Advanced Documentary Project-

Lake Forest High School

Telecom- New Media Production Advanced Project

Assignment: Take inspiration from Daniel Burhnam’s plan for Chicago to tell an interesting story found in our LFHS community. Explore a person or activity that you want to share with the world through Google Earth and tell their unique story in a creative visual manner.

Goal: To research and develop your story idea by interviewing the people who make up the history around you. Then create a comprehensive explanation of your individual or activity while being efficient with your time and audience’s sensibilities

Due: A 5-10 minutes final production that includes at least 5 interviews, 3 different locations and a well lit 4 camera interview shoot in the studio that you will direct and someone else will conduct.

Pre- Production Process:

Tuesday December 9- Introduce the project, brainstorm ideas and show examples of previous projects

Wednesday December 10- watch more projects and work on Topic/Pitch/Proposal

Thursday December 11- Talk about project ideas and hear from Mrs. O’Hara about potential ideas that can be found around the community

Friday December 12- TPP due for pitch in class

Monday December 15- Work on Script Outline in class

Tuesday December 16- Work on Script Outline in class

Wednesday December 17- Finish Script Outline on sites for critique

Thursday December 18- Work on Production Schedule in class

Friday December 19- Finalize Production Schedule before break

Production Process:

Production week

Monday January 5- Shoot initial interview to begin to put your story together-

Tuesday January 6- log and import your first interview and begin to tweak script outline

Wednesday January 7- collect and import interviews and b-roll

Thursday January 8- Production work based on Production Schedule

Friday January 9- ROUGH CUT CRITIQUE

Post- Production Process:

Monday January 12- production based on production schedule

Tuesday January 13- ROUGH DRAFT PEER CRITIQUE

Wednesday January 14- ROUGH DRAFT PEER CRITIQUE

Thursday January 15- editing

Friday January 16 Final Project Due at the end of class to the web and DVD

Tuesday January 20- viewing in class

Rubric-

Topic/Pitch/Proposal— 25 points

Script Outline-- 25 points

Production Schedule— 25 points

Production work in class— participation 75 points

Rough Cut teacher critique- 25 points

Rough Draft peer critique- 25 points

Final edit due on time-- 100 points

TOTAL PROJECT 300 Points