About the Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition (Teens only):  http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/march21/contest.asp

• Full Copyright is… Copyright Basics Video
  Full Copyright is monitored by the non-profit organization, Copyright Central Center.
  
• How about Canadian Copyright?  Canadian voices on Copyright law.
• Creative Commons - the Free Copyrighted material.

How can I …

• … learn the basic rules for using media in my creation?
  Checkout Henricostaffdev.org Blog on Copyright
• … search for Free materials from Creative Commons Material and Public Domain?
  Use the search engines in the Copy Left? page.
• … search and buy Full Copyrighted material?
  Search on Copyright Clearance Centre.  Check out whether Alpha has the permission.

I want to become a Copyright guru…
… then, check out Lawrence Lessig’s page, the Standford expert and professor on Copyright law. Lessig revolutionized copyright law by founding Creative commons, Creative Science, etc – the less restricted copyright organization.

“Will Copyright Laws Stifle Creativity?” Check out Lessig’s talk.

hmm… I don’t like the Canadian Copyright Law…
… then, speak out.

Click the link to obtain the ProjectManagementPlan.

Video Project Rubric to Evaluate Multimedia Projects

1. Intro:  Camera Work Video
2. The Project’s Filming Criteria:
   • Make sure you plan to include all the shots in this worksheet:  Film Project Camera Worksheet.
3. State your filming location.
4. Filming  (Need to be back by 9:50am)
5. Debrief

3. Effective Storytelling:  (Quick Review)

• The Archetypes?  Hollywood Formula?
• The Plot Structure

4. From Scripting to Storyboarding:

• Sample Script: BeautyAndTheBeastScript_Sample vs. the real footage from DVD (Chapter 2 “Belle”):
  • How long is the script?
  • How many different scenes are there?
  • What type of “shots” (Close up, Long Shot, Medium Shot…)?
  • Movement of the characters?
  • How can you visualize the animated frames from script?
• What is Storyboarding?
  • Alternative YouTube Lesson:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yeI83fN6s
  • Example:  Deleted scene, “Prologue from Bedtime Story” from “Finding Nemo”.
  • More Examples:   http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddv6dtgc_114djjmgvhr&interval=10
  5. Work time

• 1)  Brainstorm an idea 2)  write a skeleton plot  3)  design the characters.     (Show it to Ms Mak before you begin the script & the storyboard)
• Write a skeleton script + Storyboarding (Plan for at least 4 scenes and 3 different shots per scene).
• The Video clip should be around 3 – 7 minutes.

Homework:

• Complete the script and the storyboard.

Book References: (Script/Character Design/ Storyboard Examples)

1. Beauty & the Beast Script – Second Draft, Linda Woolverton
2. The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith by J.W. Rinzler
3. Terminator Salvation – The official movie companion by Tara Benett
4. Behind the Mask of Spider-man by Mark Cotta Vaz
5. The Annotated Godfather The Complete Screenplay
6. Batman Begins: The Official Movie Guide.
7. The DaVinci Code: Illustrated Screenplay

1. Interview Video Presentation (around 20 min)
2. Forming your Production Team (around 5 min)

• Form a 3 – 5 members production team.
• Submit your group member names to Ms. Mak (tcm1@sfu.ca).

3. Research on the Stages of Film Production (around 15 min)

• Research group will meet up and find out about the five stages of film production.

• Each group can add their findings in the corresponding research document below:

• 1. The Story Development Stage
  2. The Preproduction Stage
  3. The Production Stage
  4. The Postproduction Stage
  5. The Distribution Stage

• Research online, through the reference books or the articles listed in the Sept 26, 2009 Class Blog.

4. Report  your research to your Production Team (Around 10 min)

• Summarize the research into a summary report for the whole group (Use the report template or other format approved by Ms. Mak)
• Some of you will need to report to more than one group.

5. Short Film – Intro to Story Development  (Around 10 min)

• Play one of the following short films + Plot analysis exercise (As a class)

1. Fantasia 2000 (One of the symphony)
2. Wallace & Gromit (A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave)
3. Finding Nemo (“Knick Knack”)
4. The Incredibles (“Jack Jack Attack” and “Boundin’”)
5. Toy Story 1 & 2 (“Tin Toy”, “Luxo Jr.”)
6. Monster, Inc (“For the Birds”, “Mike’s New Car”, “The Monster Inc. Company Play” and “For the Birds”)

6. Journal Entry: Do you think all of them are necessary for a film production?  Which stages will be sufficient for a low-budget home film production?

Homework:

• Analyze a video clip.  (Pick your personal favorite.  )
• Please email Ms. Mak @ tcm1@sfu.ca for video approval.
• You will be analyzing other aspects of the same clips, make sure you record or save your video clips so that you can watch it again.

Also, if you missed today’s class (Tuesday 9-29), please read The Early Years on the previous post and see me next class for the quiz.