Advanced: Class meeting today at 1pm

Firstly, class meeting today at 1pm. It is the same link as last time. You were invited by email and can also find the link on Google Classroom. This next part may seem repetitive, but I assure you that I changed one word of it from yesterday. At this point, only 9 out of 29…

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Advanced: At Home Scripts and Meeting Tomorrow

At this point, only 8 out of 29 of you have signed up for a genre on the screenplay project. 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 linked below to choose which genre you want to write (https://bit.ly/2Ryz9wv). Don’t forget that tomorrow, we have our class…

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Advanced: Let’s Do What We Do Best

Watch the video above. We have five weeks to make a movie. We’re doing it. We start with a screenplay. We need a screenplay. We need a screenplay that we can shoot with the equipment we have. So let’s make it a movie that takes place during some kind of video call. This can be…

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Advanced: Notes from April 1st Class Meeting

We had a class call yesterday with 17 of 29 students attending. Here are the highlights: We will be holding weekly class meetings every Wednesday at 1pm. Students will be required to either attend the meetings or watch the videos. While it seems very likely that the screening will be canceled, Mr Rauscher will do…

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Advanced Class Meeting Today

Today, we’re having our class Google Meet at 1pm. You are required to either attend or watch the video. We will be discussing the screening, expectations for the rest of the year, editing programs, and what you want to learn. Check your email or Google Classroom for details on how to join. Objective Correlative Videos…

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Advanced: Let’s Watch Some Objective Correlatives!

It’s probably best to do this assignment on Google Classroom. Advanced Movie Making: https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NDEzMzQxMTU3NDRa Advanced Video: https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NDEzMzQxMTU3OTda There are ten movies and a script. Watch/read them. Comment on at least four of them. Replies to other people’s comments are perfectly acceptable. In your posts, try to answer one of the following questions: How effectively does…

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Advanced: Classroom of 2020

It’s a long post today without much work, so read all the way to the bottom. By tomorrow, I will have everybody’s objective correlative video up for you to comment on. If you haven’t already turned in the assignment, do it. Advanced Movie Making: https://classroom.google.com/u/2/c/NDEzMzQxMTU3NDRa/a/NTQ3NzAwMjM0MjRa/details Advanced Video: https://classroom.google.com/u/2/c/NDEzMzQxMTU3OTda/a/NTQ3Njk2OTMxNTVa/details Class Meeting Fill out your availability for…

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Advanced: Mr Bonkers Meeting Today, Plus Other Stuff

STUDENT EMMY NOMINATIONS ARE OUT!Read about them here. Abbass is a double nominee for cinematography. He’s like WDHS’s Steven Soderbergh Today at 1pm is the production meeting for Mr. Bonkers Saves the Day. It will happen on Zoom. Department heads have been invited through your email, but you can also login using the link: https://zoom.us/j/230107592…

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Studio Productions: Emmy Noms, New Students, and Teen Movies

Our video program is nominated for seven Student Emmys! We have three movies up for best movie! Read about it here: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/video/2020/03/26/dearborn-high-school-is-nominated-for-seven-student-emmys/ We’re really proud of our program and our work. You may not realize it, but WDHS is one of the best film and TV production programs in the country. It does not succeed…

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Dearborn High School is Nominated for Eight Student Emmys!

Electric Oddity is nominated for four awards including Writing, Tristan Nunez; Editor, Abbass Karnib; Photographer, Abbass Karnib; and for Short Form – Fiction. Tristan and Abbass share this nomination with producer Angel Krawczyk, 1st assistant director Will Kirk, and star Gwen Voice. Girlfriends is also nominated for Short Form – Fiction. Director Jozelyn Hunter shares…

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