1st Semester Commercial Final Project Fall 2014

Assignment: Create a creative appeal on behalf of a product, local business or something you make up. You can use a comedic or serious approach.

Due: 30 second to 1 minute video that tells a story that connects with our local audience.

Goal: To learn how to create a compelling, quick and targeted message for your specific, local audience. To experiment with New Media mediums which can provide targeted impact with compelling messages. Have fun with Final Cut Pro for a final project.

Monday November 24- Introduce how to Topic/Pitch/Propose and then Critique 5 videos from the CTEC Music Video Entries in Google Sites then work on TPP

Tuesday November 25- watch through more examples and work on ideation over Thanksgiving break

Monday December 1- working on TPP

Tuesday December 2- deliver Topic/Pitch/Proposal in class to the camera and continue to develop ideas

Wednesday December 3- Friday December 5- Revise TPP, Create Production Calendar, bring music into FCP- cut it down and

then begin scripting on Scripped.com

Monday December 8- Develop Script in class

Tuesday December 9- Shot Sheet below

Shot Sheet Example- SHOOT 3 TIMES AS MUCH

Wednesday December 10-11 Shooting video

Friday December 12- Rough Cut Critique- 30% in the timeline

Monday December 15- Post Production editing

Tuesday December 16- editing

Wednesday December 17- editing

Thursday December 18- Rough Cut Critique- 60% completed

Friday December 19- Media Literacy Day

Monday January 5- editing

Tuesday January 6- editing

Wednesday January 7- FINAL DRAFT DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY

Thursday January 8- Watch and critique final projects in the DMT

Friday January 9- Final upload

Monday January 12- work on Digital Portfolio- deadline Friday 3pm

Rubric-

Topic/Pitch/Proposal— 50 points

Script-- 50 points

Shot Sheet 25 points

Production Schedule— 25 points

Rough Cut teacher critique- 25 points

Rough Draft peer critique- 25 points

Final edit due on time-- 100 points

TOTAL PROJECT 300 Points