MON: Documentary Project Day 1: The Interview

UNIT Learning Target(s):  

• How can we SPEAK the LANGUAGE of 'film'?
• How can we use film to express ourselves and our ideas?

DAILY Learning Target(s):  

• I can reflect on the successes and challenges of the How-To project and use that knowledge to improve my Documentary and my Featurette
• I can watch interview exemplars & utilize similar techniques in my own interview filming

The Week Ahead & Announcements

• No School Friday [Teacher Work Day]
• Office hours Tuesday as usual

HOMEWORK:

• Watch the PBS and other documentary sources [search Documentary on Netflix, etc...]
• Watch the interview sections and look for, among other things
• Framing (rule of thirds?  what kind of background?)
• Angle (straight on or artsy?)
• Lighting (warm? dramatic?)
• Sound quality (background noises? other distractions?)
• Analyze how they show or represent data
• are the simply talking about it?
• do they use a chart or a graph? Is it animated?
• does the action STOP or is the data WOVEN in to the story?
• Other elements of the documentary
• Vertical or Horizontal video?
• If any vertical then why? [eye witnesses?]
• Types of shots?
• Other photographic rules and tricks?

Agenda: [65]

• Typing Web Exercise [10]
• Reflecting on the How-To experience [10]
• 2 weeks vs 5 weeks
• Storyboard?
• Added complexity of Interviews
• Added complexity of Voice Over
• Reviewing the importance of the homework [5]
• Reviewing & understanding the importance of the calendar [10]

Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Weekend
3/19	Documentary Project Official Start Interview & Documentary with Data  Example: Forks Over Knives (Hella hEAlthy) Interview Filming | Importing | Clip Management				No School Friday: Interview Filming all three days!
3/27	Import Video | Rough Cut Video Clips | Visualizing Data with Keynote FOCUS: Figuring out “what’s missing?”					More Interview Filming
4/3	Spring Break: | Final Interview filming					More Interview Filming
4/10	Import Video | Final Rough Edits Finalizing & Importing Data representations Final Voiceover & Script for Documentary Due in English				EXPORT Rough Cut	Voice Over Recording AT HOME + Extra B-Roll
4/17	Import Video | Final Edits, Titles & Audio Processing Finalizing & Importing Data representations				EXPORT 99% Cut	Final Voice Over Recording
4/24	Final Edits & Exporting Featurette: Storyboard & Script		Documentary Drop Dead Export Featurette: Storyboard & Script		Hella hEAlthy!	No NOTHING for Documentary
5/1	Documentary: NO WORK ALLOWED Featurette: Storyboard & Script Featurette: Import & Edit		Documentary Exhibition 6-8PM	Hella hEAlthy!		SLEEP & THEN FILM FEATURETTE!

• The exemplar: Forks Over Knives (Part 1)