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Wyomissing Area Technology Education
 

MultiMedia Technology 1
"Where Technology Meets Creativity"

   
Design Briefs
 
Design Brief/Project/Assignment Descriptions
     
MM Hallpass
MM Folder Set Up
  Watch the Photoshop hallpass tutorials. After submitting the flattened hallpass, Mr. Farrara will print your hallpass, punch the hole, and add the clip. All Photoshop files will be saved in your Photoshop_Photos folder.

Watch this tutorial and create folders that would be needed to store your various Multimedia files.

Required on Projects
  When submitting projects, please title it Last Name_Project Title. Example: Farrara_Hallpass. If you ever resubmit the same improved project, name it Farrara_Hallpass2. Farrara_Hallpass3. etc. I'll keep and grade the higher numbered project.
     
"All About Me"
Video
 

The student will create an "All About Me" video with music and a combination of at least 30 Photos: Photo Booth, Internet photos, Digital Camera stills and Scanned Photos (you must scan at least 5 photos). The photos can be of family, friends, sports, hobbies, pets, cars, etc. that reflect you. The photos will be saved in iPhoto and then edited using iMovie 11 using the Ken Burns effect. The video will be created using your favorite song (clean PG), GarageBand music, Digital Juice or music recorded with our digital keyboard. Remember, your editing style should make it fast paced and exciting for your audience. Adding a video is not required, but you can create an intro or outro to add to your project. Sample: Lorenzo Ferraris (08).

     
Basic Camera Shots
  Using a Flip or Canon HD camera and a tripod, the student will shoot at least 3 pans and 3 tilts. Edit the shots in iMovie, adding titles, transitions, and a jingle music track. Be creative.
     
Movie History Podcast
  The Multimedia 1 student, using GarageBand, FCP, and/or iMovie and research, will create a minumim two to four minute podcast dealing with a part of movie making history from 1894 to 1994. Students could research: the Kinetoscope, The Great Train Robbery (1903), Nickelodeon (movie theaters), D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood, Warner Brothers, Universal, Al Jolson, Hays Production Code, Casablanca (1942), Foley Artists, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Cinerama, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, VCR, The Godfather (1972), 20th Century Fox, Acadamy Awards, Special Effects, American Film Institute, Editing, and many more.
Student Podcasts:
Thomas Edison Diary of the DeadMartin Scorsese • GarageBand podcast tutorials 12 34567
     
Movie Trailer
  This is a new feature in iMovie 11 which I think is really awesome. Using your own idea for a movie and the iMovie trailer app, the student will create their own movie trailer. You can make the trailer without making the movie. Watch the iMovie11 trailer feature tutorial on Apple.com.
     
2012 Senior Movie Special Projects
  This is a special assignment for veteran/rookie Multimedia senior students to help out with the 2012 senior movie. If interested, see Mr. Farrara for this assignment. This can replace other Multimedia 1 assignments.
     
Highlight
Sports Videos

Sports Banquet
Videos
 

The student will record footage of a fall, winter, and spring sport. Shoot various wide, medium, and close up shots of players, crowd reaction shots, fans watching the game, score board, (this helps tell where you are in the game - beginning, halftime, last minutes) coaches, trainers, officials, the ball, etc. Each student will work with Mrs. Motze (Wyo AD) to schedule a sport to shoot. The student will edit a fast paced one to two minute highlight video with student created GarageBand, Soundtrack, Digital Juice, real music. Real music is limited to 30 seconds per song. Remember the 180º rule to prevent crossing the line.These videos will be shown on Wyo5Live and may also be included in the annual senior video package.
• Your best video footage will be used to make the sports banquet highlight videos.
Rubric.

     

VideoMaker
Storyboards

Screenwriting
Art of Exposition
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5


 

1. The Chase 2. Late for a Date 3. Mad Scientist 4. Treasure Hunt

The student or students will produce a video selected from one of the four pre-made storyboards from VideoMaker Magazine (2002). The videos are written for the student to create their own ending. This is an individual/group project. Every student in the group will edit their own video (each video will look similar, except for the ending) with their own unique ending. Every student must be a cameraperson
for the video at some point during the movie. Please use the basic camera shots (be creative) and a tripod when necessary. You can deviate from the stroyboard a little. A creative title and credits should be added as well a soundtrack made in GarageBand or Soundtrack. Sound effects (FX) can also be added, using Soundtrack, to enhance the overall feel of the video. Rubric. If you have another movie idea, with a storyboard, you may shoot it, provided it's approved by Mr. Farrara.
Watch some of the past videos here.

     
SPARTAN
300
  • This is a unique video in that the student must make a video with a beginning, a middle and an end. Nothing out of the ordinary, except that it must only be 300 frames long, 10 seconds, no more, no less. There are 30 frames in a second of video. You must use at least 8 shots and complete a storyboard with approval before beginning. All cuts, no transitions. A title can be used, but will not be included in the 300 frames.
     
"Whatever"
  This is an exciting project in that the student decides, with Mr. Farrara's permission of course, the content of the video. Student creativity is the key to this videos success along with using the powers of the many applications available on the powerful Apple computers and use of the green screen. The student will also be required to have a completed and approved storyboard or script ready when beginning to shoot the video. Click here to see Mr. Farrara's favorite Whatever video.
     
Student Created DVD
  All projects created in Multimedia 1 & 2 will be burned to a student designed DVD using iDVD. Any other projects created by your classmates can also be added to your DVD with their permission. This will be due 3 days before the end of the quarter and be shown (on your DVD) to the class for all to enjoy. The student will also create a design to print on the DVD and design and print a cover for the case. Cost $1-DVD/case. Non video files will be saved to the DVD as DVD-ROM files.
     
TV
Broadcast
 

This is a group project which teaches the students how the TV studio and all related equipment work to produce a TV broadcast. Students will be the director, anchor people, camera operators, sound technicians, switcher operator, and Final Cut Pro operator. Students must use 3 cameras, green screen, Final Cut Pro, and added music in the finished project. Exact details of the project will be given at time the project is assigned. Sample projects: Kindergarten Video, 2nd Grade Video. Alphabet, Time, & Money.

     
Forced Perspective
  Students will create a forced perspective video with 3 different samples. Watch sample videos: MusiciansLOTR w/Moving CameraLOTR Forced PerspectiveLOTR Big RigsLOTR ScaleLOTR Scale Composites
     
Clone
  A video where you work with yourself. You play your twin, yes your twin or even more of you. We're looking forward to your creativity. Watch the Colin and Josh clone tutorial. This tutorial explains how to clone yourself using a tripod, creative planning, shooting, and editing in FCP with the crop tool. An example of what can be done is included at the end of the tutorial. Student samples: • Ben (my favorite)JayRainerSam
     
A Day in the Life of...
  Students will follow a classmate around from sun up to sun down and create a video of "A Day in the Life of...". Shots should include the house, inside and out, car, ride to school, school classes, lunch, sports, work, home life at night, etc. I will show older projects from the past, which are not on farrara.com.
     
Alien Abduction
  • The students will create a special effects video clip using After Effects, Motion, Soundtrack, Final Cut Pro, clip art, green screen, and/or other necessary items to create this humorous special effects video. One minute or less. Think of Star Trek and "Beam me up Scotty". Watch a sample video.
     
QTVR
 

This is an assignment which allows students to:
• Create virtual reality scenes using Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Studio on the G4 computer with OS9.
• Create school district/community panoramas to be placed on the web
• Easily turn 8 or 12 photos/digital images into 360° views.
• A sample of a QTVR is on the top of the Multimedia page and the 2007 senior video page.
• Apple Computer QTVR samples from New York.
• The control (zoom out) and shift keys (zoom in) are used to zoom in and out of the QTVR.

   
Digital Electronic
Presentation
  You are to design and produce a 15 slide (minimum) Personal Digital Electronic Presentation using Keynote or PowerPoint. Be Creative !!!!!!!!
     
Self Promoting
Video Resume
  The student will write a resume for a Multimedia video. This is an assignment which allows students (group project) to:
• Announce in front of a camcorder (video camera) • Operate a camcorder
• Adjust the sound levels from a microphone • Record the video and audio on a laptop. • Edit it in FCP
Students will rotate jobs on this assignment.
     
Non Linear Editing
  The student will learn how to use Final Cut Pro, a non linear editing program, to edit some of their video work. Students from Multimedia 2 (first semester) will continue to learn more about the fine art of non linear editing using Final Cut Pro as well as using iMovie 11. The student should refer to the How To Video Tutorials page to help with Final Cut Pro tips and tricks.
     
got milk?
 

You will be producing a “got milk?” advertisement. Using the schools Digital Camera or your own, take at least 10-20 creative close-up digital photos (best quality, highest resolution) of a classmate, friend, or teacher with a glass of milk or milk container. The green screen can be used as a background to help in later adding a background. These photos will be imported and edited in Photoshop. Photos not used (at least 9), will be cropped and printed on 8 1/2” x 11” paper and labeled as got milk proofs.
• The photo selected should represent the persons passion, hobby, or personality. The best picture should be cropped at 8” wide x 10” high or 10” wide x 8” high, by 300 dpi at maximum quality.
• Using Photoshop, you will add a milk mustache layer to the person plus other necessary information F.).
You must be creative and edit the person in Photoshop and paste them in another creative background.
• This will be printed on 8 1/2” x 11” photo paper, trimmed, laminated, and displayed on the bulletin board outside the main office for all to enjoy.
Check out the got milk samples.

   
Read Poster
  You will be producing a Read poster, holding one of your favorite books. You will need to take the photo in front of the green screen as well as create many layers using Photoshop. Use the Read CD's for further help with ideas and backgrounds.
     
Children's Book
Presentation
  Children love to read and have books read to them. Your task is to create a PowerPoint slide show or video of a children's book. The book's photos can be scanned and cropped in Photoshop. The audio will be up to the student, whether their own or another person is reading the book. You can make this into a PowerPoint or Keynote project or a video using Final Cut Pro. These will be given to the elementary teachers of the Hills and shared with the students or placed on the web for downloading and watching at home. Refer to samples by former students for creative reference.
• Examples: Where The Wild Things Are, Dr. Seuss, Curious George, or Charlie Brown. A GarageBand music track must be used.
   
How To...
  Students will create and produce how to posters and videos that will aid others in using the schools technology. Examples could be a video or poster on connecting a DVD player to a TV, how to insert a QuickTime video clip to PowerPoint, how to use iMovie to edit a video and send it to iDVD or how to connect a digital camera to a computer.
     
Product Package Design/Commercial

Photos of Past Packages
 

You are to redesign a 3 dimensional package (pattern development) which holds a product. The package must be the exact size of the package you brought in to redesign. You will use AppleWorks (drawing program) and Photoshop to create your redesigned package. You may create a new product which will fit into the package with all the necessary information a customer needs to know or recreate it exactly. It is up to your creativity and problem solving skills to determine the most effective way of packaging and advertising this product. Refer to samples brought in by Mr. Farrara or shop at various store. Be Creative !!!!!!!!

     
Elementary Interactive Digital Electronic
Presentation
 

You are to create an interactive slide show geared toward elementary students in grades K-4. These will be given to the elementary teachers of the Hills and shared with the students or placed on the web for downloading at home. The student can use Keynote or PowerPoint for this project.
Sample projects: • Colors • Numbers • Alphabet • Objects/Shapes • History • Sports • Books • Cartoons....
A music track, sounds, or voice overs will be added to enhance this project.

     
Wyo Club
Commercial
  The student will create an informative 30-60 second commercial about a Wyo club. The student should shoot B-roll footage, take photos and interview the teacher and students to get to know more about the club.
     
E-Trade Baby
  The student will create an E-Trade Baby commercial using a younger sibling or younger cousin. You might need to use After Effects or green screen for this project. This could be tricky, but it will prove that the student has creativity if they can pull this off. The script should be original and not a copy from TV. Search You Tube for E-Trade baby videos to get an idea. Here's one.
     
Geico • $5 Foot Long Commercials
  You've seen the commercial - "It's the money you could be saving with Geico". Now it's your turn to come up with Geico, The Wyo way. • $5 - $5 foot long. Try your hand at the Subway commercial.
The commercials should be about 15-30 seconds long. You must use your own voice over.
     
Eyes of Wyo
  The student will take multiple (minimum 15) close up face shots of their classmates and create a collage of their eyes cropped (size to be determined wether for print and/or video) in the rule of thirds using Photoshop. The photos can be used in a poster of the senior class as well as in a creative video. Example
     
PTI-ESPN
  Students, using two or more cameras, will create a show similar to ESPN's PTI (Pardon The Interruption). It will be edited in FCP's multi camera editing mode. Graphics and the clock will also be added during post production. Students will determine the questions. For those not into sports, create your own and tell me.
     
Folders Set Up
  • MM1 - Rookies - Follow this tutorial for setting up your required Media HD folders. After completing this, take a screen snapshot (command+shift+4), of the folders and places you set up. You will submit this in the Drop Box.
• MM1 Veterans - Follow this tutorial for cleaning up your desktop/places, take a screen snapshot, and submit it.
     
Tutorials &
Applications
  The student should refer to the many "How To" Video Tutorials page to help with many of the assignments. Many basic applications are on this page to get you up and running for your Multimedia projects. Other tutorials could be in the Hand Out folder in the Dock, which you'll copy to your Tutorials folder.
     
67th AAA
Safety Video Contest
  Go to the Multimedia 3 page to read the info about this assignment - Click here.
Choose to do either • AAA or 4500 •
   
7th Annual
4500
Digital Video Competition

Feb. 24 to 27, 2012

Awards Ceremony
Spring 2012
  • This team project is based on the 48 Hour Film Project which happens throughout the world at over 30+ cities.
• In the 4500 Digital Video Competition, the teams (Berks County High school students) would meet at the Miller Center (RACC, Reading, PA) on Thursday, February 24, 2011 for the Kick off day and workshops.
• By
3 pm students will learn the rules and guidelines. They will randomly pick a film genre along with getting a character name, prop, and line of dialogue all of which must be in the finished video. The film genres could be a drama, super hero, comedy, romance, mystery, action adventure, etc.
• The teams have 4500 minutes, 75 hours, or 3 days to write, shoot, and edit the 2-5 minute
video
and deliver it back to the Miller Center by 6 pm Sunday. Cost is $65 per team (max of 6 members).
• A presentation of all the videos will take place on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the Miller center, followed by an awards presentation.
Check out
the 4500 web site for more info and student videos.
     
5 Block
Storyboard Blank
 
Storyboard Blank

A 5 space, blank storyboard sheet for planning videos they are creating or planning.
Other sizes available: 4, 8, or 10 blank storyboard sheets.
     
• Videos in Multimedia classes are edited using Final Cut Pro 7 or iMovie11 on Apple Pro computers running Snow Leopard OSX •
Click here to see some of the Wyomissing student made videos.
Multimedia Technology  
All Design Briefs written by Michael Farrara unless noted.
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