Q3 - Week 2 Storyboarding

 Due 01/29

This week you will create your initial storyboard for your film opening.  This storyboard could change in the future as you begin working on your project.  

BLOG - Post a copy of the storyboard in your blog along with an explanation of how you created it and how it flows.   Title this post, "Initial Storyboard".  Those of you working in a group will post the same storyboard with different explanations, and should also explain who did each part of this activity.

Storyboards should include:
1. a sketch
2. a description
3. camera angles
4. audio notes
5. transitions
6. graphics/text

Here's a blank storyboard you can use or if you find another online you prefer, feel free to use it.  You may also need multiple pages.

Blank Storyboard

Q3 - Week 1 - Brainstorming

 Due 01/22

This week you will watch several other film openings submitted by past AICE Media students.  After watching each of these film openings, you will brainstorm either alone or with your group members to discuss what you observe.  You should take notes during these brainstorming sessions and then 

BLOG- post your brainstorming information into your blog for this week. Title the post "Movie Opener Brainstorming & Research."  Your blog should include the title from each of the 9 clips below and observations you made while watching each clip. After all your observations, summarize where these brainstorming sessions led you in making  decisions about your own film opening.

Here are the links to the film openings submitted by past Florida students which I wish you to view and discuss.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AKdUT8nyg&feature=youtu.be
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/12JR0FpGIpYlH4Mol6OUnwVFk7NnB4Tj_/view
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_bKQDg6fiI&feature=youtu.be
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=nYpjHCwRO6Q
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-yrsmQS7bo&feature=youtu.be
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMH-1XdR9c
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=dvAsmo32uo0
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxIZJKdc-Sw&feature=youtu.be
9. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p8azlLRHyqaShaOJC6SBJwzGx7s9Cjpk/view

Also, during this quarter, most of your work will be on producing your film opening and posting the process on your blog.  In addition to grades from blog post you are required to submit the form below each week on Friday, not before, to let me know what you have been working on during the week.  Please make sure you submit this form every Friday.  It is for a grade and cannot be made up nor turned in late.

https://goo.gl/forms/i1QEMKNyq5lZOz1v1

Midterm Exam

 Midterm Exam, Thursday, January 14

This week you will take a practice exam as your midterm.  This exam will be similar to half of the real AICE Media Studies Exam, Section A: Media Texts.  For this practice exam you will be allowed to use your graphic organizer which you created earlier this term.  Please be aware that these materials will not be available for use during the real exam.  You should also be aware that the real exam will require a second essay on Media Contexts.  We will prepare for this part of the real exam during the 4th quarter.

AICE Exam Document

This week's portion of the exam will consists of viewing a 5-minute film clip 4 times.  For those of you at home, the link will be provided so that you can view the movie from your own computer to avoid the video lagging.  You will take notes after viewing the clip each of the 2nd-4th times.  After the 4th viewing you will write and essay on:

Black Mirror (Season 3, Episode 4)

 "How the extract constructs meaning, including the specific representations of individuals/groups/events/places, through the following technical elements:

• camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• sound
• mise-en-scene
• editing

This essay should be at least 500 words.  You may write and then type if you like but your essay must be submitted typed, by the end of the testing period on Thursday, January 14.

BLOG -Post your essay to your blog and title it "Semester Exam - Film Analyses of Black Mirror (season3, episode 4, San Junipero)