Crew for Yearlong Projects

The crews has been chosen for all the yearlong projects! 4th hour, Advanced Movie Making “The Worst in Me” Writer/Director: Eman Alnakash Producers: Eman Alnakash and Victoria Irish 1st Assistant Director: Victoria Irish Director of Photography: Abbass Karnib Editor: Andre Flemming Sound: Kaiss Khushashi “Detective!” Writer: Elijah Fischer Director: Abbass Karnib Producer: Layal Beydoun 1st…

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Advanced Project: Pitches for Positions

A major assignment for the first semester is to pitch yourself as a department head. The department heads are Director, Producer, Assistant Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound, or you can audition as a lead actor. The rubric can be downloaded below. these pitches are occurring from about october 14th through the next two weeks.

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All Video Classes: Extra Credit

The List: Watching Old Movies Do you want to earn extra credit? You can earn up to 5 points of extra credit! For each movie you watch! Watch any movie on The List (see link below). Write a paragraph about whether you liked it and why. Cite three specific reasons using the language of film critique…

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This Year’s Projects

It’s official! The films for this year have been chosen. The Advanced classes will spend the entire year producing these large projects with students writing, producing, shooting, and editing the entire productions. We’ll be choosing the directors over the next week. 4th hour, Advanced Movie Making, will produce: “The Worst in Me,” written and directed…

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Advanced Homework: Group Assessment

Everybody hates a group project. Everybody gets the same score, no matter how much they contributed. NOT ANYMORE! Use the links below to fill out a group assessment for both the coverage and edit projects. Tell me who went above and beyond and who belongs in the basement. This is a required assignment. Complete one…

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Northwestern Scholarship

Every summer, WDHS sends two juniors to the National High School Institute program at Northwestern University. These students spend five weeks studying film and video with college professors and working professionals. You can read more about the program at this link. This summer’s program will run from June 28th to August 1st. Students apply through…

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Homework Advanced: Pick your topics

This year, we’re going to explore the topics you are interested in. So pick which topics we should learn about! If you’re in 4th hour Advanced Movie Making, go to https://forms.gle/itE78Q5aHK5WtrJc6 and if you’re in 5th hour Advanced Video, go to https://forms.gle/1RwGaMFPtoAwQD9RA. Choose as many topics as you’re interested in learning about! Remember, this is…

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Studio Productions Homework: Personal Clip

Select a clip you like from any kind of video to show to the class. You will explain why you like it using three of the terms we have covered. If you are in both Advanced classes, you only need to do this assignment once. You must send your clip to Mr. Rauscher (rauscha@dearbornschools.org) by…

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WDHS Parent Night

Come to Parent Night on Thursday, September 19th at 6:30pm. Come learn about the WDHS program, about careers in film and television, and about the Northwestern Scholarship.

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