Lake Forest High School
Telecom- New Media
Fall 2013
Instructor
Steve Douglass
Course Overview
This class will teach you how to tell stories visually, in a hands-on way that allows you to make people think, laugh or cry through the video production process. We will critique current media to better understand how story elements affect you as a viewer and producer of media. You will then have the tools to create your own meaningful creative media based on your new media literate understanding of how stories are told in our postmodern world.
Big Ideas and Goals:
New Media is based on Failing Fast so you can learn quickly. I want you to take risks, try to solve problems, figure things out and share your experience in our safe classroom community. We learn best from our own experiences and you have an amazing safety net made up a Teachers Assistants who are eager to help in all aspects. I want you to grow quickly- so fail fast! We get to do that on the very latest platform for visual storytelling- Final Cut Pro X and Canon Digital SLRs. We are blessed. We have a professional level studio that provides the opportunity to tell compelling stories to our school community. We continued to hone the digital portfolio process to help students get into the top films schools in the nation. We continue to take part in the dual credit program with CLC, offering 3 free credits of college credit for A and B quality work. A lot of cool things are happening, so take advantage being here.
Materials Needed
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Telecom New Media 1- 8 Tentative Course Schedule--Check class site for details from each project.
DATE TOPIC
Week 1 Introduction to Media Literacy—
LFHS.org website stories – writing, shooting and editing
Week 2 Understanding the Production Process
Week 3 How to: Field Production
Week 4 How to: Field Production
Week 5 How to: Field Production
Week 6 How to: Studio Production
AP= Shot for Shot Movie Remake or CP re-cut a movie: shooting and editing
Week 7 How to: Studio Production
Teacher Interview Project
Week 8 How to: Editing with Interview project
Week 9
End of 1st quarter
Week 10 Finishing Interview project
Week 11
1 minute movies- Advanced & CP Projects
1st= Music Video Project
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Telecom 2 and beyond- College Prep and Advanced Projects
College Prep (CP):
Shorter projects, averaging 4 weeks, are designed for students to be challenged at a high level, with minimal outside of class time needed, so they can grow in all aspects of the production process including: planning, shooting and editing. Project objectives include organization, responsibility with deadlines, working independently and within a team.
Students can choose CP projects and when they show consistent mastery, which will be determined by receiving an A for the complete project (pre-production, production and post-production). After two CP projects they will be given the opportunity to jump up to the Advanced Project.
Student taking on the CP projects will be responsible for 2 Live Production Shoots where they will take leadership by taking one of the key camera positions or directing the shoot.
Advanced Projects (AP):
Students who have mastered CP projects by receiving an A for the completed project will be given the opportunity to take on an Advanced Project which will challenge them with their time management, creativity and production ability. The student will be responsible for 3 Production Shoots where they will either Direct or work in the Control room to lead the crew.
This project-based curriculum will be structured around specific production skills that will prepare students for the Film School application process. Each project will include: Writing, Directing, Cinematography, Producing and Editing. Projects are expected to be of the quality to be shown on lfhstele.com, lfhs.org and on the LCDs around school. These will build their digital portfolio for college through the inclusion of all aspects of the production process (script, digital storyboards, production calender, rough cut, rough draft and final draft).
Teaching Assistants:
Experienced students in each class period will have the opportunity to volunteer to be a Teachers Assistant for their class and the program. These students will selflessly MODEL intrinsic motivation in their planning and development of their individual, group and live projects ideas. They lead their peers by example, demonstrating professionalism through every step of the production process with the ultimate goal of creating powerful visual storytelling.
For this program:
New Media
Assignment: Craft video shorts that individually and collectively tell our school's story to our community audience.
Due: One 2-3 minute web based video that could on a specific page on the new lfhs.org website.
Goal: Creating short, quick narratives that connect with the audience immediately and motivate them to want more by watching the next segment. Using music and natural sound together is essential to telling a compelling story. These videos need to look professional and provide context for people checking out the school for the first time.
Pre- Production Process:
Tuesday August 27- Introduce project and brainstorm ideas
Wednesday August 28- Talk through possibilities, create partners and watch relevant examples
Thursday August 29- Watch and discuss Promised Land
Friday August 30- Select TAs, update ideation by watching examples
Tuesday September 3- Watch and discuss Promised Land
Wednesday August 4- Finish Promised Land
Thursday September 5- Promised Land Commentary
Friday September 6- Pitch-Proposal in class
Production Process:
Monday September 9- Production Schedule-
Tuesday-Thursday September 10-19 PRODUCTION SHOOTING
Friday September 20- Rough Cut Due with Mr. Douglass
Post- Production Process:
Monday September 23-editing
Tuesday September 24- editing
Wednesday September 25- editing
Thursday September 26- Rough Draft Due for peer critique Editing
Friday September 27- editing
Monday September 30- Editing
Tuesday October 1- Editing
Wednesday October 2- Final Class Critique Due to the Server by the end of the day
Thursday October 3- Class critique
Friday October 4- Final version up to lfhstele.com
Rubric-
Pre-Interview with your subject— 50 points
Pitch Proposal-- 25 points
Production Schedule— 25 points
Rough Cut in FCP-- 25 points
Rough Draft peer critique in FCP-- 25 points
Final edit due on time-- 100 points
TOTAL PROJECT 250 Points