Studio: The Future and Teenagers

If you’re looking for a bold look at the classroom of the future from 1989, take a look at the video below! Today, use your time to finish your teen movie project: https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NTM0MDM5NDYwNDZa/sa/NTYwNzE2MzEzNzda/details

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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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Studio Productions: March 27th Announcements

It’s time to make another another announcements video. The script is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LS1qkF3-EDzSLeRI4r3eI5ppvgWze418k9_bfuD1JU/edit?usp=sharing. The script will likely be updated a few times in the morning. It’s due tonight at 11:59pm and you have three options: Submit a video of you reading the announcements, which means we may use the video and audio. Submit audio of…

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Studio Productions: Critique Movies about Teenagers

Let’s open our next critique into a discussion. Watch one of the seven movies below. As you’re watching, think about how the filmmakers are saying something about being a teenager. Remember to think in terms of the ways we critique movies: dialogue, plot, character, performance, cinematography, music, sound, and editing. Then add a reply on…

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Studio: Apocalypse Movies

An apocalypse is the end of a world. A postapocalypse is a world still picking up the pieces from the old world without having yet built the next one. Right now, it feels like our world has been rattled and we’re living in a new one. In light of that feeling, let’s watch a movie!…

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Don’t Forget the List!

Watching old movies pays off! You’re sitting at home! Why not earn extra credit? Watch a bunch of movies! 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…

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Welcome to Remote Schooling!

While we are not in the school building, we are still having school. I’m sure you have feelings about this, but there a few realities to consider: If we don’t have evidence of learning during this time, expect to lose three weeks of summer break. If we teachers don’t hear from you regularly, we are…

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The List Extra Credit Returns!

Watching old movies pays off! 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…

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Studio Group Assessment – Intro Edit

Give credit to the people who actually did the work and tell me the people who didn’t! By the end of class on Friday, February 14th, you need to fill out this group assessment based on the last project. https://forms.gle/oFJeN6TsCbe4wdCA9

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