Do Not Disturb: Locally Made!

Do Not Disturb

Created by Brian Lucero (one of our Substitute Teachers, but actually a Producer and Actor!!). Mr. Lucero's going to come speak to our class soon, and is looking for extras and crew for his latest production!

Grades are Due, and YOU are Busy!

Friday:

Check SnapGrades. Panic.

Take GarageBand Re-test and do much better. Reduce panic.

Zombie Kids see me to apply extra credit to your grade.

Director's Chair presentations--make-up from last 2 weeks, plus this week.

DEMO:

Speeding up clips in Final Cut.

Speed up your clips in Final Cut and save. Don't forget to add Titles and Credits!

If time allows, I'll demo how to export your film from FCE to Garage Band.

Next week, we'll build a final project in GB with Video and Audio, and upload to the AHA Vimeo Channel. You'll be graded on several steps, including matching Video and Audio length, appropriateness of Film/Music match, and accurate compression settings for upload. We'll screen the finished projects as a class. Final uploaded projects are worth 100 points. See grading rubric for complete scoring info.

Location Scout comes to town!

Actually, Cindy McCrossen, Wednesday's presenter, is a local Albuquerquean who's been working here for many years, and is a location scout for the NM Film Industry. The Film Academy brought a total of over 275 students to the presentations, where students heard about industry jobs, necessary skills for the film and media workforce, and what's involved in a production and in location scouting/management. Our thanks to Ms. McCrossen for sharing her knowledge and expertise!

No Tricks---Your Grade is No Treat!

Have you checked your grades?

Here's some depressing news: OVER 50% of students failed the Garage Band Post-Test.

What does this mean? One of two things, as far as I can tell:

1. People didn't take the test seriously.

2. Ms. T didn't spend enough time discussing/demonstrating the GB interface.

Perhaps it's a bit of both....Either way, I think we'd better revisit the GB interface and take this test again (everyone who scored an 8 or lower). You'll retain the highest of your two test grades. We'll do this as you edit this week. Everyone should have their interface map handy for review.

Oh, and hey---many of you never submitted your song for a grade. That's a pretty heavy Zero.

Why is all of this important??? Because it's time for your 2nd 6 week report card!!!