American Cinema Documentary

1. What event most likely led to the invention of widescreen for movies?

2. Which event led to many movie theater closings in the 1950's?

3. Which event effectively ended live production on television?

Create a background for Trojan News

Create two background slides for Trojan News. Email me the finished slide; sturgilljt@alleghany.k12.nc.us.

Basketball
Ladies Basketball
Wrestling

Photoshop Text Tutorials

Search the internet for three tutorials on adding text in Photoshop CS6. Search for tutorials you think we could use to add text to background slides for Trojan News. Post three links to the tutorials along with a review of each one.

Assignment for Tuesday, September 24

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Search the Internet for 5 FINAL CUT PRO tutorials. Write down the Internet link to these 5 tutorials. Provide a brief description of each one. Then, choose your favorite tutorial and write a paragraph that describes why this is your favorite tutorial. A paragraph is at least 3-5 sentences long.  

When you finish this, use Photoshop to create a background slide for Trojan News. You may choose any topic, but you must create at least one slide.

Interview Techniques

Check out the link below to learn more about interviewing for television.

http://www.mediacollege.com/journalism/interviews/


Answer the following questions.
1. IF you were planning an interview, what steps would you take to make sure you captured everything?
2. What is the difference between open ended and leading questions?
3. Describe three interview tips.

New Google Email Address

All students have been assigned an account with google mail. Student addresses are their student ID number with 10 digits (meaning if they only have 7 digits as most of our students do, they will need to start their address with 3 zeros, then their number@alleghanyhighschool.net. Your initial password is alleghany.

Background Slides for TN

Alleghany Farmers Market
Trojan Baseball
Camp Med

Background Slides for TN April 12

Alcohol Awareness
Baseball
Tennis

Background Slides Needed

Caribe Cuban Cafe Dance
Baseball Stands

Study Sheet for Documentary Quiz

1. Two types of documentaries: pre-scripted, made up in editing room.
2. A documentary is a factual film or video production.
3. Documentaries can be wedding videos, travel related or nature videos.
4. Define b-roll.
5. When writing a documentary, you should write in a conversational style, easily understandable and relate pictures to words.
6. Understand how the invention of television in the 1950's affected movies.
7. Understand relationship between music and narration in a documentary.
8. How would you produce a documentary?

Background Slides for next TN

Everyone needs to produce a background slide for each of the following:

FUNDRAISER (Alleghany County Rescue Squad)
POISON PREVENTION
DRAMA COMPETITION or RADICAL EXPLOSION (from Cornerstone Christian Church)

Background Slides for TN

We need the following background slides:

The Beta Shop
AHS Blood Drive
Wrestling

Assignment for Friday, March 1

Use photoshop to create a background slide for Trojan News. Create 1 for men's golf and 1 for baseball. Save the result and email it to me, sturgilljt@alleghany.k12.nc.us

Vote For Your Favorite Slide

Click on the link to vote. You may vote one time.

http://www.polleverywhere.com/tsturgill

Adding Titles in Final Cut Pro

Please read and study this link on adding titles in Final Cut Pro.

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/finalcut/titles/

Quiz Tomorrow (01-09-13)

Quiz tomorrow on the Trojan News Crew.