mm1_designbriefs

Wyomissing Area Technology Education

MultiMedia Technology 1
"Where Technology Meets Creativity"

Design Brief/Project/Assignment Descriptions

Tutorials &
Applications

Digital Photo
Slide Show

Movie History Podcast

2009-10
Highlight
Sports Videos

Wyo Club Commercial

Pants on the Ground

Forced Perspective

Geico • $5 Foot Long Commercials

Student Interview

w/LiveType Title and
Lower Third Title

6th Annual
4500
Digital Video Competition
Feb. 24, 2011

Awards Ceremony
April 16, 2011

Digital Electronic
Presentation

Self Promoting
Video Resume

Non Linear Editing

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.

Children's Book
Presentation

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

Student Created Project DVD/CD

Wyomissing Area Technology Education		MultiMedia Technology 1 "Where Technology Meets Creativity"

Design Briefs		Design Brief/Project/Assignment Descriptions

MM Hallpass		The student will download the Photoshop file template and then follow the 2 Photoshop tutorials to create their own required hallpass. Mr. Farrara will print your hallpass and punch the hole for the holder. Tutorial 1 - Tutorial 2.

Folder Set Up		The student will follow the tutorial for setting up your required folders.

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.

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, no more, no less. There are 30 frames in a second of video, so the video can only be 10 seconds long. Creative shots are needed to make this work.

Digital Photo Slide Show		The student will create a still photo montage using music and at least 25 digital stills or scanned photos. The photos can be of family, friends, sports, hobbies, pets, cars, etc. The photos will be imported into Final Cut Pro and a personal slideshow will be created using your favorite song, GarageBand music, or a personal narrative original written story. This project can be used to introduce and reinforce the power of writing. Audio can be recorded using the microphone on your video camera and then separated from the video in Log and Capture or recorded directly to FCP. You may use GarageBand music or your own music for this project. Watch these 2 informative tutorials to help you in creating your slide show. Slide Show Tutorial 1 - Tutorial 2 • To get an idea on using stills in a FCP project from a business, go to www.seminars/apple.com and watch the free Creating a Rich Media Podcast with Final Cut Pro with Rich Storm, under the Photo section. Watch samples of professional work from MediaStorm.org. Jim Lo Scalzo

"All About Me"		The student, using iMovie, will create an "All About Me" entertaining 30-60 video using many photos, at least fifteen. The student should follow the checklist before submitting the video.

Movie History Podcast		The student, using GarageBand and research, will create a minumim two to four minute GarageBandpodcast dealing with a part of movie making history. Students could research, the Mutoscope, The Great Train Robbery (1903), D. W. Griffith, Thomas Edison, Warner Brothers, Foley Artists, Steven Spielberg, Heath Ledger, 20th Century Fox, Red Movie Cameras, Acadamy Awards, Avatar, Special Effects, and many many more. The finished projects can then be posted on the Wyo web and/or Farrara.com. Watch "How to" make podcast tutorials 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7

2009-10 Highlight Sports Videos		The student will record footage of a winter (if they shot a clone video in quarter 2) and spring sport. Shoot various wide, medium, and close up shots of players, crowd action and 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. The student will edit a fast paced one minute or more highlight video with student created GarageBand/Soundtrack music or your own music. Remember the 180º rule to prevent crossing the line.These videos will be shown on Wyo5Live and may also be included in the 2010 senior video package. Rubric.

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.

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

Pants on the Ground		The student will create their own version of "Pants on the Ground", the American Idol favorite from 2010. Let me know your idea and if it's creative, Dance the Pants. Search You Tube for the video and lyrics.

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.

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.

Forced Perspective		Students will create a forced perspective video with 3 different samples. Watch sample videos: Musicians • LOTR w/Moving Camera • LOTR Forced Perspective • LOTR Big Rigs •LOTR Scale • LOTR 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) • Jay • Rainer • Sam •

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.

Student Interview w/LiveType Title and Lower Third Title		This is a three student group project. After learning the camcorder basics, each student will interview a classmate, be interviewed by a classmate, and record an interview. The student will follow the premade storyboard with various professional style camera shots. An 8 shot storyboard will be used. The student has the choice of using the questions on the storyboard or creating their own (discretion should be used). The student who videotapes the interview will be the director and edit the video they shot. Grade sheet. The student will also add a lower third title using LiveType for this project and also a title at the beginning of the video. You must use a tripod for this assignment. Watch the LiveType tutorials on creating lower third titles - Tutorial 1 - Tutorial 2

6th Annual 4500 Digital Video Competition Feb. 24, 2011 Awards Ceremony April 16, 2011		• This team project is based on the real 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. • At 2pm students will learn the rules and guidelines. They will randomly pick a film genre along with getting a character, prop, and line of dialogue which must be in all finished videos. The film genres could be a drama, super hero, comedy, romance, mystery, etc. • The teams have 4500 minutes, 75 hours, or 3 days to write, shoot, and edit the 2-5 minute video and export it to MiniDV tape and deliver it back to the Miller Center by 6 pm Sunday. • 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 4500dvc.org for more info and student videos.

"Whatever"		This is an exciting senior 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.

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 PowerPoint or Keynote. Be Creative !!!!!!!!

Self Promoting Video Resume		The student will write a resume for a Multimedia video, not paper resume. 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 all 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. 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.

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: 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 !!!!!!!!

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.

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.

Student Created Project DVD/CD		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 can be saved to the DVD as DVD-ROM files.

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 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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