Conrad Weiser High School Opening Day, Advanced Television

1. Advanced TV
Production
Semester Two ~ 2015
Marking Period Four

2. Welcome to Advanced TV:

3. Grading: Advanced TV
Projects: meet deadlines, take your projects to the
next level, put forth the effort
Weekly Blog entries: on Schoology, well-thought
out, in-depth answers to the posts
Video 101 modules with on-line quizzes: on
Schoology, designed to take your skills to the next
level
Journal entries: weekly story starter journal entries

4. Projects: Marking Period 4
Six Stories/Six Unique Shots (100 points)
60-Second Silent Film Group (100 points)
Super Bowl Commercial (150 points)
PSA Competition Entry (150 points)
We Are Weiser Feature Package (150 points)
Script for Film Festival Submission (50 points)

5. Weekly Blog Posts: 10 pts.
Sign into Schoology
Get in the habit of checking every Monday
View materials and investigate chosen topic
Compile a well-thought out, in-depth response
and post it to the blog.
Then respond to classmates postings in a
respectful manner!

6. Video 101 Modules
Video 101 on-line film curriculum
Six on-line modules with accompanying quizzes
Designed to take your skills to the next level
while reviewing TV1 basics at the same time
Week One: Editing 101 (longest of all six)
View the entire module (link on Schoology) then
take the quiz on-line within Schoology

7. Journal Entries: 25 pts.
Using prompts from Screenwriting for Teens
Minimum of two per week (done in-class)
Preparation to write script for film festival
and the 10-day film competition in March.
Designed to give you an entire journal filled
with short film ideas from which to choose

8. Rules Overview:
Rules and expectations: pages 3-4
Further emphasis:
Sign out cameras EVERY time you use one
Everyone gets their own computer;
individual assignments comprise each
marking period

9. Additional classroom items:
The goal of Advanced TV is to provide you with the
opportunity to build your DVD portfolio, with a
diverse group of projects NOT just funny stuff!
You will not pass independent study television
production if you do not complete all the projects
each marking period
This is your chance to be creative, think outside the
box, and work hard!

10. Group Project: Silent Film
What is a focus statement?
Every story must have a concise and
specific focus statement. If you can’t
explain your story in one sentence, then
it’s probably too broad and general.
A good focus statement will help guide
everything you shoot.

11. Group Project: Silent Film
Everyone pick a number out of the jar.
You are in a group based on your number.
Sit together as a group.
One representative from each group pick
focus statement out of a hat.
You have the remaining part of the block to
brainstorm ideas and create shot list.