iMovie Project Guidelines

iMovie Project

Project Description

This iMovie project is designed to tap into your creative and technical skill. In reinterpreting the scene in the book and drafting a script to be filmed, edited, scored and, ultimately, screened by your peers, it is your task to choose a scene for its dramatic impact as well as its importance to the overall story. Avoid the temptation to choose a scene based on its vulgarities, i.e. a fight.


Advanced (4-5) Proficient (3) Basic (2) Below Basic (0-1)

The following describe what would need to be done to receive a score of 4 or 5

Script
Script accurately replicates the scene upon which it is based; Any additions (action and dialogue) to the scene are relevant and move the scene forward in a meaningful way; Narration is used only when action or dialogue can’t achieve same result; Script follows the format provided; On time; Cover page with original title and names of all group members; copy is emailed to me: lmullen@phila.k12.pa.us

Video
All shots on the storyboard or shot list appear on film; Film contains close-ups, medium shots, long shots and a variety of camera angles; Zooms in or out are smooth, not jerky; Film is smooth, not shaky;

Editing
Opening credits including original title; transitions used between shots in the scene; closing credits; no misspellings; voice-overs and narration are properly synched; volume is loud enough and maintains a consistent level

Score
An original score is created using Garage Band; The score reflects and enhances the mood of the action on the screen; Music is layered and instruments blend well together; any songs chosen must relate to the theme, main idea, or time period of your scene

Production
Producer communicates well with her team and with the teacher; Team pulls together; There is a clear plan of action; Time is used efficiently; All materials, props, copies of script are available when needed; Extras and actors know when they are needed and are ready to go;

WUP for Thursday, 5/1

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves. --Benjamin Disraeli

Vocab
susceptible (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
The trouble with being susceptible to flattery is that you can never be sure that the flatterer is sincere.
SYNONYMS: vulnerable
ANTONYMS: immune

Literary Term
HARLEM RENAISSANCE A cultural movement of the early 1920s led by African American artists, writers, musicians, and performers, located in Harlem. After World War I, vast numbers of African Americans migrated north and settled in the New York City neighborhood called Harlem. Important contributors to the Harlem Renaissance were the writers Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, the artists Jacob Lawrence and Aaron Douglas, and the performers Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker.

Usage

lie, lay The verb lie means “to rest” or “to stay, to recline, or to remain in a certain state or position.” Its principal parts are lie, lying, lay, and lain. Lie never takes an object. The verb lay means “to put [something] in a place.” Its principal parts are lay, laying, laid, and laid. Lay usually takes an object.

EXAMPLES

Their land lay in the shadow of Rainy Mountain. [no object]

Eduardo laid the strips of grilled meat on the tortilla. [Strips is the object of laid.]

WUP for Wednesday, 4/30

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain

Vocab
subservient (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
The officers were taught to be respectful of but not blindly subservient to their superior's wishes.

Literary Terms
FOIL A character who acts as a contrast to another character. In Maxine Hong Kingston’s “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Talk” (Collection 6), the quiet girl who takes refuge in her Chinese family is a foil for the narrator who is aggressively trying to fit into American society.

Usage

irregardless, regardless Irregardless is nonstandard. Use regardless instead.

EXAMPLE

Regardless [not irregardless] of the children’s pleas, their father said they had to go to bed.

WUP for Tuesday, 4/29

Anger and worry are the enemies of clear thought. --Madeleine Brent

Vocab
relegate (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Even if they relegate him to a mere clerical job, he is determined to make his presence felt.
SYNONYMS: demote

Literary Term
EPIC A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society. Epics in English include Beowulf (c. 700) and John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667).

Usage

kind of, sort of In formal situations, avoid using these terms for the adverb somewhat or rather.

INFORMAL	Roderick became kind of agitated.
FORMAL	Roderick became rather agitated.

Homework
Read and answer questions for chapter 25 and Epilogue

WUP for Monday, 4/28

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. --Robert Brault

Vocab
dissipate (v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
As chairman he is fair and open, but he dissipates his energies on trivial things.

Lit Term
DICTION A speaker’s or writer’s choice of words. Diction can be formal, informal, colloquial, full of slang, poetic, ornate, plain, abstract, concrete, and so on. Diction depends on the writer’s subject, purpose, and audience. Some words, for example, are suited to informal conversations but are inappropriate in a formal speech. Diction has a powerful effect on the tone of a piece of writing.

Usage

fewer, less Use fewer to modify a plural noun and less to modify a singular noun. Hint: If you can count them use fewer.

EXAMPLES

Later in life, Emily Dickinson entertained even fewer guests.

Later in life, Emily Dickinson spent less time entertaining guests.

Homework
Read and answer questions for chapters 23 &24