Iron Chef

One Minute Movie Reflection

One Minute Movie
Student Reflections
Please post the responses on your own blog

Pre-Production: (Before filming)
How did you come up with the idea for your movie?

What was one of your biggest Challenges during the writing process?

Did you write many versions of your script?


What was your biggest challenge during pre-production (before shooting your movie)?

Did you use your storyboard to plan your shots? Describe how this process helped.

Production: (During the filming)
What was a challenge that you had during filming of your movie?


What was something that struck you about filming a movie?

What is something that you might do differently next time if you had a chance to film again?

Post Production: (After the filming)
What was a challenge you had during editing your movie?
Did you have to rerecord some of your movie? If so why?

Did the movie come out according to the script?

Did the movie match the story board?

What challenge did you have finishing your movie?

What advice would you give to another young movie maker?

Transforming Your Classroom Into a Hollywood Studio

Transforming Your Classroom Into A Hollywood Studio

By Azul Terronez
February 27, 2009

High Tech Middle

INT. CLASSROOM-DAY

We are well on our way through the first phase of our project. The One Minute movie project will be done filming today....well that's what the schedule says but you know how filming goes. I was impressed with the students initial story brainstorms and scripts. They were surprised when I made them do several revisions for story and then again for format. Often writing teams had 5 drafts of their one or two page script. Students often take shortcuts when it comes to story boarding because they want to rush and film. The teams that took their time to storyboard each shoot had much better success. Not only in the amount of time it too to shoot, but staying true to the story. I think allowing each student to make a short film before we launch a larger project was a good idea. Students' talents and interest are being revealed.
The next phase of the movie project is editing and titling their one minute movies, which seems to be going well, but technology can always sneak up on you and steal away your work!!! Our deadline for completed films is next week, which will make it three weeks since we started the project. We will have a class film festival to screen the movies and nominations just like the academy awards for different categories.
We have written drafts of student biographies for the book and also began writing the roles of film production. Some of the writing is decent and will be used for the book. Others will be used to build the knowledge of film production.
I will need to assign different students teams to begin writing each chapter. For example, someone will write a chapter called, "Storyboard Art-Directing with a Pencil" I am still have to think of all of the catchy titles, I will have students do that.

Moral Courage Paintings

Moral Courage- Painting

Please post your picture of the person of moral courage that you will be writing about and painting on your blog.

Moral Courage- Design Your Own Homework

You are going to design your own homework assignment!!! Choose one of the topics below to create an assignment or mini-project that will be due next Wednesday. You can add to, change, or combine any of the ideas below. Be sure to write down your idea design and bring it into class on Thursday 10/23. You can have a partner but be sure to have enough work for two people to do. You should focus your ideas around the following areas; theme, character, or setting.

*Draw a character from the book be artistic!!!
*Make a 3-D model of a scene
*Take a scene of the book and write it into a script for a play.
*Write a letter as David to another character in the book
*create a Journal from one of the characters in the book
*create a podcast to express the voice of the Polish Jews during the time of the book
*Find a creative way to share some learning of either Polish, Yiddish, German, or Russian to the class
*Write a headline and article from a newspaper that might occur during the time period of the book.
*Create a map of David's travels
*Create a recipe book that relates to the book
*Make a chart showing how the Nazis mistreated the Jews in the book
*Create a slide show of pictures from the time period.
*Make a play list of music from the time period of the memoir.
*Create a movie that shows a scene from the book
*Make a scrapbook
*Create a comic book to retail the story
*Make a mosaic from a scene or character
*Perform a play or skit to display a scene or major event in the book

The Wave Reflection

Now that you have read the novel The Wave, you have an understanding of how people can be influence by the whole group and give up some of their individual thinking. Please respond to one of the below Essential Questions. Use the book, your own life or the lives of others to give examples to explain your reasoning. This post should be (200 words)

Essential Questions:
1. How does the need to belong and be accepted by others cloud our judgment and keep people from making good choices?
2. Why do people have a natural inclination to look for a leader?
3. Is it worth trading equality for freedom?

You can use the below format to form your response

*State the essential question as a statement

*Give three reason or examples of why this is what you mean or believe

*State a final or concluding statement

Have two people respond to your post. Comment on two people's blogs about their response to the essential questions.