Minnesota Transitions Curriculum Mapping
Intro
to Video, Grades 9-12
18 weeks = 3 nine week quarters
Teacher Trey Wodele
Month
Content
Skills
L. Arts Standards
Assessment
Unit 1
Into to Video and Film
Objectives/Assignments
-film vs. video
-essential vocabulary
-collaboration in film
-Screenwriting is a
-Collaborative Art podcast
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
- essential skills: main idea, supporting details
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10,
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-practice worksheet
-essential skills
assessment
-unit test
-web discussion
Unit 2
Constructing a Commercial
Objectives/Assignments
-Selling Laughs...
-commercial formula
-SNL parody commercial
examples
-MTS Video Arts students
commercial parodies
-outlining a project
-reading comprehension
-essential skills: main idea, supporting details
-Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge and comprehension,
application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation
-organization
-peer evaluation
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-differentiated
assessment (essential skills/constructed response)
-parody submission form
-web discussion (peer review)
-video project
Unit 3
Camera Basics
Objectives/Assignments
Camera Basics I
-resolution, light, mounts, pan heads, bean bags,
wireless modules
Camera Basics II
-camera moves, studio mounts, more mounts, jibs, tracks,
'copters
Study Notes
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-commercial project progress
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-interactive crossword
-final quiz
-web discussion
Unit 4
The Pitch
Objectives/Assignments
The Pitch Wiki
-three act structure
podcast
-story organization (companion to
podcast)
-On the Lot Videos
-writing the pitch
-performing the pitch
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-organizing a story
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Speaking, Listening and Viewing:
Speaking and Listening: 12,3,4,5,6,7
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-quiz
-three act structure form (On the
Lot outline)
-web discussion
-narrative project
progress (pitch)
Unit 5
Storyboarding Objectives/Assignments
-Storyboarding Wiki
-Acting
with a Pencil: Storyboarding Your Movie history,
usage, animatics, photomatic, comic books, business,
interactive media, benefits, creation
-Storyboarding
Activity, The Multimedia Project: Project based Learning
with Multimedia step by step guide - symbols,
methods...
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-essential skills: main idea
-Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge and comprehension,
application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-narrative project
progress
-Differentiated
Assessment (Essential Skills/Constructed
Response)
-Multimedia
project's storyboarding activity
-storyboard of "On the Lot" plot
(assignments, step 5)
-web discussion
Unit 6
Composition:
Setting the Scene Objectives/Assignments
-Composition: Setting
the Scene form vs. content, directing attention,
insert shots, cutaways, enhancing the message
establishing Elements of Composition
objectives, pacing, emotional states, unity, center of
interest, selective focus, light, subject placement, rule
of thirds, leading the subject
TV and Film Violence
-cause-effect, TV ratings, history
Selective focus video
Rule of Thirds video
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
narrative project
progress
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-interactive crossword
puzzle
-unit test
-web discussion
-narrative project progress
-web discussion
Unit 7
More Composition
Objectives/Assignments
-Composition III colors and tones,
tonal mergers, dimensional mergers, border mergers, prime
objects, complexity and order, movement and meaning,
shadows
-crossing the line
-crossing the line video
-examples of concepts
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
narrative project progress
-practice quiz 1
-interactive crossword
puzzle
-interactive unit test -web discussion
Unit 8
Sound Basics
Objectives/Assignments
-Television Sound: the
Basics loudness, frequency, listening conditions,
acoustics
-Microphones:
Major Microphone Designs mic designs
Microphones: Part II mic and
sound techniques
microphone pro/con video
-study stacks flashcards
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
narrative project progress
-practice quiz 1
-interactive crossword
puzzle
Interactive crossword
puzzle 2
-practice quiz 2
-practice quiz 3
-unit test
-web discussion
Unit 9
Introduction to Final Cut
Pro Objectives/ Assignments
Videos:
-overview of interface
-importing footage
-editing
-vocabulary
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Unit 10
Editing tips
Objectives/Assignments
-Continuity Editing accelerated
editing, expanding time, causality, motivation
-Continuity Techniques insert
shots (review), cutaways (review), relational editing,
thematic editing
-Solving Continuity
Problems parallel cutting, jump cuts, bridging, image
size changes, shooting angles, crossing the line
(review),
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature: Fluency: locally
determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (narrative)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-narrative project complete and
ready for post production sound
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-practice quiz 3
-unit quiz
Unit 11
More Editing
Objectives/Assignments
-Technical Continuity audio
continuity, background music issues, video
continuity,
-Editing Guidelines
-Editing Guidelines (2)
-editing review
1. study notes
2. flash cards
3. game
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10,
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-practice quiz 1
-word square
-interactive crossword
-final editing test (3
units)
-web discussion
Unit 12
LiveType
for Credits Objectives/Assignments
-MTS Student
production: Talent Show
-The
Importance of Opening and Closing Credits
-opening sequence
examples
The Dark Genius of
Kyle Cooper
-Kyle
Cooper opening sequence video (Se7en)
-Live Type basics
videos, parts 1,2,3,4 creating a full screen graphic
in LiveType
-
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
-essential skills: main idea
-Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge and comprehension,
application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10,
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-Differentiated
Assessment (Essential Skills/Constructed Response)
-LiveType project (slide 9)
-Narrative
project back from post, titles added, and complete.
-web discussion
Unit 13
Documentaries
Objectives/Assignments
-3 documentary videos:
informative, persuasive, reality
Chapter
4, Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos
-News and Documentary
Production sources of documentary programming
-important documentaries-controversial subject matter
-News and Documentary
Production uncovering truth, documenting subjects vs
effecting subjects, bias
-News and
Documentary Production (2) Hazards in documentary
work
-Legal and Ethical
Issues. Part I
-Legal and Ethical
issues, Part II
Making News instead
of Covering it
Palin bias video
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
-essential skills: main idea
-Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge and comprehension,
application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive, expository, critical,
AND/OR research)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Research: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Speaking, Listening and Viewing:
Speaking and Listening: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-Differentiated
Assessment (Essential Skills/Constructed Response)
-web discussion (bias)
-documentary project
Unit 14
More Sound
Objectives/Assignments
-Digital Audio digital audio vs
analog, quantizing errors, optimum audio levels, digital
standards, time code
-Audio recording,
Editing and Playback equipment overview
-Final Cut Pro 4 Audio Essentials - Optimizing Sound for
Beginners
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive, expository, critical,
AND/OR research)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Research: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-documentary project progress
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-interactive crossword
puzzle
-web discussion
-unit test
Unit 15
Lighting
Objectives/Assignments
-Hard and Soft Lighting
light Coherence, hard light, soft light, ultra soft
lighting,
-Izzy Hard and Soft Lighting
Video
-The Key Light key light
considerations, vertical angles, keys and boom mics, sun
as a key,
-Izzy Three Point
Lighting Video
OPTIONAL READINGS:
-Color Temperature -Light Intensity -Lighting Instruments
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive, expository, critical,
AND/OR research)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Research: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-documentary project progress
-practice quiz 1
-practice quiz 2
-unit test
-web discussion
Unit 16
Greenscreen
Production Objectives/Assignments
Videos:
-Video
Production Guide, basic Video Chroma
-How to Use the Green
Screen
-Keying,
Cheap Green Screen, and a Cool Trick
-Green Screen aka
Chroma Key
Readings:
-Chroma Key
Basics for Guerrillas - Part 1
-Chroma Keying
in Final Cut Pro
Chroma
Key Basics for Guerrillas - Part 2 Lighting
and Shooting Using a GreenScreen Keying
Green Screen Footage in Final Cut Pro
Concepts:
-affordable background
-background particulars
-lighting
-camera considerations
-chroma keying in Final Cut Pro
-chroma keying in Vision Lab
-chroma keying in Adobe After Effects
-chroma keying in Sony Vegas
-chroma keying in Adobe Premier
Optional material:
-How to use Green Screen for Chroma Key - Vision Lab
Software
-How to get the Perfect Green Screen (Adobe After
Effects)
-Chroma Keying
DV in Sony's Vegas
-How to make a Blue Screen Composite Video with Adobe
Premier Pro
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
-essential skills: main idea
-Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge and comprehension,
application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Types of Writing: 1 (persuasive, expository, critical,
AND/OR research)
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Research: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-documentary project complete
-chroma keying project
-Differentiated
Assessment (Essential Skills/Constructed Response)
-web discussion
Unit 17
Getting it
out there Objectives/Assignments
-The Way
We Live Now, The Screening of America
cultural viewing practices
-What the Buck Show
(video)
-YouTube Videos Pull
in Real Money
-How to Get
Featured on YouTube (video)
-YouTube Partners
Expands (video)
-5
Ways to Make Money on YouTube YouTube (video)
-creating
a blog for video viewing (blogger)
-embedding
a video in a blog
-uploading a video to
YouTube
-research:
-PayPal
-YouTube partner
qualifications
-marketing through FaceBook
and MySpace
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
-research skills
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10
Composition: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Research: 1,2,3,5
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Marketing Assignment
(step 8)
1. personal blog created
2. 3 videos uploaded to youTube (commercial Parody,
narrative, documentary)
3. YouTube Partner application
4. PayPal account research
5. blog posted on FaceBook and/or MySpace
-web discussion
Unit 18
Youth Film
Festivals Objectives/Assignments
-The Teen Film Revolution
-Film Fest Wiki
avenues for teen filmmakers
-film festival overview
-National
Film Fest for Talented Youth (video)
-National
Film Fest for Talented Youth (article)
-NFFTY Social networking
-Youth Festivals/contests around the nation
-Fresh Films: A National Teen Filmmaking Contest (NPR
podcast)
Assignments Page Slides
12-25
-informational websites - national
-informational websites, local
-Minnesota organizations - TCYMN, IFPMN, MN
FILM&TV...
-
-vocabulary
-reading comprehension
-technology skills
-research skills
Reading and Literature:
Fluency: locally determined
Vocab. Expansion: 1,2,5
Comprehension: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Literature: 6,9,10,
Spelling and Grammar: 3
Handwriting and Word Processing: Locally determined
Media Literacy:
Media Literacy: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
-any Film Festival or Contest entry form filled out and
submitted
-web discussion
