Personal Assignment

Now is the time for your Personal Project.

The Slackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MDawGj3MY

Decide on a theme you want to make your Digital message about.

It could be something like a personal interest, a club that you belong to, a sports team that you're part of, or just something that you like to do.

It could be about movies, or cellphone use, music, dancing, or singing.  Skateboarding, video game addiction, or even having to wear braces could be possible projects.

Whatever it is, get a firm idea of what you want to make your message about and then brainstorm how you'll get your message across.

Set your goals realistically, and then use at least four types of digital media to present your message.



Your completed first assignment listed the possible types of Digial Media. Go back to that list and determine what variety of digital media you could possibly use, and of course your competence in using them. Although TV is a powerful media tool, doing a TV show on "How I got my braces off" is not a good idea.


Put some ideas down and work out a general plan on how you'd like your message to come across. Think about the tone you want to set, the feeling you want to establish, the impact you want to leave.

21. ACSS Creative Yearbook Submission

As Digital Media students your assignment is to capture the spirit and mood of ACSS with digital images, then combine, alter and compose those images into creative scenes.

Take photos which shows great spirit and fun of students and at least one staff member in our school.

Work with photoshop, and hand in your 5 best compositions in the Yearbook Folder.

Post a blog with your best 5 photos and explain what its all about.

Dr. Who the Student

Little Red Riding Hood 

Supergirl spotted at ACSS

Scenes created by Daniel Haney for the Halloween Assignment.

20. Photo Challenge: Lone Survivor

 

 A virus has wiped out the population of earth...minus one. You're the last person, living in a world built for billions. For this Photo Challenge, capture this feeling by featuring just one subject in a vast urban or natural landscape.

The Challenge

 

Take a photo in which just one person is featured in a vast landscape. The more empty the world seems, the better.

The Technique

For this challenge, your setting and framing are everything. The smaller you can make the person in the larger the space, the more isolating the effect.

Context can be powerful. Empty urban spaces hold incredible potential here. But how do you capture an empty urban space? Off hours—especially early morning—can be surprisingly desolate.

But you can also take matters into your own hands. By combining several photos taken from the exact same spot, stacking only the empty parts together, you potentially Photoshop together an empty space, even in a somewhat busy area.

The photos that follow are impossible. But they actually happened. The entries for this week&apos... Read moreRead on

The Example

Our lead image is from Vanilla Sky, and while you probably lack the budget to close Times Square, you can use the context of the environment to paint the world as ephemeral and empty.

19. Traditions and Customs of the Holiday Season

The Winter Holiday is nearly here, and for this blog your assignment is to communicate the traditions and customs you share with your family at this time of the year.

How does your family, friends and relatives celebrate this time of year?
Include a tasty holiday recipe you can share on your blog.
Use photos that shows the spirit of this season.
Include any other form of communication to enhance your blog.

18. ACSS Instructional Video

Your next video assignment is to create an Instructional School Video.

Working with your partner, choose a course that you feel comfortable in, then investigate some instructional aspect that you want to video. Check with the teacher and get approval before you start.

Make sure you totally understand the skills invloved and the order that they should go in.


Create a detailed storyboard complete with narrative and all steps of the instuction. This must be approved by Mr. Omorean before you start. This is worth 25 marks.

Decide on your support crew, such as who will demonstrate the instuction and help with the set-up.

Video must be between 2 to 3 minutes in length. No shorter than 2, no longer than 3.

Time Line: You have 1 days to plan, create your storyboard and set-up your crew. Then 2 days to shoot your video and 2 days to finalize, edit and post your instructional video.

Final edited video is worth 75 marks. You will be also marked on a daily basis based on how much you accomplished each day.

Here are some examples to consider:

Science - How to light a Bunsen Burner
Auto -How to change a flat tire
Cooking - How to make chocolate chip cookies
Woodworking - How to properly use the band saw
Metal work - How to bend sheet metal
Math - How to solve a typical equation
Photo - How to load a film camera
Phys. Ed. - How to shoot a basketball foul throw
Hairdressing - How to cut hair
Textiles - How to use a sewing machine Art - How to draw a portrait in charcoal
Music - How play a scale on a Saxophone

View some short videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCQCRd8Pe8&feature=player_detailpage


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zQddVnOKlw&feature=player_detailpage


100

17. Comic Strip Story Board

Assignment:

Using a comic book strip as your story board, create an adapted 1 minute video using the scenes from the comic book strip.

Find a school appropriate comic book that you can work with.

• Plan and adapt each scene from the storyboard. 
• Decide who will be the director of the shoot.
• Have your locations worked out.
• Get your actors, props and costumes ready with the script.
• Charge up your cameras and let it roll.
• Shoot each scene in order as close as possible to the storyboard layout.

Use either Windows Movie Maker, Premiere Pro, or any other video editing program to put it all together.

Create an opening title and make sure you provide your credits at the end.

Good Luck!

16. What's a Storyboard?

Storyboards are essential for making short videos and feature film movies.

Find out what a storyboard is, why and how it is used.

View the video links provided on "Storyboarding".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDwNxGIuCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0esIs4_9nU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ekzThzjj0

 Do some other searches for "Storyboards" and make a detailed posting outlining the use of Storyboards providing examples as you explain this process.