Finishing The Truman Show

                      Objective: I can view The Truman Show and interpret its commentary on modern "Reality TV"

5 MINUTES ONLY FOR THE TYPING TEST 

DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU GOT IN THE FILM LAST CLASS

Agenda:

• 5 minutes ONLY: Typing Test (depending on movie time from yesterday)
• 30-50 minutes: The Truman Show
• 5-25 minutes: Work on movie notes, discussing and comparing evidence

Truman Movie START times by period

• 1st Period: 55:00 (50 minutes left)
• 2nd Period: 60:00 (45 Minutes left)
• 3rd Period: Per Teacher Notes
• 5th Period: Per Teacher Notes

The Truman Show Part I

Hi Kids!

Objective: I can view The Truman Show and interpret its commentary on modern "Reality TV"

Announcements:

• These Days in History
• March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 286 days remaining until the end of the year. Typically the March equinox falls on this date, marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere, when both day and night are of equal length.
• NOTES ABOUT THE TRUMAN SHOW: You are going to be watching the MOVIE The Truman Show. In that movie there is a TV show called The Truman Show.   For the purposes of taking movie notes you are pretending that YOU live in the MOVIE WORLD and are watching the TV SHOW yourself.  

Agenda:

• 10 minutes - TypingWeb
• 15 minutes - Hand out film guide and explain assignment
• Up to 73 minutes - The Truman Show [Stop before class ends BUT NO LATER THAN @ 1:13:13 when you see the ELK Rotary lawn mower, see picture below)
• 02 minutes - free time

Gorilla Filmmaking 101 / Themes in The Truman Show

Objective: I can articulate the concepts of Gorilla Filmmaking

Announcements:

• These Days in History
• March 19th, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq.

Agenda:

• Gorilla Filmmaking 101
• 10 minute film school Parts 1 & 2
• 1st Period 6:19/379
• 2nd - 5th Period 5:15/315
• Discussion - Filmmaking in YOUR neighborhood

• Themes in The Truman Show & Preparation for the Sub 
• How 'real' is "Reality TV"?  What makes it real?
• What is the function of Advertising and product placement in our lives?
• Responsibility and ethics; Whose fault is it?  The people who demand to see the shows?  The advertisers that fund the shows? The producers who make the shows?

Quarter Four Begins; Video Production Continues...

Objective: I can refocus my goals and finish strong!

   

1. Announcements:
• These days in History and the world
• 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans.
• 'Aint nobody got time for that...
• It's the 4th quarter.  Quit playing...
• Remember the story I told you at the start of the year?  the one about how we can only help you just so much?  Well ...
2. The Truman Show - Wed/Thur/Fri
• Spring Break Assignment Preview
• Watch a "Reality TV" show and catalogue the 'real' vs the 'controlled moments' and compare & contrast them with examples [evidence] from the Truman Show using provided guiding questions.
• Ask John if you don't know what show to watch
3. Consuming Kids
• 1st Period ONLY: Brand New World  06:11 (31:28 - 1889s)
• ALL PERIODS: Cradle to Grave 08:49 (37:40 - 2264s)
4. Preparing to film our commercial
• Gorilla Film Making
• Whatever it takes...
• The Robert Rodriguez Story
• and more for the interested...

Scripts are Due today

Objective:   I will finish my SCRIPT and and check in my Script and Storyboard

1. Announcements:
1. Read the entire BLOG POST and then read the article if YOU have time time [are done with your work]...
2. News you should view:
•  The Future of TV?: Angry Birds TV Show coming to an APP near you!

• 50 year's ago TODAY: Game Of Change: Pivotal Matchup Helped End Segregated College Basketball

3. Quarter Three Ends TODAY
• You must have a completed Storyboard and Script by THE END OF CLASS or you will get an NC for the 3rd Quarter
• Your SCRIPT must be in the correct written format TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT - but it is MORE important to finish the script than it is to have it in the 100% correct format
• John will check BOTH in today - it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK YOUR WORK IN WITH JOHN
2. WORK TIME: FINISHING your Script
• John should be able to SEE your film in his mind simply by reading your script
• ANYBODY should be able to make your movie from the script - that's how detailed it should be
• IMPORTANT: Refer to the examples when you get stuck SO THAT YOU ARE CERTAIN YOU ARE FORMATTING THE SCRIPT CORRECTLY
• Example 1 (includes detailed formatting instructions and is excerpted below)
• Example 2 (includes many written examples but no explanations)

Finishing our script (cont..)

No TypingWeb today!

READ an ARTICLE as we SETTLE in

1. Announcements:
1. News you should view:
• South Africa: 'Over 25% of schoolgirls HIV positive'
• Pope Francis Begins With Prayer, Turns To Challenges [worked for the poor, believes in social justice [?] but not social equality for "non-traditional" lifestyles]
2. Quarter Three Ends THIS FRIDAY
• You must have a completed Storyboard and Script by FRIDAY or you will get an NC for the 3rd Quarter
• Your SCRIPT must be in the correct written format.
• John will check in Storyboards today
2. Consuming Children: Brand New World  (31:28 - 1889s)
1. No written questions today - Discussion
3. WORK TIME: Writing your Script
• John should be able to SEE your film in his mind simply by reading your script
• ANYBODY should be able to make your movie from the script - that's how detailed it should be
• IMPORTANT: Refer to the examples when you get stuck
• Example 1 (includes detailed formatting instructions and is excerpted below)
• Example 2 (includes many written examples but no explanations)

Finishing our SCRIPT

Objective: I can complete my script

   

1. Announcements:
1. These days in History and the world:
•  1959 U.S.A. Hawaii 12th March, 1959 : Congressional approval to admit Hawaii as the 50th state in the U.S. 
• 1980 U.S.A. The Killer Clown 12th March, 1980 : A jury finds John Wayne Gacy Jr. ( also known as The Killer Clown ) guilty of the murders of 33 boys and young men...
• 2006 U.S.A. C.I.A. identities uncovered 12th March, 2006 : The Chicago Tribune has compiled a list of 2,653 C.I.A. employees by searching the Internet... 
• 
  
2. Quarter Three Ends THIS FRIDAY
1. ALL Film Unit Documents DUE this Friday
1. You must have a completed Storyboard and Script by FRIDAY or you will get an NC for the 3rd Quarter
2. John will check in Storyboards today
2. Consuming Children: Brand New World  (31:28 - 1889s)
1. No written questions today - Discussion
3. WORK TIME: Writing your Script
1. John should be able to SEE your film in his mind simply by reading your script
2. IMPORTANT: Refer to the examples when you get stuck
1. Example 1 (includes detailed formatting instructions and is excerpted below)
2. Example 2 (includes many written examples but no explanations)

Script writing

Objective: I can begin writing my script

   

1. Announcements:
1. These days in History and the world:
• 2012 - Japan suffers massive tsunami and nuclear accident
• 1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
• Justin Bieber Cancels Concert in Portugal
2. Quarter Three Ends THIS FRIDAY
1. ALL Film Unit Documents DUE this Friday
1. You must have a completed Storyboard and Script by FRIDAY or you will get an NC for the 3rd Quarter
2. Consuming Children: Under the Microscope
1. No written questions today - Discussion
3. Writing your Script
1. IMPORTANT: Refer to the examples when you get stuck
1. Example 1 (includes detailed formatting instructions and is excerpted below)
2. Example 2 (includes many written examples but no explanations)
2. Example for this discussion:

INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM - NIGHT

A crowded hospital emergency waiting room. Clean but cheerless.

Sick and injured people sit in plastic chairs lined up in rows. A TV    mounted near the ceiling BLARES a sitcom. No one is watching.

A man moans softly as he presses a bloody gauze pad against his   forehead. A woman cradles a listless infant in her arms.

CATHY sits at the end of the first row of plastic chairs. Her head is bent over, and she stares intently at the floor.

She raises her head slowly, brushes her long, silky hair away from her face.

We see fear in her eyes as they focus on a clock that hangs above the front desk. She twists a tissue between her fingers and is unaware that bits of it are falling on the floor.

The door to the emergency treatment room opens, and a middle-aged    DOCTOR dressed in hospital green walks through the door toward Cathy, who bolts out of the chair and hurries toward him.

DOCTOR                                                         (apologetically)                                             We did everything possible.

CATHY                                                          (gasps)                                             What are you saying?

DOCTOR                                             I'm sorry…

CATHY                                                   (screaming)                                             No!

All eyes in the waiting room are riveted on Cathy and the Doctor.Cathy lunges at the Doctor, beating her fists against his chest.

CATHY  (CONT'D)                                                          (shouting)                                             You killed him! Here is your SCRIPT TEMPLATE

Finishing Storyboards

Objective:   I will finish my Storyboard w/Shot Types listed

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. Today in reality
• Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries...
• http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
2. Visual "quiz" if needed
2. Work-time
• Improve your storyboards by adding the type of each shot
• For each SQUARE in your Storyboard
• REDRAW if necessary, to properly show your chosen camera shot/angle/movement
• LABEL each square with the information
• Example:
• Wide establishing shot
• Extreme close-up
• Medium (talking head)
• Tracking, following the speaker
• EVERY Square must be tagged with the type of shot it is to get full credit

The Shots

Objective: I can learn the different types of "shots" 
and I can improve my storyboard

   

1. Announcements:
1. Today in History:
• March 6th, 1968 – The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several Southern California high schools.
2. In the News: 
• Oakland man wrongfully convicted in 2006 shooting released after nearly 7 years in prison
2. Consuming Children
• READ these questions and think about them as you watch the clip:
• How does branding beloved children’s characters serve the interests of marketers?
• What is the difference between product placement and regular advertising?  
• In what new ways might new technologies, like the internet and cell phones, be making children more vulnerable to advertising?  
• Do you feel the government should oversee and regulate these advertising methods, and place some limits on advertisers?  
• NOW WATCH "By Any Means Necessary" - 11 minutes [13:34-24:20]
• After the clip ends, work ALONE to complete a minimum of three [3] of the five [5] questions.  You need three thoughtful answers to get full credit.  Extra credit for extra effort.
3. Camera Shots
• Mini-Lecture
• Numbered-Head's note taking
• Review WITH PICTURES!
4. Work-time
• Improve your storyboards by adding the type of each shot
• For each SQUARE in your Storyboards
• REDRAW if necessary, to properly show your chosen camera shot/angle/movement
• LABEL each square with the information
• Example:
• Wide establishing shot
• Extreme close-up
• Medium (talking head)
• Tracking, following the speaker
• EVERY Square must be tagged with the type of shot it is to get full credit

Completing the Storyboard

Objective: I can complete my storyboard

   

1. Announcements:
1. Today in History:
• March 5th, 1770 – Boston Massacre:  Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
2. Consuming Children
• READ the questions and think about them as you watch the clip:
• How does marketing to children today differ from the 50s, 60s, and 70s? 
• How has deregulation contributed, specifically, to these changes in marketing?
• What do you think it is about kids, specifically, that makes them such a ripe demographic for marketers?
• Do you feel the Government should be in the business of regulating unfair and deceptive marketing to children? 
• With the increase and growth of media-linked toys and products, there has been a rapid growth in children’s consumption. Do you think we should be concerned about this? 
• NOW WATCH "The Floodgates Open" - 7 minutes [06:29-13:34]
• After the clip ends, work ALONE to complete a minimum of three [3] of the five [5] questions.  You need three thoughtful answers to get full credit.  Extra credit for extra effort.
3. Storyboard
• Remember you are creating the comic book of your commercial
• Javier has extra blank storyboards
• If you "finish" do one of the following (use Google docs)
• Write a detailed, line by line, dialogue for your comercial
• Write a detailed shot list (where exactly will you film, where will the camera be pointing, where will the actors be standing, what props do you need, etc...)
• Do quiet schoolwork
• Read your independent reading or other book

The Storyboard

TURN IN YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE
Either on Paper OR by SHARING it with JOHN

Objective: I understand how a storyboard works and have drawn at least one frame

   

1. Announcements:
• Today in History:
• March 4th, 2013 - Baby born with HIV is apparently cured 
2. Consuming Kids
• NUMBERED HEADS

• How much do you think kids spend all together on stuff in one year?
• What are some other Jingles you can remember?
• Does "nagging" work to get you something?
• Part One
• Introduction
3. Outlining using a Storyboard
• Handout [download here if you need]

The Appeal: Ethos/Logos/Pathos/Hard/Soft

Objective: I can use appeals and styles to sell my product 

[Hard/Soft, Ethos/Logos/Pathos]

1. Announcements [I do] 
• Today in history, March 1st: 
• 1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
• GREAT Job on the Reading Assessment - you all made me proud!
• And, spreeking of proud; the Lady Panthers fought hard last night!
• Write down your homework!
• "Complete the worksheet "Determining the Appeal & Style""
2. Mini Lesson: The Appeals
1. Open the Methods & Appeals template here
1. If you missed this lesson the TEMPLATE notes can be found HERE
3. Homework for the weekend [YOU BETTER DO]
• Complete the worksheet "Determining the Appeal & Style"
• Pick it up @ the door, or
• Use or Print the template here