Short Movie Production Unit

We've been in production, and several of the student movies are coming along very well.

The New Media Academy will not meet during the STAR testing week of May 19-22, 2008.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, May 26. Good luck on the test.

Camera Angles: Plan and Shoot

We reviewed camera angles, and in MS Word wrote and filmed the following production sheet.

1. Long/establishing shot of the field to set the scene
2. Medium Shot with tilt up From ground to shoulder height, and then the character walks onto the field and gets ready for action.
3. Close-up of facial expressions, the intensity of the moment just before the competition begins. Look at your opponent, and back at your teammate.
4. Medium shot of the whole person getting ready
5. Close up of ball or Frisbee just before being thrown or kicked, and then throw it
6. Medium shot of the projectile being throw or kicked
7. Ground level shot of the beginning of the action
8. Long shot from far end of field looking at the action from a low angle, then throw or kick the projectile
9. Medium and Close-up shots of the competitor catching the item and running down the field evading on-comers to win the game
10. Conclude with the ensuing celebratory moments
11. End scene with a wide shot

We will capture the video and edit these shorts on Wednesday, April 21

Short Film Production

We have been writing and beginning production on short 3-10 minute original films. Each student is working on a team of 2 or 3 people and writing and producing his/her first original movie.

Styles include:
1. Stop Frame Animation
2. Machinima: using World of Warcraft
3. Dramatic Poetry reading
4. And Traditional Video Production

Adobe/Apple Video Production

Semester 2: Unit 2: is based on the Adobe curriculum Foundations of Video Design and Production.

In order to learn the foundations of video production, we are using the digital tools we currently have, which include: iMovie HD, iPhoto, GarageBand, and Photoshop CS3.

1. Become familiar with the iMovie interface and it's built-in resources.
2. Create a Sound Trip, a short story told through sound effects and images.
3. Add images and use Video Effects to create abstract graphics to compliment the audio.
4. Export a QuickTime video, compressed for Full Quality DV, the web , and for an iPod.

Collage: The Adobe Project 1 Unit Test

This is the Adobe Project 1 Unit Test:
Make a digital collage that represents you.

Collage Requirements:
1. Create a new blank 1024 x 768, 72 ppi, RGB Photoshop document
2. Add 1 of your scanned images as the background
3. Include 7 or more of your scanned images, photographs, or other graphics that represent you
4. Text: Put your initial into the design
5. Color correction:
a. Adjustments > Auto Color
b. Adjustments > Shadows/Highlights
d. Dodge and Burn a portion of an image
c. Adjustment Layer > Levels
Clipping Mask: apply the Levels Layer Adjustment and clip it to the layer below it.
(Option click between the layers you are clipping)
6. Most of the graphics need to be created/scanned by you.
7. Clone an object into or out of one of your images

01g Crop, Straighten, Clone

Use an Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book image:
1. Use the Crop Tool to select an area on the image to crop out.
2. Rotate the crop selection so it lines up with the picture's orientation and Double click somewhere in the crop area to accept the crop and straighten the image.
3. Clone out something in the image
4. Save for Web & Devices:
(watch how the image quality changes with each quality variation)
a. In a variety of GIF color levels. (256, 128, 64, 32,16, and 8)
b. In a variety of JPG quality amounts (100%, 50%, 25%, and 5%)
5. File > Save As: change the Format to TIFF
6. Look in your Visual Design folder and examine the correlation between file size and quality.

African American Inventors

Today CHAMPS utilized the resources of the New Media Academy to help a student gather the graphics and create a slideshow for a Black History month presentation on Thursday, February 28, 2008.