Movie+Project

=Rubric and Resources for Movie Project: DUE DATE: POSTED ON NING, MONDAY, DEC. 3, 8 a.m.=

(Late submissions will score a maximum 80%)

Some options to make a multmedia slideshow:
Macs don't need it b/c they have GarageBand) || x || x || Here is a weak example of a me flying in my Second Life avatar. Do a YouTube search for "Second Life" and I'm sure you'll find much, much better. There are some amazingly creative people in SL. If you've never heard of it, you need to start reading current events. Harvard has a campus in SL, and so does Stanford. HSBC banks there. Do you live in the 21st c. still? Anyway, if you choose to make a movie of SL, change the capture/frame-rate settings, because my example below is way too slow. (Be sure to WATCH ME FLY for the last 30 seconds or so. And see if you can design an avatar with wings?) media type="google" key="6620707482297074339&hl=en" width="400" height="326" Here's another example I just found by somebody else. (Next year, when I have a 1:1 class, I'm going to make the classroom live in Second Life.) media type="youtube" key="9BFBpCrvr2Y&rel=1" height="355" width="425"
 * Tool || Mac || Windows ||
 * iMovie || x ||  ||
 * GarageBand || x ||  ||
 * [|Splashcast] (web-based) || x || x ||
 * [|VoiceThread] (web-based) || x || x ||
 * Windows MovieMaker ||  || x ||
 * [|Second Life] (free download) || x || x ||
 * [|Audacity] (free download audio editor for PC's.

=How You'll Be Graded=


 * Quality of Your Reading:**

Percentage of Grade: 40% individual grade + 10% whole group (that means coach each other in rehearsals) = 50% of grade Required Length: 30-40 lines minimum per person (these can be in chunks if you're playing parts in dialogue) Skills:
 * Emphasis in lines makes them make sense
 * Expression brings out the rhythm of Milton's blank verse
 * Pace slows up and speeds down to enhance the meaning
 * Pauses where they give life - (and you can put them anywhere you want, regardless of punctuation)
 * Words are correctly pronounced (search Google for an online dictionary that has audio pronunciation feature)

Percentage of Grade: 35 Required Length: as long as it needs to be. Skills:
 * Quality of Your Presentation: Graphic:**
 * Images are not copyrighted: use images in Public Domain (original illustrations from history are in Public Domain - Many HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS of Paradise Lost are linked [|here], by book. and also in the [|Chapter Outlines] already linked to above.), [|Creative Commons Search] (use Flickr option), MyStockPhoto, [|Archive.org], search for other archives. Many Michelangelo/Sistine Chapel ceiling images on Flickr and elsewhere. Do a Google search with these keywords: **public domain classical art** - lots of good-looking hits.
 * Use of your own artwork is created, if it has quality!
 * For you Sims types, [|Second Life] (free download) allows creation of incredible avatars that can fly and more. You can make movies and/or still images of your creations in Second Life, save them as movie or JPEG files, and import them into your project. THAT will be hugely impressive. (But be careful about time - and test the movie quality. Maybe not good enough?)
 * Images are timed to match the scene. Ken Burns effect (zooming in our out of still images) is not mandatory, but if you have iMovie, here's how it works:
 * media type="google" key="8374889367865940263&hl=en" width="400" height="326"
 * Transitions are natural, not showy. (Good editing is invisible, not flashy.) Dissolves, fades, and simple quick-cuts are best.
 * Text: You do NOT have to include any text at all. You can do so if you think it will improve your product. See my own attempts with scrolling text, still text, and no text, for examples of strengths and weaknesses. (You can also use occasional snippets of some really cool lines or phrases you like for emphasis. YOU get creative and do your job by making the choices YOU think best.)
 * Titles: Follow this format (for continuity between your projects)
 * Opening:
 * "Milton's Advent'rous Song"
 * Paradise Lost
 * Book: Lines # - #
 * Your own "teaser" tagline (Ex.: "Like a prowling wolf..." or "Satan's dark night of the soul" - a catchy phrase communicating the main idea of your section)
 * Closing credits:
 * Names of readers/lines read by each
 * Image and audio credits (name and link)
 * License your work "Creative Commons 3.0 License: Attribution, Share-Alike, Non-Commercial"

Percentage of Grade: 15% Skills:
 * Quality of Presentation: Audio**
 * Volume:
 * All readers are at the same volume when you listen
 * Volume is loud enough to hear clearly, but does not crackle or bleed because it's too high when recording
 * Music:
 * **No copyrighted music is used in your soundtrack** (see [|Museopen] for classical music, [|Archives.org] for all sorts of music, [|freesoundproject] for sound effects).
 * Volume is not so loud that it drowns out voice.
 * If your software allows it (iMovie does; not sure about Windows MovieMaker), soundtrack fades in and out skillfully.

EACH PERSON NEEDS TO LIST WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROJECT ON THIS DISCUSSION PAGE: IMAGES, AUDIO, IDEAS, EDITING, TIME SPENT, CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED, SOLUTIONS FOUND.