Studio: Group Assessment

It’s time to assess your fellow group members from the edit project!

Go to https://goo.gl/forms/W3kbv3l2pZEsnkBZ2 and fill out the form by Monday, March 11th!


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Offstage

This is talking about all of us!


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Video: Oscars Change Format

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/academy-oscars-abc-streaming-four-categories-during-oscar-show-commercial-breaks-1202043346/

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences run the Oscars. They have recently determined that during this year’s broadcast, editing and cinematography will be handed out during commercial breaks so the audience at home will not see them. How do you feel about this? Post in the comments.

Also, remember, the extra credit assignment for all three video classes is due on Tuesday next week. You can find it here:

Video Extra Credit Assignment


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Advanced Video and Movie Making: Homework – Scheduling worksheet and Remind

Homework: Scheduling Worksheet
and Remind

A reminder to all students in Advanced Movie Making and Advanced Video, I need your
contract with the scheduling worksheet by Tuesday. You can download it here: Contract Part of the contract is agreeing to sign up for the Remind. You can do so at https://www.remind.com/join/rauscha. The scheduling worksheet and signing up for the Remind count as two separate homework assignments. Don’t lose the easy points, guys!


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Video Extra Credit Assignment

To get you through the rough weather, here is an extra credit assignment! It will be due Tuesday February 19th. It is worth up to 20 formative points. This is for all three video classes.

Watch one of the movies listed below (all are available on Netflix) and answer the question associated with it. Write at least two paragraphs. Your ability to cite specific details will affect your score.

 

The Third Man (1949), Not Rated – Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

The introduction of Orson Welles’ character is often called the greatest character introduction ever. What techniques does the movie use before he appears and when he appears to make this so?

 

 

 

 

 

Schindler’s List (1993), R – In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Critics praise Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski’s use of color. How do their color choices underline the story, themes, and questions of the film?

 

 

 

 


Quiz Show (1994), PG-13 – A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin’s investigation.

This is the film that put television on trial. How does the film try to emulate techniques of television (acting, cinematography, editing, music, set design)?

 

 

 

 

 

Pulp Fiction (1994), R – The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Pulp Fiction uses a MacGuffin, an object that has no meaning beyond being a plot point. Why did the filmmakers choose to never actually say what the MacGuffin is? How does this affect the movie?

 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), PG – King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.

Great satire isn’t just references. It is critical of its source material. What does this film say about the Arthurian legend? How else does it criticize movies, stories and legends?

 

 

 

 

The Graduate (1967) – A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

The Graduate made superstars of musicians Simon and Garfunkel. How does the movie’s use of music affect its mood, tone, and story? How does the music affect its place in history?

Ghostbusters (1984), PG – Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Dan Akroyd (star and co-writer) is obsessive about the paranormal. How does the movie walk the fine line between seriously exploring supernatural events and mocking those who believe in them at the same time?

 

 

 

 

 

East of Eden (1955), PG – A willful young man contends against his brother for the attention of their religious father while reconnecting with his estranged mother and falling for his brother’s girlfriend.

James Dean represented a departure from the strong silent types that starred in movies before. What types of choices in acting mark him as different?

 

 

 

 


Clerks (1994), R – A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

How does the low budget aesthetic (artistic style) of Clerks work with its story and characters?

 

 

 

 

 


Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), PG – Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.

Close Encounters is very concerned with different languages. What languages and forms of communication are depicted? How do the themes and story relate to language?


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Studio Productions: Homework – Group Assessments

It is that time! You need to submit an assessment of your group for the Infomercial project. Use this as an opportunity to tell me who is not carrying their weight. This is an assignment for a grade and is due by Wednesday 1/14/19 at 11:59pm. Go to this link to fill it out: https://goo.gl/forms/kJJo4WBDI6jmzib12


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Advanced Video and Movie Making Screenplays

As we explore screenwriting, you may want to read entire screenplays rather than just the excerpts we’re exploring in class. At these links, you can find the full scripts for Hot Fuzz and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

If you’re interested in other amazing scripts, try Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, and Casablanca. I’d also recommend The Breakfast Club, Goodfellas, and Fargo if you’re thinking about movies we studied this year.


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Advanced Video Homework: Group Assessment

It’s that time! Fill out a group assessment for your “archetype introduction” project. This is due Friday 11/16.

https://goo.gl/forms/9RmsB8E7qII1t8aF2


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Advanced Movie Making

Next week, we’ll be discussing the screenplay for the movie “Hot Fuzz,” if you’re able, please watch (or rewatch) the film by Monday. It’s available on Netflix as well as Amazon streaming, Google, and YouTube (for pay).


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Advanced Video: Archetype Introductions

In our exploration of character, we focused on the archetypes proposed by Carl Jung. These are the character types that everyone in our society knows and has a gut reaction to. You can read about them here:  Video_ Jungian Archetypes

We also discussed character introductions and how certain images and iconography helps announce these archetypes.

Your assignment (Rubric: Video Rubric_ Archetype Entrance) is to create a video that introduces one of these archetypes. You should use the iconography to make it clear what your archetype is.

Past projects were not completed on schedule. Therefore, meeting schedules is an important part of this assignment. Each phase has a specific deadline. Each school day you are late on each deadline would lose one point. These deadlines account for about 1/3 of the grade.

The groups were assigned and can be seen below.

Trickster: Jacob, Yara, Samer, Tristan

Explorer: Joze, MeiLing, Nader, Ali

Magician: Andre, Adonis, Will

Everyman: Matt, Joseph, Alex, Eman


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