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Period 6 My Access— final writing for the semester due by end of day Thursday

Casting Call for “This is Your Life”

A major Hollywood film production company has decided to make a movie out of your life and they have put you in charge of casting. Who would you pick to play your family and friends, and most importantly, you? Why would you choose these celebrities?

Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you describe which actors/actresses will play you and your closest family and friends in your motion picture and why you chose these particular celebrities.

As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:

  • develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates your controlling idea to the audience.
  • support your controlling idea with meaningful examples, reasons, and information based upon your research or readings.
  • organize your essay in a clear and logical manner, including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
  • use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
  • edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English

Please email your essay to me if you do not see the prompt on MyACCESS –mscott@ccusd93.org by Thursday 1159pm

per 4 My access — final writing due end of the day Thursday

Casting Call for “This is Your Life”

A major Hollywood film production company has decided to make a movie out of your life and they have put you in charge of casting. Who would you pick to play your family and friends, and most importantly, you? Why would you choose these celebrities?

Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you describe which actors/actresses will play you and your closest family and friends in your motion picture and why you chose these particular celebrities.

As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:

  • develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates your controlling idea to the audience.
  • support your controlling idea with meaningful examples, reasons, and information based upon your research or readings.
  • organize your essay in a clear and logical manner, including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
  • use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
  • edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English

Please email to me if you do not see the prompt on MyACCESS.

Period 3 — final my access writing for the semester —due by end of class Thursday

Casting Call for “This is Your Life”

A major Hollywood film production company has decided to make a movie out of your life and they have put you in charge of casting. Who would you pick to play your family and friends, and most importantly, you? Why would you choose these celebrities?

Write a multi-paragraph essay in which you describe which actors/actresses will play you and your closest family and friends in your motion picture and why you chose these particular celebrities.

As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:

  • develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates your controlling idea to the audience.
  • support your controlling idea with meaningful examples, reasons, and information based upon your research or readings.
  • organize your essay in a clear and logical manner, including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
  • use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
  • edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English

Please email to me if you do not see the prompt on MyACCESS.

Study Guide Period 6 — USE YOUR NOTES TO LOOK UP THE ANSWERS.

  • The Lumiere brothers created the Cinematographe.
  1. true
  2. false
  • The first Western ever created was called what?

    1. The Magnificent Seven
    2. The Kid
    3. The Great Train Robbery
  • This was also the first movie to use _______ and ________. What were they?
    1. Special effects and panning
    2. Close ups and special effects
    3. Panning and closeups
    4. Wide angles and panning

      What was the name of the movie that starred Charlie Chaplin?

  • Which movie was known for starring Robert Shaw?
  • Edwin Porter was known for directing which famous movie in 1903?
    1. The Kid
    2. The Godfather
    3. The Great Train Robbery
    4. The Karate Kid
  • The zoetrope is known for be able to do what?
    1. It’s a machine that shot pictures, printed them, and projected them.
    2. Created illusion with movement
    3. Created birds out of thin air, helping magicians for many years to come.
  • What French inventor is known for creating the first photographic images?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • What French inventor was known for creating clear sharp images on silver copperplate?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • 1884, George Eastman developed what?
    1. The Zoetrope
    2. The kinetoscope
    3. The Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of Vision
  • What is the Persistence of Vision?
  • Louis and Auguste Lumiere are known as the inventor of the:
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • This device worked on the flick book principle containing a sequence of photographs arranged around the perimeter of a circular device with a crank.
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • Eadwerd Muybridge is best known for doing what?
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of vision discovery
    5. Built Disneyland out of legos
  • George Meiles filmed what movie in 1902?
    1. Great Train Robbery
    2. The Trip to the Moon
    3. The Kid
    4. Metropolis
  • What style of shot was George Meiles best known for?
    1. Fade in/fade out
    2. Documentary features
    3. Far off stationary camera with POV
  • Audiences flock to the Nickelodeons’ due to its low price
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Establishing Shot: Mainly used in a new location to give the audience a sense of locality.
  2. Centered shot: Subject is placed dead center in the shot.
  • Rule of Thirds: Subject is placed on one of the imaginary lines that divides the shot into thirds. Can be vertical and/or horizontal.
  • Wide angle: A shot that captures as much of the scene as possible, camera is set back far from the subject or landscape.
  • Medium shot: a medium shot, where you frame your shot and subject from the waist up.
  • Close up: Shows the subject up close, maybe frame just the face of the subject. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Extreme close up: Shows a specific part of the face such as just the eyes or mouth. Often used to show tension. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Headroom: Leave room above the subject’s head.
  • Nose room: Leave room in front of the subjects nose by positioning them to one side of the frame.
  • Lead room: This is used when your subject is moving. Keep your shot ahead of the subject by providing space in front of the subject.
  • Pan (slow & smooth): Horizontal camera movement, can be used to scan the horizon or to keep up with a moving subject.
  • High Angle Shot: When the camera is located high, can make subject look vulnerable and powerless.
  • Low Angle Shot: A camera positioned low on the vertical axis, often at knee height, looking up.
  • Point of View Shot: (2 shots) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character’s reaction
  • Adobe Premier shortcuts
    1. Command M = export media
    2. To speed footage up, what do you click on ?

Period 4 Study guide – use your powerpoint notes to look up the answers

  • The Lumiere brothers created the Cinematographe.
  1. true
  2. false
  • The first Western ever created was called what?
    1. The Magnificent Seven
    2. The Kid
    3. The Great Train Robbery
  • This was also the first movie to use _______ and ________. What were they?
    1. Special effects and panning
    2. Close ups and special effects
    3. Panning and closeups
    4. Wide angles and panning
  • What was the name of the movie that starred Charlie Chaplin?
  • Which movie was known for starring Robert Shaw?
  • Edwin Porter was known for directing which famous movie in 1903?
    1. The Kid
    2. The Godfather
    3. The Great Train Robbery
    4. The Karate Kid
  • The zoetrope is known for be able to do what?
    1. It’s a machine that shot pictures, printed them, and projected them.
    2. Created illusion with movement
    3. Created birds out of thin air, helping magicians for many years to come.
  • What French inventor is known for creating the first photographic images?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • What French inventor was known for creating clear sharp images on silver copperplate?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • 1884, George Eastman developed what?
    1. The Zoetrope
    2. The kinetoscope
    3. The Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of Vision
  • What is the Persistence of Vision?
  • Louis and Auguste Lumiere are known as the inventor of the:
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • This device worked on the flick book principle containing a sequence of photographs arranged around the perimeter of a circular device with a crank.
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • Eadwerd Muybridge is best known for doing what?
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of vision discovery
    5. Built Disneyland out of legos
  • George Meiles filmed what movie in 1902?
    1. Great Train Robbery
    2. The Trip to the Moon
    3. The Kid
    4. Metropolis
  • What style of shot was George Meiles best known for?
    1. Fade in/fade out
    2. Documentary features
    3. Far off stationary camera with POV
  • Audiences flock to the Nickelodeons’ due to its low price
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Establishing Shot: Mainly used in a new location to give the audience a sense of locality.
  2. Centered shot: Subject is placed dead center in the shot.
  • Rule of Thirds: Subject is placed on one of the imaginary lines that divides the shot into thirds. Can be vertical and/or horizontal.
  • Wide angle: A shot that captures as much of the scene as possible, camera is set back far from the subject or landscape.
  • Medium shot: a medium shot, where you frame your shot and subject from the waist up.
  • Close up: Shows the subject up close, maybe frame just the face of the subject. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Extreme close up: Shows a specific part of the face such as just the eyes or mouth. Often used to show tension. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Headroom: Leave room above the subject’s head.
  • Nose room: Leave room in front of the subjects nose by positioning them to one side of the frame.
  • Lead room: This is used when your subject is moving. Keep your shot ahead of the subject by providing space in front of the subject.
  • Pan (slow & smooth): Horizontal camera movement, can be used to scan the horizon or to keep up with a moving subject.
  • High Angle Shot: When the camera is located high, can make subject look vulnerable and powerless.
  • Low Angle Shot: A camera positioned low on the vertical axis, often at knee height, looking up.
  • Point of View Shot: (2 shots) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character’s reaction
  • Adobe Premier shortcuts
    1. Command M = export media
    2. To speed footage up, what do you click on ?

STUDY GUIDE -= PERIOD 3 WRITTENFINAL — WEDNESDAY

  • The Lumiere brothers created the Cinematographe.
  1. true
  2. false
  • The first Western ever created was called what?
    1. The Magnificent Seven
    2. The Kid
    3. The Great Train Robbery
  • This was also the first movie to use _______ and ________. What were they?
    1. Special effects and panning
    2. Close ups and special effects
    3. Panning and closeups
    4. Wide angles and panning
  • What was the name of the movie that starred Charlie Chaplin?
  • Which movie was known for starring Grace Kelly?
  • Edwin Porter was known for directing which famous movie in 1903?
    1. The Kid
    2. The Godfather
    3. The Great Train Robbery
    4. The Karate Kid
  • The zoetrope is known for be able to do what?
    1. It’s a machine that shot pictures, printed them, and projected them.
    2. Created illusion with movement
    3. Created birds out of thin air, helping magicians for many years to come.
  • What French inventor is known for creating the first photographic images?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • What French inventor was known for creating clear sharp images on silver copperplate?
    1. Eadwared Muybridge
    2. Nicephore Niepce
    3. Louis Daguerre
  • 1884, George Eastman developed what?
    1. The Zoetrope
    2. The kinetoscope
    3. The Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of Vision
  • What is the Persistence of Vision?
  • Louis and Auguste Lumiere are known as the inventor of the:
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • This device worked on the flick book principle containing a sequence of photographs arranged around the perimeter of a circular device with a crank.
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
  • Eadwerd Muybridge is best known for doing what?
    1. Zoetrope
    2. Kinetograph
    3. Cinematographe
    4. Persistence of vision discovery
    5. Built Disneyland out of legos
  • George Meiles filmed what movie in 1902?
    1. Great Train Robbery
    2. The Trip to the Moon
    3. The Kid
    4. Metropolis
  • What style of shot was George Meiles best known for?
    1. Fade in/fade out
    2. Documentary features
    3. Far off stationary camera with POV
  • Audiences flock to the Nickelodeons’ due to its low price
    1. True
    2. False
  1. Establishing Shot: Mainly used in a new location to give the audience a sense of locality.
  2. Centered shot: Subject is placed dead center in the shot.
  • Rule of Thirds: Subject is placed on one of the imaginary lines that divides the shot into thirds. Can be vertical and/or horizontal.
  • Wide angle: A shot that captures as much of the scene as possible, camera is set back far from the subject or landscape.
  • Medium shot: a medium shot, where you frame your shot and subject from the waist up.
  • Close up: Shows the subject up close, maybe frame just the face of the subject. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Extreme close up: Shows a specific part of the face such as just the eyes or mouth. Often used to show tension. *Get camera physically closer to your subject instead of zooming.
  • Headroom: Leave room above the subject’s head.
  • Nose room: Leave room in front of the subjects nose by positioning them to one side of the frame.
  • Lead room: This is used when your subject is moving. Keep your shot ahead of the subject by providing space in front of the subject.
  • Pan (slow & smooth): Horizontal camera movement, can be used to scan the horizon or to keep up with a moving subject.
  • High Angle Shot: When the camera is located high, can make subject look vulnerable and powerless.
  • Low Angle Shot: A camera positioned low on the vertical axis, often at knee height, looking up.
  • Point of View Shot: (2 shots) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character’s reaction
  • Adobe Premier shortcuts
    1. Command M = export media
    2. To speed footage up, what do you click on ?

thursday decem 11 digital journalism Andy Warhol –

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Andy Warhol was known as a creative pop art “artist”.

Do some research and List  7 things you can find about Andy Warhol that are “interesting facts”.

some search queries that might help you — andy warhol money, andy warhol paintings, andy warhol pop art, andy warhol campbell soup,

List the 7 here as a comment and make sure you put your first and last name at the start of your blog post!

At the bottom of your post please list your source.

DO NOT HIT PUBLISH/POST/SUBMIT etc until I tell you too…I don’t want everyone “warholing of each other”…anotherwords, using each others info. If you do post before I say to, I will delete your post and you will get a 0 for the day. 🙂

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/or/warhol-pop-art-silkscreen.html  

Digital Journalism Period 1 — Tuesday December 9th -_REVIEW

This marks the third week of Photoshop.

You should be able to do the following with ease:

a) Open files or drag files into the canvas.

b) choose the tool needed to best complete the job

c) create text and use blending options to enhance it.

d)  Switch between tools when needed and know why your switching tools.

e) tool shortcuts ( type/text, marquee, lasso, move, zoom, shapes)

f) commands (cmd x-cut, cmd c-copy, cmd z -undo , cmd option z –step backward)

g) explain the process of putting a picture into text ( visualize it)

create text needed

have image on screen needed

select proper image layer so its highlighted

(cmd click on the thumbnail= creates dotted ants)

switch to text layer

click on wand tool

click in text layer of letter

edit-paste special-paste into

switch immediately back to move tool.

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  • Subjective Reporting: based on opinion – when the writers
    opinions can bias the result.
  • Objective Reporting: based on fact; when the writer’s
    states the facts with no bias
  • The elements of news
    1. Rarity – How odd, different or unusual the event or situation is.
    2. Emotion – A story that has an effect on the reader’s emotions.
    3. Impact – How many people are affected by the event or situation
    4. Proximity – Closeness, either related to geographic reasons or relational.
    5. Action – Showing that something is happening, changing or moving.
    6. Prominence – The importance of the main people in the story, how well known.
    7. Timeliness – How recent was the event or situation?
    8. Change – An event or situation that displays progress for the betterment of mankind.
  • Gutenberg/William Caxton- movable type/printing press
  • Benjamin Harris – Publick Occurences – shut down 1 issue – 9/26/1690
  • Colonial newspapers were out of date – 4 stories (subjects—weather/gov’t/foreign affairs/disasters) inaccuracies were common.
  • James Franklin, brother of Ben, –created New England Courant – 1721
  • Peter Zenger, charged with sedition- criticized colonial authorities—tried for “libel” vs British Gov’t and lost his printing press(burned down). Found innocent at trial – paved the way for independent press/reporters.
  • Telegraph – sped up reporting of news. Forced creation of
    “Inverted Pyramid “(put facts at start of story)
  • First female reporter – Emily Bettey – New York Sun.
  • First full time fashion editor –1880—Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd.
  • Pulitzer – new york world
  • Hearst- San Francisco Examiner/New York Morning Journal
  • Both known for sensationalism —act of scandalous/outrageous news to get people to buy the news.
  • . Yellow Journalism – distorted stories/misleading images for purpose of boosting sales and influencing public opinion
  • Muckrakers – seek/expose misconduct of prominent people/high profile organizations. Began in late 1800s, early 1900s. Examples are Nellie Bly and Upton Sinclair.
    1. Upton Sinclair – wrote The Jungle (meat packing industry expose’)
    2. Influenced Pres Roosevelt to establish FDA, new federal inspection standards.
  • George Seldes – newspaperman for 80 years. Well respected foreign correspondent.
  • 5 w’s/h
    1. primary source
    2. secondary source
    3. stakeholders
    4. lead
    5. nut graf
    6. transitions
    7. Associated Press
  • Photoshop
    1. Cut
    2. Paste
    3. Undo
    4. Step backward
    5. Copy
    6. Resize/transform
    7. New document
    8. Save
      1. Tool shortcuts
        1. Text = t
        2. Move = v
        3. Marquee selection = m
        4. Lasso = L
        5. Shapes = u
        6. Crop = c
        7. Wand = w
        8. Shift + letter = rotate through letters
        9. Zoom = z