Advanced Project: Objective Correlative

Advanced Movie Making and Advanced Video students! Watch this video! Watch the objective correlative lesson video (it’s about 20 minutes). Independently, you will make a video that shows an objective correlative. A character must interact with an object in a way that indicates a feeling. Then they must indicate a change in feeling. Talking is…

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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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Advanced: Live Class Session

Check your email and check the Google Classroom! There’s a live class session planned for both Advanced Movie Making and Advanced Video Wednesday, March 18th at 2pm. We’ll be discussing our plans for the rest of the year. This will include the screening, yearlong projects, assignments while school is closed, and grades. If you can’t…

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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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Apply for Advanced Video Classes

Are you the creative type? Are you bored by standard assessments? Do you wish for a class that never sits down? Do you want a career in entertainment? Dearborn High School’s video program, WDHS, is recruiting students for next year. Our program is one of the best in America, winning 16 Student Emmys in the…

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The Emmy Submissions are in!

We have completed our submissions for the NATAS Student Production Awards! Nominations will be announced March 26, 2020. Join us at the ceremony on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Don’t forget that Michigan Student Film Festival entries are due March 10th and their ceremony is on Saturday, April 25th, 2020. Busy weekend!

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Screenplays

One of the best ways to get better at writing is to read more. Below are links to fifteen amazing screenplays. Pay attention to how the dialogue says more than the characters do and how what they don’t say is as important as what they do say. Read the action and notice how they set…

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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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