Posters

Everyone is to work on there posters this week.  Most of you have a poster set due for this Friday, but I need them by Thursday so that I have time to print them all off.  So you have 4 days.  I will post some good examples from Nikki today on here for us to look at. 

Great Job to everyone on your collaboration last week for the School spirit music video.  I can't wait to see how it all turns out!  Of course everything did not go smoothly, but we are all learning what works best together so next year we will have it down pat.

This week.......

Finalize filming details for Tuesday night.  We need a detailed list of angles, shots, where we are shooting and who our main actors are going to be.  So that everything goes smoothly in the evening and we can get things filmed in a reasonable hour.  

 Your edited photos are due today! 

Thursday some Posters are due for Senior night!  Be aware of your due date.

Due Dates!

By Monday you should have shot roughly 100+ photos for your time of day series based on lighting.  If you chose to shoot multiple subjects they are all due on Monday.  I want you to turn in 2 folders.

Folder #1: choose your best 2 photos for each lighting/time of day change
Folder #2: all the photos that you take should be in this folder.

Put both folders into one folder with your name on it and title it Photo Lighting series. 

On Monday we will be going over some refresher type things in Photoshop to enhance some of your photos. 

Photography Series

I'm so thrilled that we already have our school spirit music video idea.  I can't wait to see how it will turn out.  Great job working together so far.  We still have a lot to do, but the beginning stages are looking great!

Assignment #1-Photography and Photoshop:

Lighting
Time of Day
Focal Point

WELCOME!

Above design created by Chaz Coverdale 2012

Welcome to Advanced Film & Photo!  So glad you all enjoyed Intro enough to come back for more.  I can't wait for this school year.  I'm excited to see the creativity that you are all capable of.  Being a smaller class, you will see that this course is going to be run a bit different than the intro class.

Today we are going to go over "How to be more Creative" and discuss your first assignments.

Get signed into my blog site and tell me something you are hoping to do this year in Advanced Film.  

End of the Year!

It has been a wonderful school year with you all.



Seniors-thank you for all of your hard work and commitment to making wonderful films and works of art for my class.  I know a lot of you have spent A LOT of time on my assignments-and if I haven't already told you enough I REALLY APPRECIATE IT and THANK YOU!!!!!!    I appreciate all of you help with making the Magazine, helping at the Fine Arts Fair and at the Film Festival.  All 3 were a huge success thanks to all of you.    I hope you will come back next year to visit me as you are all welcome anytime.  And lastly I hope that you will share with me any wonderful films and photos you take beyond High School.  I would love to see your future accomplishments.  I hope you enjoyed my class and took something away from it.  BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL!

Senior Blogs due Wednesday.  Underclassman Blogs due on Monday.

Final-End of Year blog:
       Here is what you should have by the end of the year plus all other movies listed below on a recent blog:

1. Class Competition Movie
2. Movie Posters
3. Final Movies
4. End Page-Reflection on the year and course in general-this page should be a reflection on the course, what you have learned and taken from the course.  Here is what I'd like to see on this page. (This section is worth 50 points-so make sure you elaborate and write a lot, the more you write and answer my questions thoroughly the more points you will get)

1-I want a section on your personal accomplishments and growth from the time you entered my classroom to today.  How have you gotten better and in what areas have you grown.  Be specific, reference films you have made and in what areas you improved and explain how. 

2- If you have any tips, tricks, how-to's or websites that you think I would find helpful to use in the future, please list them here.

3-I also would like you to write a section on how you think the course could be improved upon.  What did we not do that you would have liked to do?  What would you have liked to do more of or have learned that you didn't?  In what areas do you feel I should learn more to make the course better?  I appreciate any constructive criticisms you guys give me as I know I am not perfect and have a lot to learn and the only way for me to get better at what I do is to know what I am doing wrong or need to learn more about to make the course better.   

4-And lastly tell me what you loved about the course.  What were your favorite things that we did that I should make sure I do again next year-you can list anything from field trips to projects or prep-work for assignments (like paint balling in class).

5-And of course make the page pretty by adding one of your favorite pictures from the school year-whether it was one you took or a class picture that you like and are proud to put on your blog site.

I hope you will use these blogs as references in the future and as an online portfolio of what you created in high school in film and photography-the BEST class ever :)

Movie Posters Due Today!

Feel free to send me your Movie Posters if you did not show it to me yesterday.  Can't wait to see what other designs you guys come up with.  There are a few good ones that I can't wait to print so far.

Have a GREAT weekend, see you all, mostly all, on Monday.
Mrs. Schneid