CP Studio Green Screen Comedy Project
Lake Forest High School
Telecom- New Media Production
CP Green Screen Comedy Project
Assignment: Create a Comedy project where you write, shoot and direct an appropriately funny short that uses the green screen. You can use a single actor or an improv group to showcase your creative concept in the studio setting.
Due: An under 2 minute piece that will make you laugh while you are editing it together. It can be shot with multiple cameras from a variety of perspectives or just a single camera using Final Cut Pro’s chroma key.
Goal: Learn to work well in the studio, using the lights and audio effectively. Taking a familiar concept or video and having fun with it both in shooting as well as in editing.
Pre- Production Process:
Tuesday October 5- introduce project check out YouTube examples
Wednesday October 6- Watch through examples and critique comedies
Thursday October 7- Discuss ideas and develop pitch/proposal
Friday October 8- Deliver Pitch/Proposal and edit it
Tuesday October 12- 15 Studio Production TA work
Monday October 18- Start Scripting in Zhura
Tuesday October 19- Scripting in Zhura
Wednesday October 20- Scripting in Zhura
Thursday October 21- Create Production Schedule
Friday October 22- Scripting in Zhura
Production Process:
Monday October 25-29 --Production Week
Post- Production Process:
Monday November 1- Post-Production Editing
Tuesday November 2- Post- Production Editing
Wednesday November 3- ROUGH CUT with Mr. Douglass
Monday November 8- Post Production editing
Tuesday November 9- Post Production editing
Wednesday November 10- ROUGH DRAFT peer critique
Thursday November 11- Post- Production Editing
Friday November 12- Post- Production Editing
Monday November 15- Final editing
Tuesday November 16- final editing
Wednesday November 17- FINAL PROJECT due to DMT folder critique in the DMT
Thursday November 18- Critique in class
Friday November 19- FINAL PROJECT due to server and the web, intro next project
Rubric-
Pitch/Proposal- 25 points
Production Schedule 25 points
Scripting 25 points
Pre-Production days in class 100 points
Rough Cut Critique 25 points
Rough Draft peer Critique 25 points
Class Critique in the DMT 25 points
Final Draft to lfhstele.com 100 points
Total 350 points