Let's Start Your Viewing Blogs

All Classes

Now that you have a shiny brand new LAUSD email account, let's get you started on YOUR Viewing Blogs.

First, if you lose your Acceptable Use Policy forms, you can download it here:

English

Other Languages

Just turn in page 3 & 4 of the form.

Second, before writing anything, and to avoid looking... well, not so smart, here are some links that will help improve your writing immediately. Although there is some pretty neat stuff at the Reference Guides at kids.lausd.net, I like the following guides so much more.

10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

How To Use An Apostrophe

Now, here is an example of my Viewing Blog that I will keep along with you.

Then, head over to tumblr.com to start your Viewing Blog. You need only put in your new email address, a password of your own, and your mymail username to sign up.

Make sure you put your full name in the title of the blog, (i.e., "Jane Smith's Viewing Blog")

Finally, your first entry should be a brief synopsis of On the Waterfront and a detailed account of any cinematic techniques you noticed in the film as well as a few sentences on your opinion of the film.

- A. Manriquez

Wrapping Cable

Periods 1-3

If you happen to forget our lesson on wrapping cable, here is a link that should help remind you how to wrap cable using the "over/under" method. It's a YouTube video, so you'll have to watch it at home. There are plenty of videos on the subject. This one was the shortest and most straight forward. Enjoy!

- A. Manriquez

Per. 1, 2, & 3: Final Quizzes

Periods 1, 2 & 3

Click here for the Shooting Shouting Slideshow

Additional study material:

Bound for Glory

Haskell Wexler

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Film Crew Positions

Periods 1, 2, & 3

Click here for a link to the Film Crew Positions slideshow.

For your notes, continue to research the details of the different jobs that are shown on the Art Department slide.

You can visit the Film Crew page at Wikipedia for a start.

- A. Manriquez

Final Cut Pro 7 Free Tutorial

Periods 1-3

If you want to get a head start on this weeks Final Cut Pro basics lesson, take a look at some of these tutorial videos:

Final Cut Studio Training - Lynda.com

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Foshay Project

5th Period

Here are the links of the video examples for this Tuesday's shoot:

Integrated Curriculum - ConnectEd

Digital Youth Portrait: Dylan - Edutopia

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Assignment Inbox

All Periods

To make sure that your assignments don't clutter up my email inbox, I'm offering up another option for you to turn in your work. It still has to be in PDF format, but now you don't have to worry about your email getting lost or having to bring the file in on a flash drive.

Go to this link: My MobileMe iDisk Public Folder

Click on INBOX, then on the upload button, then just select your file. That's it. I'll get it.

- A. Manriquez

Graded Assignments

All Periods

From now on, all graded assignments can be viewed at the bottom of the blog in a widget identical to this:

If you cannot see the widget, visit this link.

- A. Manriquez

Zamzar - Free online file conversion

Hey kids,

If you look to the right, underneath "Useful Links," you will see that I added a link to a website called Zamzar. There you can convert your work into PDF files for free. Sometimes it takes a while to get your files back, so don't do any conversions last minute. This link is especially helpful for converting wps files that cannot be opened anywhere in the school.

- A. Manriquez

More Terms

All Periods

Here are more filmmaking terms that you must know:

Take

Master Shot

Single Shot

Setup

Oblique/Dutch Angle

Static/Locked-Off

Loose/Tight