment'. There is a 'moral' to the story.

  • Green screen effect is used without having to ask how to do it by using this link: green screen effect

  • The art matches the actors motions.

  • Music and sound effects are added and helps tell the story. Sound effects are well timed to the actors.

Student Examples:

  • Phone World (Marissa, Ava, and Maddie, 7th grade, 2018)

  • Josh and Dylan Play Ball!!