Advanced Independent Project- Telecom- Video Production
Lake Forest High School
Assignment: Take an idea you and make it the best written, directed, shot, produced and edited story you have ever done.
Due: Take a story you have written in writing workshop or have seen personally or have always wanted to try and create a digital short between 2-10 minutes for the school community to enjoy at Best of Telecom.
Goal: To work the hardest you have worked on a project and take what you have learned about the production process and create something you can look back on with great respect. Bite off something challenging, but do-able, and push yourself in your storytelling ability by directing, sound designing, lighting and building characters that are compelling. Take the experience gained in Final Cut Pro and go to the next level in Soundtrack, Motion, or Color to make your production stand out at Best of Telecom.
Pre-Production
Wednesday April 14- Introduce project and talk through what we learned from the last project
Thursday April 15- Brainstorm ideas, watch through examples- read Max or Lain's script on class site
Friday April 16- watch through examples outside of our program and continue idea development in class
Monday April 19- write and develop Topic/Pitch/Proposal in class
Tuesday April 20- TOPIC/PITCH/PROPOSAL due at the beginning- to the class
Homework- take critique and tighten up your idea for Monday
Wednesday April 21- Begin Scripting in Scripped.com
Thursday April 22- work on Script- schedule a time with your English teacher to go over your script
Friday April 23- Peer Script review in class in Zhura, if you don't get to everyone- finish at home
Monday April 26- Script revision other peers from other classes on Zhura
Tuesday April 27- Create outlined Production Schedule on Google Calender- embedded in your site
Monday May 3- Create a shot list for each of your scenes
Tuesday May 4- Finalize script for Mr. Douglass to grade and give feedback on scripped.com
Wednesday May 5- Take your actors to your locations and block them out- shoot still pictures of each of your shots
Thursday May 6- Finalize your Production Schedule with your actors and extras
Friday May 7- Walk through location pictures with Mr. Douglass
Production Shooting Week- Monday May 10- Friday May 14
Monday May 17- Finalizing Shooting/capturing in class/ reviewing footage
Tuesday May 18- Finalizing Shooting/capturing in class/ reviewing footage
Wednesday May 19- editing
Thursday May 20- Rough Cut Critique with Mr. Douglass
Friday May 21- editing
Post- Production
Monday May 24- Editing
Tuesday May 25- Rough Draft Peer Critique
Wednesday May 26- editing
Thursday May 27- Final Draft due to tele.com
Friday May 29- Critique in class, provide feedback for final corrections and selections for Best of Telecom in the DMT
Rubric:
Topic/Pitch/Proposal 25 points
Peer Critiques in scripped.com 50 points
Final Script for Mr. Douglass 50 points
Production Schedule on Google Calender 25 points
Shot list on Google sites 25 points
Blocking still images for critique 50 points
Production week in class- capturing/editing 50 points
Rough Cut Critique with Mr. Douglass 25 points
Rough Draft Peer Critique 25 points
Final project 100 points
Total 425 points