Neelin High SchoolCourse Outline / Assessment |
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Student Work 05 to 07 |
Student Work 08-09Student Work 09-10
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Rationale:Young people today use a wide variety of media for fun and work. Internet, video games, television, radio music movies and advertisements abound and play a large socialization role for most students in the 21st century. Study of how media affects individuals, allows students the opportunity to view television, movies and video games with a critical eye; to examine how various media make use feel and to analyze the methods used to elicit our emotions |
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Timeline ~ 85 classes |
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1) Thinking about Media………… Marshal McLuhan i) Students will study some of the modern theories of Media through examining the works of Marshall McLuhan
2) Setting the Story Straight - Pre Production i) Terminology in the video industry (ongoing) ii) Mapping and Organizing activities; Storyboarding activities; iii) Learning to operate the digital still and video cameras iv) Lighting, Camera techniques and angles ( make rock video) , other techniques v) Script writing activities vi) Sound editing and production, dubbing, Voice-overs vii) Pre-production tips (Adobe) viii) Learning techniques by viewing :Television, music clips, and movies trailers 3) I’ve captured video now what do I do i) Introduction to Pinnacle Studio, Capturing video, editing video and sound and audio. ii) Logging Video clips iii) Combining clips, transitions and audio (voice over and music) 4) Stand and Deliver - Post Production i) Rendering video projects for DVD and the web ii) Post production sound editing 5) Major Video Project ( tentative) i) All students will take video of the Theatre Production “Santuary Hope For Darfur” using all the techniques and methods learned this semester to produce a vignette/ highlights DVD to distribute (sell) to the cast members and other Neelinites DVD Time capsule 'Life at Neelin' for '09-'10 Grad yearbooks (
Projects Public Service Announcement assignment, Video Production of a newscast, Documentary, Sportscast or sports trailer, How to or Training video, nature documentary, Newscast ( in the style of “This Hour has 22 Minutes", Interview –Talk show style, Movie trailer, “I am Canadian” commercial, Visualize Poetry, Tour of Neelin for New students, Cultural video Brandon, Video biography (Teacher, Student, Parent/Grandparent) |
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| To the right is a the rough breakdown of the marking scheme for the course. This scheme may be subject to revision depending on the number of topics covered in the semester (due to the availability of software and/or hardware), the skills and abilities of a particular students or teams (weighting will favour the best outcome for a student in any given unit) and the time constraints inherent in development for the web (since most of the work shall be completed in class) |
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NB: This course is done entirely in-class on the PCs. It is imperative that students attend regularly since lost activity, project and instructional time will be very hard to make-up. Missing too much may be detrimental to the student's understanding of computer media concepts and might cause them, their project, and peers not to excel in the course. Resources |
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