Dearborn High School Wins 3 Student Production Awards

On April 25th, the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the Student Production Awards. Dearborn High School won 3 awards from our 7 nominations! “Nostalgia” won for Best Music Video. The original song was written and performed by Victoria Irish. Victoria also directed the video with Eman Alnakash producing….

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Dearborn High School Nominated for 7 Awards by NATAS

The Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for Student Production Awards. Dearborn High School has been nominated for 7 awards! “Nostalgia” was nominated for Best Music Video. It features an original song written and performed by Victoria Irish, who also directed the video. Eman Alnakash produced…

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Dearborn High School Nominated for Best Movie

Dearborn High School has been nominated for Best Long Form – Fiction by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This nomination is for the best student film in the country. The National Student Production Awards, colloquially known as the Student Emmys, are the most prestigious award in television production for high schoolers. Read…

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Dearborn High School Wins 4 Student Emmys!

Dearborn High School is tied for the most Student Emmys in the state of Michigan! Writer/Director Mei Ling Marzonie won for Best Director for The High Road, her funny and poignant coming of age tale. Electric Oddity‘s writer/director Tristan Nunez won for Best Writing. His screenplay explores how complicated relationships can be in high school….

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Advanced: Production Planning for At Home Movies

The At Home Movies have been chosen. I used three criteria to choose the movies. First, I started with the movies with the most votes. Second, I eliminated the movies that would be impossible to shoot with social distancing. Third, I picked the movies that would be easiest to shoot with the limitations we have….

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How Will Film Crews Work While Maintaining Social Distance?

As all of you know, film and TV crews are large teams with a lot of interlocking parts. The pandemic has crippled production and as governments explore phases of businesses opening, the entertainment industry seems like it would among the last to open. Variety has published a plan for how film crews may work in…

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Advanced: Week of April 20, 2020

Check your emails for details on how the system is changing. I also posted a new syllabus at the top of this page. Remember, assignments go up on Sunday on Google Classroom and are due Friday. Your scripts are still due tomorrow by 11:59pm

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Advanced: An Open Letter to High School Seniors During Coronavirus Crisis by Chris Dier

I promised to share this article. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2020/03/15/la-teacher-of-the-year-an-open-letter-to-high-school-seniors-during-coronavirus-crisis/ Additionally, keep in mind that your scripts are due Monday. At this point, 14 out of 29 of you have signed up for a genre on the screenplay project. That’s nearly half! Go to https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NDEzMzQxMTU3OTda/a/Njk0MzY5ODA3Njda/details to read about the script assignment. Then go to the genre choices file…

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Advanced: Yesterday’s Meeting, Monday’s Script

If you weren’t part of the meeting yesterday, watch the video by clicking these fancy looking words. There’s a cameo appearance by my cat Sebastian! And a lot of useful info about the rest of the school year! Additionally, keep in mind that your scripts are due Monday. At this point, 14 out of 29…

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