ACT Workshop

For those interested, from Ms. Padilla in the College Go! Center:

AHA College Go Center presents ACT summer workshops to help Atrisco Heritage Academy high school students interested in improving their ACT score. The workshops take place from 8am – 11am @ AHA. The three day workshop will take place on the following dates: Tuesday June 7th Wednesday June 8th Thursday June 9th * no cost for the ACT workshops

Topics Covered

• Review of each subject covered on the ACT
• Actual practice testing
• Test-taking strategies
• Information on how the ACT is scored
• Tips on achieving your target score

Students please sign up with Mrs. Padilla in the College Go Center (Main Office) or via email @padilla_ang@aps.edu. Sign up sheet will be available @ the College Go Center.

If you have questions or concerns please contact me @ 243-1458 ext.60134

Fellow Filmmakers

Check out work from DFP1 students on Ms. Kurland's website!

http://gallery.me.com/nkurland#gallery

Music Video due at end of class today (Fri. 5.20)!

When you've finished editing, adding credits, and you've proofed your video:

Step 1. Go to the "Share" menu in iMovie.

Step 2. Choose "Export using Quick Time".

Step 3. Name the project after your song, and save to the desktop. Don't change the settings.

Step 4. Wait. It will take at least 5 minutes to export your movie file to the desktop.

Step 5. Copy the movie file from the desktop to one of my portable hard drives.

That's it! Congratulations!

If you have extra time, you can compress the movie and put it on your phone, ipod or YouTube/Vimeo account. Enjoy!

Because you don't have enough to worry about....

I've made a list of students who paid their $10 Materials Fee for the course this year (thanks!). Everyone else will have a $10 Fine attached to their account, which will hold up grades, registration, and...eventually...graduation.

Remember, this fee barely covers repairs (like the busted tripods, camera chargers, and boom poles I've been finding), SD Cards (which you keep losing), batteries (which you've used up), DVD's (again, all you) and printing supplies (which you've used all year).

We don't receive any money from the school to pay for this stuff, so it's all sustained by fees. I dare say, after 9 months in the class, you've gotten your $10 worth. If you pay the fee by Monday, I won't turn in the fine on your account. Otherwise, it will be a hold on your records.

Thanks for your help in making sure we can continue to offer a quality experience to our students.

Final Exam Schedule

Drag the schedule to your desktop and open in Preview to view full size.

Editing Music Video

Today we'll spend class time editing your video.

Step 1:

Create a new Project in iMovie (standard format, no theme)

Step 2:

Import your song from iTunes into iMovie, and add to the Project.

Step 3:

Begin building your Music Video clip-by-clip, to match with the music.

Students will alternate editing every 10 minutes. One team member should be in charge of writing down full credits, checking spelling, and researching publishing info for your song.

The final Music Video is due at the end of class on Friday. Any student not participating in the editing process, or found to be off-task, will receive a Zero for the project.

Wrap shooting on Music Video

Monday 5/16 is the LAST class period we'll use to shoot your music video. If you wish to check out equipment to shoot elsewhere, it must be done on an overnight basis only, and returned the next morning. We'll edit on Wednesday, and you'll need to turn in your finished video on Friday as a Quick Time file.

Make sure you have all of the relevant info for your song credits (see original MV blog post for more info), as this constitutes part of your grade.

Happy shooting!

Storyboards Due Today!

You MUST submit your completed storyboard to Ms. Kurland before the end of class today, Friday May 6th. We started them in Celtx on Wednesday, and Ms. Kurland can help answer questions to complete them.

• Remember, you must LABEL each shot and type a description of the action happening in that scene, on EVERY SHOT.
• Your storyboard must have AT LEAST 12 SHOTS.
• You must use at least 8 DIFFERENT SHOT TYPES.
• Your team MUST work on the Storyboard TOGETHER---no team members on another computer, or goofing off. If Ms. Kurland writes your name down for any reason, your team gets a ZERO on the Storyboard, which you cannot make up.
• Make sure you print to the ".88" printer/ HP Color Laser Jet. Staple pages and label with team names, and place in my black basket.

We WILL begin filming on Monday. Be ready, or be penalized on your filming grade! If your team is not ready to film, you will receive a Zero for that day and be given BOOK WORK.