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Assignment: Create a compelling comedy short that is relevant to the Talent Show audience and theme. These shorts need to make your audience, of 8-88 year olds, from our community laugh... or at least smile.
Due: 1 SNL parity or 4- thirty second pieces that can each stand alone but also collectively tell a 2 minute story that is relevant and funny. The creative writing and production values need to be extremely strong to effectively communicate your humor in a short amount of time to your specific audience of the school community.
Goal: To understand the complexity, detail and timing needed to produce excellent humor. To take the conventions we see professionally, and in past successful productions, to produce a unique idea that is appropriate and acceptable.
Pre- Production Process:
Wednesday January 20- Introduce project
Thursday January 21- Watch and discuss what makes Saturday Night Live comedy work
Friday January 22- opportunity for TAs to serve the class
Monday January 25- Watch through SNL sketches to learn about comedic timing
Tuesday January 26- Watch through more SNL for ideas
Wednesday January 27- Prepare for Pitch-Proposal
Thursday January 28- Pitch Proposal to the Talent Show Parents
Friday January 29- Finish Pitch Proposals and class discussion
Begin scripting using Writer Duet
Monday February 1- Media Literacy: Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
Tuesday February 2- Media Literacy: Middle 45 min of the movie and critique
Wednesday February 3- Media Literacy: Finish the movie and Reflect in Google Sites
Create Production Schedule for shooting
Production Process:
Thursday-Friday February 4-5: Production time in class for shooting based on Production Schedule
Post- Production Process:
Monday February - 8 Super Bowl commercial critique
Tuesday February 9- Editing
Wednesday February 10- Rough Cut Due for peer critique
Thursday February 11- Rough Cut
Tuesday February 16- editing
Wednesday February 17- editing
Thursday February 18- editing
Friday February 19- Final Talent Show accepted videos to the Server, Media Literacy critique in class
Monday February 23- Editing
Tuesday February 24- SUBMISSION DAY FOR Parents- by 9pm
Wednesday February 25- feedback from Parents and editing
Thursday February 26- editing Final Critique in the classroom
Friday February 27- editing clean up
Monday February 29- final editing
Tuesday March 1- final editing
Wednesday March 2- FINAL PROJECT DUE to the server by 9pm
Thursday March 3- Final class critique
Friday March 4- upload to lfhsnewmedia.com and Intro next project
Rubric-
Topic/Pitch/Proposal— 25 points
Scripting/Shot Sheet-- 50 points
Production Schedule— 25 points
Rough Draft peer critique in FCP- 50 points
Draft for the Talent Show Committee 50 points
Final edit due on time-- 100 points
Final Reflection-- 50 points
TOTAL PROJECT 300 Points
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