MMEA Standards - and field trip!

Chicago field trip tomorrow!  Here's a link to the menu at Manny's.  Bring $ or bring your own lunch. 
MMEA standards below:

Welcome, Grandparents!

And ... Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Fall Screening!

Today's the day.  Can't wait to see your work on the big screen.  Way to go!

Juggling...

As we wind down editing our commercials, we are "juggling" with writing our screenplays and post-production.  You will receive the new original screenplay and short film assignment next week.  In the meantime, please start to familiarize yourself with 1) 3 Act Story Structure (posted under the "handouts" tab of this website) and 2) Character sketching  (posted in the same place).  These are the ways writers develop stories BEFORE writing a formal screenplay.

Post-Production

That means editing.  Everybody should have a one on one editing review with me and a full review with the entire class.  That means editing needs to wind down tomorrow.  If you're done, make sure you cut two different version (see the handout) render, and upload to your Hapara folder.

If you have finished, please start character sketching for your original screenplay (pitch coming up) - see under the handouts tab.

Production

We should be in crews, and planning production schedules, and shot listing.  We should also making sure we are up to date on sound recording using the Beachteks and using the 3-point light system with our LED kits.


PUBLIC SCREENING DATE IS THURS. 11/2, 7 PM - E-114

CHICAGO FILM STUDIO/LOT FIELD TRIP COMING UP BEFORE THANKSGIVING TOO - STAND-BY FOR MORE DETAILS...

Pre-Production: Commercials

* Consider attending The Chicago International Film Festival, starting next week.  (Click here for details)

Today we'll be in pre-production for our commercials.  That means:

• Written paragraph pitches are due TODAY (if not already submitted)
• AV Scripts are due by class tomorrow
• Start thinking about casting: get the best actors possible
• Consider locations and "scout"
• Plan your shoots (need to be in crews of two or more)

We will have rotating tutorials on 3-point lighting with our new LED kits and a our new Beachtek XLR adaptors (audio for the DSLRs)

Pitches!

Day One of commercial pitches.

Finish Review, Commercials

Today we're finishing up One Scene Reviews and we're formally getting introduced to the Commercial Project.

One Scene Reviews

Today we're continuing to review our One Scene videos.

Finishing up Editing / DSLR sound

The One Scene exercises are due by the end of class Friday. They should be rendered /output and then uploaded to GoogleDrive and then placed into your Film & TV Hapara folder.  A rubric has been placed inder the Exercises and Projects tab of this website.  As for rendering or outputting, be sure to set the right settings in your editing application and talk to me or Producers about the right codec, especially for Sony Vegas.

Those of you that are done should start using our new Beachtek XLR adaptors, continue working on f-stop and white balance with the cameras.