Local History Advanced Doc project

Assignment: Take inspiration from the Illinois Bicentennial project success to tell an interesting story found in our LFHS community. Explore a person or activity that you want to share with the world through telling their unique story in a creative way.

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. Work with the LF/LB Historical Society to research and potentially host your work in their new space.

Due: A 3-8 minute final video that includes interviews, locations and well researched archive photos and video to help show and tell your unique story.

Pre- Production Process:

Tuesday September 5- Introduce the project, brainstorm ideas and show examples of previous projects

Wednesday/Thursday September 6-7- discuss ideas with Mr. Forlow and potentially others from the Historical Society and work out pitch-proposal for Friday

Friday September 8- TPP due for pitch in class

Monday September 11- Work on Script Outline in class

Tuesday September 12- Watch Documentary PressPlayPause to understand tone, creative broll and pacing

Wednesday/Thursday September 13- Finish Doc, Script Outline, work on Production Schedule in class

Friday September 15- Finalize Pre-Production Shoot initial interview to begin to put your story together

Production Process:

Production week

Monday September 18- import your first interview and begin to tweak script outline

Tuesday September 19- collect and import interviews and b-roll

Wednesday/Thursday September 20-21- ROUGH CUT CRITIQUE with Mr. Douglass

Friday September 22- Production work based on Production Schedule

Post- Production Process:

Monday September 25- editing for Peer Critique

Tuesday September 26- editing for Peer Critique

Wednesday/Thursday September 27-28- ROUGH DRAFT PEER CRITIQUE

Friday September 29- editing

Monday October 2- final editing

Tuesday October 3- Final Project Due at 9pm

Wednesday/Thursday October 4-5- final class critique in class

Rubric-

Topic/Pitch/Proposal— 50 points

Script Outline-- 25 points

Production Schedule— 25 points

Rough Cut teacher critique- 50 points

Rough Draft peer critique- 50 points

Final edit due on time-- 100 points

TOTAL PROJECT 300 Points