Materials

• Adobe Premiere
• GarageBand - use GarageBand to create your own background music and to use its copyright-free sound effects.
• Digital Images
• Headphones

Resources

• See Tutorial Videos below
• Documentation Files
  • AAVP: Silent Film Group Signup Form
  • Shot Log
  • Silent Film Notebook Template
  • Silent Film Team Rubric
  • Silent Film Contributions Evaluation and Questions
• Dafont.com - download free decorative fonts
• Audio Resources
• FreePlayMusic.com - Use this site to download royalty-free music for your videos

# of Participants

• This is a Group Assignment. You may work individually, or in groups of 2 to recieve credit.

Requirements:

• Video time must be 30 to 60 seconds.
• No dialogue except maybe one sentence. Can use a limited amount of captions instead(like silent films).
• May use music to set the mood and sound effects to tell the story. 
• Use camera angles and exaggerated acting to tell the story.
• Use non-verbal communication
• Create a storyboard and shot list to be included in a notebook.
• Complete in 2 class periods

Examples:

• Mr. Bean videos - 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0m_o2gxbsU
• Charlie Chaplin videos
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79i84xYelZI
• Jaws -
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxjwQ9g62Mo

Music is a powerful dramatic tool capable of greatly enhancing emotional response. Unless played at a sufficiently high volume to inflict actual pain on tender eardrums, music can only evoke a sense of terror. Except for perhaps rare cases in which a listener is predisposed by some traumatic experience to react to a specific piece of music in a particular way, music does not transmit terror itself. That's why it is usually enjoyable rather than unpleasant to hear the music of Halloween, Psycho and Jaws, to name just a few of the great horror film scores. The main musical themes of those movies strongly suggest but do not embody menace. 

Notebook:

Download the Silent Film Notebook Template here

To receive full credit for this assignment, complete all of the following:

1. Read all directions for this assignment, look at the Assignment Rubric, and view examples of Silent Films.
2. Complete the AVP: Silent Film Group Signup Form to declare a group number and let your instructor know who is teaming up. The Person that is #1 on the form is the Team Leader.
3. Download the Shot Log & Silent Film Notebook Template. Creat a Rough Draft before filmingl.
4. Plan equipment and schedule times needed for filming and recording. Record all needed footage.
5. Write your final draft Shot Log that includes an intro/story/conclusion, and edit video.
6. Render completed video and name it as 2a_group#_SilentFilm.mp4. Be sure the period and group number corresponds with your group information in the AVP: Silent Film Signup Form.
7. As a Team, complete the Silent Film Team Rubric.
8. Each Team member will complete their own Silent Film Contributions Evaluation and Questions and Turn in to Google Classroom. Be sure the period and your name corresponds with your information in the file name.
9. Each groups Team Leader will submit the rendered video, Final Silent Film Notebook Template and the completed Silent Film Team Rubric for the team, and his/her own Silent Film Contributions Evaluation and Questions to Google Classroom.

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Save as period_lastnamei_asssignmentname.mp4 (1a_group#_SilentFilm.mp4) in your 4-6wks folder and upload a copy to Google Classroom.

Print a copy of the completed Silent Film Notebook and turn it in to Mr. Coursey.

Be sure to check the rubric below to make sure that you get the best grade possible.

Download rubric here: 2A_Group#_SilentFilm-Rubric.xlsx

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