• The student will record a falll, winter, and spring (MM1 2nd semester) 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. Remember the 180º rule to prevent crossing the line. Shoot from the same 180º side of the field/court, except for crowd shots. Watch last years best of Fall, Winter, and Spring sports, all shot by Multimedia students. It should take about 2-3 weeks to edit the video. You might need to attend after school open labs. If you record the sport at the end of the quarter, you'll need to edit two sports the next quarter. Rubric.

• You will submit the following for a grade: • 1. Full quality QuickTime file 2. 720p QuickTime file 3. 480p QuickTime file

• Each student will work with Mr. Stoltzfus (Wyo AD) and Mrs. O'Regan to schedule a sport to shoot. The student will edit a fast paced one minute or more highlight video with student created GarageBand/Soundtrack/Digital Juice or real music. All music must be in the AIFF format. Watch this tutorial to convert mp3, wav or other audio to AIFF.• Audio Levels Guidelines: In digital audio, no part of the overall audio should ever exceed 0 dB (decibels). Clipping and distortion will definitely occur. Set primary audio tracks - dialogue and narration - between -12 dB to -6 dB. Music volume might be set to -15 dB to -18 dB. You can occasionally go to -6 dB to -3 dB. Remember, NEVER, NEVER, 0 dB or above.

• 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. These will be edited by MM2 and/or MM3 students.

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). Seniors in MM2 can ask senior related questions to do their interview. The student who videotapes the interview will be the director and edit the video they shot. Rubric.

••• To complete the project, the student will add a 2 second slug, a Motion or FCP title, a lower third title (Motion or FCP) for the guest and host, and add credit using scrolling text (FCP). Watch this Videomaker Titles and Graphics: Lower Thirds video.

••• Submit a full quality QuickTime file and a 480p QuickTime file. (Refer to the Sahara Tutorial #3 on how to do this). Save the Full quality QT in your QuickTime Projects folder and the 480p QT in your QuickTime Web folder. Submit both QT files in the Drop Box.

You don't have to (unless you're rock steady with the camera), but you should use a tripod or monopod for this assignment.
Watch the Roundtripping FCP-Motion tutorial or other text tutorials located the Multimedia Hand Out folder to help with text or lower third titles. You can also You Tube to find tutorials on titles and lower thirds.

• The students (MM2 period 6 & 8 may work together, as well as other classmates and friends) will select a 45 second to 3 minute (PG) scene/clip from their favorite movie and recreate all the scenes, shots, camera angles, dialogue, acting, props, sound effects, etc. Students can use parts of the real movie to enhance their recreation (Happy Gilmore, Bonnie & Clyde) which might otherwise not be able to be recreated. Each Multimedia student (period 6 & 8), must edit their own Storyboard and Wyo Hollywood Movie.
Wyo Ex. Mean Girls, Step Brothers, Not Another Teen Movie Split Screen, and Brady Bunch. Watch more Wyo Hollywood movies...

______________________________"I Love You Man" sample Hollywood Movie_______________________________________
• Step 1 - Download your clip from www.keepvid.com • "I Love You Man" Hollywood real scene (1 scene with 7 shots)
• Step 2 - Import clip and cut each scene and shots (show Mr. Farrara your FCP project on your computer)
• Step 3 - Make freeze frame of each shot
• Step 4 - Export freeze frames as stills
• Step 5 - Create your storyboard (pre-production) using Pages. I Love You Man Storyboard sample
• Step 6 - Shoot (production) your Hollywood Movie
• Step 7 - Edit your Wyo/Hollywood movie (post-production), add titles, music, sound FX , etc.
• Step 8 - Watch your finished work of art • Wyo "I Love You Man"
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Design brief idea by Mike Matz.

• Students will learn the basics and beyond the basics of Final Cut Studio Apps through demos by Mr. Farrara and/or by watching and doing tutorials from the Hand Out folder or on the tutorials or this page. You can also watch free Final Cut Studio tutorials on Lynda.com or search You Tube. The tutorial folders are located in the Hand Out folder on the dock or on the How To Tutorials page.

• AV Fundamentals 101- Fundamentals Of Video Theory - Watch the free Fundamentals Of Video Theory by Francesco Schiavon on macProVideo.com. Click on the Launch Player and watch the seven A/V Fundamentals 101 videos. • 01. Why We Compress • 02. What is Lossless? • 03. What is Lossy? • 04. Window Aspect Ratio. • 05. Pixel Aspect Ratio. • 06. What is Interlaced Video... • 07. How Deinterlacing Works.

• Faster Editing - Watch professional editor/presenter Larry Jordan as he shows you 10 tips to faster editing.

• Quad Screen Tutorial - Watch and do this tutorial using the Sahara video clips. Hand in only the FCP Project file.

• Keyframing Tutorial (Video Clips) - Watch and do this tutorial using the Sahara video clips. Hand in only the FCP Project file.

• Keyframing Tutorial (Still Images) - Watch and do these exerises using still photos - Tutorial Videos: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. Use the supplied photos (in the Hand Out folder) or use your own photos for these exercises. Submit your QT video for grading.

• Fliters Tutorial - Select any 7 Sahara Video clips (or use your own clips) and add any 7 different filters to your clips. The clips should be about 3-7 seconds long. Insert the clip twice, adding the filter and title to the second clip. Add a title on V2 (don't forget to add a drop shadow) for each filter used (ex. Perspective-Flop). Don't forget the 2 second slug in the beginning of the sequence. Copy Digital Juice audio files, from my Orange HD, to your MusicAudio_AIFF folder. Add a Digital Juice music track under the entire FCP sequence. Select a track long enough to compliment the sequence length. Double check audio levels before exporting. Use the Blade tool to cut off unwanted audio and fade out music and video clip at the end. Submit a 480p or 720p QuickTime video for grading.

• Color Correction Tutorial - Copy the Color Correction folder from the Dock-Groups-Multimedia-Hand Out Folder to your Multimedia Tutorials Folder and open the enclosed FCP project. You might need to reconnect media in FCP. Watch the ColorCorrection.mov tutorial and color correct the 2 supplied video clips. Hand in only the FCP Project file (File > Save Project As... LastName-ColorCorrection). I will reconnect the media, since we will all be using the same video clips.

• First Quarter FCP Quiz - Watch the FCP first test basics quiz and place your answers (18 total) on the answer sheet. You may open and use FCP to help answer the questions. You may also search the web for help tutorials. Good luck.

• The student will have to complete various advanced tutorials throughout the year in Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Photoshop, QuickTime, SoundTrack Pro, Color, DVD Studio Pro, and more. Refer to the assignments listed in eschool book for more info and due dates. Some tutorials will be in the "How to" Video Tutorials web page or in the Hand Out Folder in the Dock. Refer to eSchoolbook before doing the tutorials.

• CSI Tutorial - Using one of your clips, recreate the CSI look just like the tutorial sample, located in the Hand Out folder. This style is used occasionally on ESPN's Sports Center and CSI Miami. CSI Miami TV intros: Season-1, Season-8.

• "Rocky" Title Effect - Students will create a title effect (use your own video clips) in FCP using the Rocky Title Effect tutorial, by Kevin McAuliffe, from creativecow.net. Submit a Full Quality QuickTime video in the Drop Box.

• Green Screen Tutorial - Students will watch a "How To" Adobe After Effects Keylight tutorial (by Jackie K. or Sam V. S.) on farrara.com (key out the green) from the video clip and replace it with other video. Use a sample clip or your own shot in front of the green wall/screen and replace it with a video clip of your own (960 x 540). Show your AE project to Mr. Farrara for grading.

• Travel Matte Tutorial - Copy the Travel Matte folder from the Dock Hand Out Folder and make your own Travel Matte with your footage, using 4 layers (text and a shadow). Submit your creative 4-6 second QT video for grading.

• Spotlight Effect Tutorial - Watch the Spotlight Effect tutorial and create your own spotlight effect, using someone in one of your sports clips. Submit your 5-10 second QT video for grading.

• Limit Effect Tutorial - Also called the Pleasantville effect. Keep one color and desaturate the others (others will become black & white). Copy the Color-SaturationUsingColor(HD) folder to your computer and follow the tutorial and make a limit effect on one of your clips. Submit your 4-6 second QT video with and without the effect for grading (2 clips total, side by side - size 40-50% each in a Woodstock style edit). You will use the application, Color. Sample Pleasantville Effect by Mike Izzo.

• The student, with a student partner/s, will record, edit, and submit the following shots:
Shot #1 - 2 pan shots, Shot #2 - 2 tilt shots, Shot #3 - 2 dolly shots, and Shot #4 - 2 zoom shots
To get great shots, the students MUST use a tripod. When all shooting is complete, the other student/s will do the same assignment using the supplied tape. The none shooting student/s should be in the shots. The students will use the Canon HD cameras for #1-4.

• Shot #5 - 2 pull focus shots,
• Shot #6 - Steadicam shot - Each student will use the GL1 (MiniDV tape) and our steadicam (Glidecam) and shoot a long steadicam shot (40 second minimum/60 second maxium). It should be creative, such as going up/down steps, going from one room to another, or following someone through an office. The students will use the Canon GL cameras, shooting at 16 x 9 (1:78 to 1) on MiniDV tapes (supplied by Mr. Farrara) for shots #5 & #6. These cameras allow easier white balance and manual focusing than the HD cameras.

Examples of Professional Steadicam Movie Shots: Bound For Glory, Rocky, Goodfellas, The Shining, and Atonement (R), Adidas, Outbreak.
The steadicam was invented in 1976 by Garrett Brown. Pictures of various steadicams.

• You will edit these in Final Cut Pro (File > Log and Capture) with creative titles, a dissolve transition (tutorial) (you may use any transition) between shots, and add a soundtrack created in GarageBand or use Digital Juice. A two second slug should be added at the beginning of each of the six set of shots. Show your creativity.

• This will be handed in as one QuickTime file - Basic Cinematic Techniques or Basic Camera Shots -

The student will use 25 or more digital stills or scanned photos and create a still photo montage. 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. Keyframing and animating of the photos will be used heavily in this project.

Applications used: Final Cut Pro, GarageBand, iTunes, Image Capture, Photoshop, and QuickTime.
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 Creating a Rich Media Podcast with Final Cut Pro with Rich Storm, under the Photo section. Both free seminars give great info using still photography in a video editing program.

Students produce a video on "How To" make or "Demonstrate" something. Examples: How to Convert VHS to DVD, How to Pass your Drivers Test, how to make spaghetti, how to make an omelette, how to use the library check out system, or even how to mortise the CO2 car (8th grade) to put the wheels on the inside to make a shell car.

• The students will select a favorite commercial from their senior year and recreate all the shots, camera angles, dialogue, acting, props, music, etc. except use Wyo students or teachers as the actors.
Ex. Verizon • Hello, I'm a Mac...and I'm a PC • Geico • Doritos •

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.

Generic Video Rubric

ALL music used in student videos for contests will be required to create the music using GarageBand, or SoundTrack, Digital Juice, Movie Maestro, or other copyright free software. All other music requirements are based on the individual assignment.