Mr. Galanaugh's Film and TV Production

"Work for the Week"

Click on the week for the assignment:

FIRST QUARTER:

 WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN  (ALT)*

Second Quarter:

 WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN  Regents Week (ALT)*

WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE (ALT)*

 WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN  (ALT)*

Accommodation for Special Education or Students who legitimately do not have access to the media under study:

      Alternative assignments (signified by an "Alt" in the work for the week) are only provided for students who legitimately do not have access to the media under study or through direct collaboration with resource teachers: they will be accepted in lieu of other work only when a student, parent, or resource teacher has arranged the substitution with the instructor prior to the due date.

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WEEK ONE

3rd           FRIDAY

 Home Work: Complete the "Parent and Guardian Information Sheet"

Project:  Create a story board for a "sales pitch" to the class. Describe the product or service you chose to advertise to the class and compare it with at least one other of the same type. Your presentation must be made without notes (although you may use visual aids - overheads or posters) and it must last between one and two minutes due Tuesday, October Twelfth.

Project:  Create a storyboard for a "sales pitch" to the class. Describe the product or service you chose to advertise to the class and compare it with at least one other of the same type. Your presentation must be made without notes (although you may use visual aids - overheads or posters) and it must last between one and two minutes due Thursday, October 14th (additional time provided as a result of emergency dismissal).

Young Frankenstein  is Mel Brooks sequel to Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851).  Compare Young Frankenstein  with the myth of Prometheus in a Venn Diagram.  Then answer "Is the message of setting limits to the boundaries of scientific advancement applicable to our world today?"  Identify three examples from the movie in your response of three paragraphs minimum for Monday.

Happy Haloween!

Be Prepared for a notebook test next week in compliance with the following directions:

Each Student must have a separate three ring English notebook with the following sections organized to allow you (and them) to easily follow our progress:

1. A “Work for the Week” curriculum section— on the first day of every week I post the work for that week detailing a daily summary of class work and homework you can review. 
2. A Spelling and Vocabulary Section—includes spelling and vocabulary designed to prepare the student for standardized tests (SAT, ASVAB, ATC, etc.)  as well as college preparation.
3. A literature or media section—includes notes and criticism of literature and texts we study as part of our class.
4. A Test and Quiz Section—includes review material, and a record of all tests and quizzes.
5. A Grammar and Composition Section—this section has to do with your child’s ability to write correctly and with style (the key currency of the universities as well as Regent’s Exams).

No 3 ring binder = 0         No organized sections= F      No kidding.

Answer the following questions in detail and turn in your answers Monday:

Who did Scarlett really love, Ashley Wilkes or Rhett Butler?

Why did Scarlett want to love Wilkes rather than Butler?

Is it fair to have expected southerners who grew up with slavery in a society in which slavery was tolerated to realize how wrong it was and to do something about it?

Some consider Mammy and Melanie to be female role models. Do you agree?

Why isn't Scarlett considered a female role model?

SNOW DAY!

ASSIGNMENTS                 *******Review for State Exams********

Through the examination of technological advances (Computer Presentations and the Internet) and in consideration of the history of media, we will examine the skills needed in the coming decades for the production of media.

Major Projects: Computer/Technology Integrated Projects (as approved by instructor)

This quarter you will be creating a website to support your final Branding Project due in the Fourth Quarter (see curriculum);

Today-- #1 In your notes, Use Google to research and identify the following terms:

Target Audience; HTML; Branding; Voluntary Movie Rating System; TV Parental Guidelines; V-Chip;

#2 Visit the following Websites

MGM; Warner Bros.; Paramount; Fox; Universal; IFP: TBS; Disney

What do you predict (generalize) are the skills needed in the coming decades for the production of media?
 

 If you have a video camera available to you for the remainder of the school year, you may choose to create a project this quarter which will tie into the final project.  You may work in groups or alone, if you work in a group you will all be graded together as well as your ability to cooperate in order to determine your final grade.  You must identify the members of your group to me before you begin your project.  For the major project this quarter, you will be retelling a story with a moral lesson "appropriate for a target audience of 10-12 year olds" with a storyboard 33%, and a minimum of one completed sock puppet 33%, and a web page to support your story 33%: the final project for the final quarter will be the filming and grading of the story according to the  "Story Board" presented this quarter.

 If you do not have access to a video camera we will have a stationary camera available for in class shooting --- according to a strict schedule ---  in the last quarter. 

This is a production class.  If you miss a day be prepared to not receive credit or additional time.  No, don't ask.  H.W. Bring a sock.  All projects are due Monday April 4, 2005

Notebook Test the week we return:

AS YOU KNOW: Each Student must have a separate 3 ring English notebook with the following sections organized to allow you (and them) to easily follow our progress:

 The Notebook is 20% of your final grade for the quarter

1. A “Work for the Week” curriculum section— on the first day of every week I post the work for that week detailing a daily summary of class work and homework you can review. 
2. A Spelling and Vocabulary Section—includes spelling and vocabulary designed to prepare the student for standardized tests (SAT, ASVAB, ATC, etc.)  as well as college preparation.
3. A literature or media section—includes notes and criticism of literature and texts we study as part of our class.
4. A Test and Quiz Section—includes review material, and a record of all tests and quizzes.
5. A Grammar and Composition Section—this section has to do with your child’s ability to write correctly and with style (the key currency of the universities as well as Regent’s Exams).

 No 3 ring binder = 0         No organized sections= F         No kidding.

Open Notebook Final Exam based incorporating all four quarters work.

Work on your Projects together: today all groups become final the director of each group must give me a list of the people they have "hired" to work in their group.  If you are not in a group as of this date, you are working on your own and you must give me the title of the story you plan to tell-- in writing.  Some stories have already been taken-- see me if you're not sure.

 8 more days to work in class

HW: Notebook Test the week we return, be sure to have your notebooks updated; sock puppets should be completed.

Schools are closed next week for Mid-Winter Recess

Catch up on any work that is owed!!!

DELAY  Periods 1,2,9 did not meet for instruction.

Logan’s Run is currently being remade and is due for release in 2007.

Define the following terms:

Ageism
Euthanasia
Sandman
Competition for Limited Resources
The Aging of America
Social Security


Consider the following questions in paragraph format in your notebook and turn them in Friday:

1) What changes would make the movie appeal to the modern audience besides updating the 70’s look?

2) What might a video game based on this movie look like?

3) In what way is the Social Security issue related to this vision of the 23rd century?

4) What is a young person’s responsibility to older people?

5) As Earth Day is near, is hiding inside a dome an answer to ecological problems?  What type of people would choose to ignore environmental problems?
 

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Turn in definitions and notes:

Spring Recess Next Week! catch up on work before interims!

Replicant-- 1) What is the difference between a Replicant and a Human?

Dystopia-- 2) Is the vision of this future essentially the same as that presented in Logan's Run?

Retirement-- 3) Why is it so important to Decker to point out he has never killed anybody?

Off-World-- 4) What is the roll of nature in the world of the future?

Frankenstein's Monster-- 5) As we have studied Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, what similarities are presented in this film?

Genetically Engineered Humans-- 6) If you were a Replicant, what would you have done and why?

Frankenstein's Monster is an allegory for Media and Technology in modern society. 

Use movies we have seen this year to support your answers (review your notes/work for the week). 

You may wish to view the following links for ideas--  HERE HERE HERE HERE  

For a better grade use quotations from on-line research cited properly.  Rough Draft is Due Friday 13, 2005 & the Final Essay is Due Friday May 20 (We will return to the computer lab Monday 5/16 so you can complete your final draft).

Turn in your notes for this week:  Filming:  directors see me for technical needs. 0 weeks until projects are due. View: The Corporation

SATURDAY JUNE 25, 2005 IS GRADUATION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Best of luck to the class of 2005!