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For Advanced Students:   April 22nd is Earth Day.  Please create a 30-second video Public Service Announcement for Earth Day and how we can take better care of this precious resource we call home. Here are a couple websites that can help you: https://mediacommons.psu.edu/2017/02/14/public-service-announcement/ https://www.govtech.com/education/news/How-to-Create-the-Perfect-Public-Service-Announcement.html This is due, on...you guessed it...April 22nd! For Beginning Students There is so much to learn about audio!  I just wish I could see you all in class so I can demonstrate and show you all that I want you to learn about microphones and audio.  This Power Point will have to do. Please take a look at (and listen to) this Power Point and then please work on filling out the worksheet below. Submit the worksheet to me via Google Docs and be sure to turn Link Sharing "On" and get a "shareable link" to send to me.  Otherwise, I won't be able to see ...

Hi everyone.    I need help with a project and it would be great if ALL of you could participate. I want a video from you, and all you have to do is read a script on camera.  It's very simple. The script is below. I am planning to make a "we are strong" video to post on the Hillgrove website AND...I want to also submit it to local media, who are looking for locally-produced content.  But, I need your help! Here's how to do it: Place yourself in front of a non-distracting background (a blank wall, perhaps) and center yourself in the shot as a close up ; from just below the shoulders up.  Lighting and audio has to be PERFECT. Read each line on camera (with your eyes looking directly at the lens and not at the paper) and read slowly and seriously.  I want each line to have big impact.  Read like it is the most important information you've ever presented. If you need to look down at the paper to memorize each line befo...

Here is a message from Mrs. Stewart and another one from me.  Please read both all the way through. From Mrs. Stewart to Parents and Students: Students and Parents, This notification is to inform you of the latest information released by the county regarding your child’s grade.  As noted from the district communication, students have a choice to accept their grades as of March 13, 2020 as final grades for the 2019-2020 school year OR Continue to earn grades for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year to improve their grade(s).  We want to clarify that if a student chooses not to participate, perform or actively engage with his/her teacher(s) and they do not take advantage of assignment opportunities, this will result in their final grade being the grade that they had on March 13 th .  The only way for the March 13 th grade to improve is for the student to submit assignments and participate in the digital learning opportunities made available to him/h...

For those of you who are monitoring my blog to find out more information about how we plan to handle the rest of the school year...stand by.  I am still waiting on Ms. Stewart to release her statement about it.  I will also have a little to add to it, so please check back later today. Thanks! The Watsonator......getting a little punchy.

Hi Everyone! I wanted to just check in with you!  I miss ya'll terribly.  I've decided to do a couple things with you and wanted to send this message before next week, since the plan is to not give you work over the break. First of all , let's start a Remind, since my Verizon service will work from home and you will have service too.  Please join today.  Download the app and sign up using the appropriate code: 1st Block - Level III/IV:  @kk338b9 2nd Block - Level I:  @3gce2c 3rd Block - Level III/IV:  @dc8c27 4th Block - Level I: @84fbd7 Second ,  please be on the lookout for a class Zoom call that I'd like you all to participate in.  We will do it the week after spring break and I will send you an invitation by Friday, April 10th for you to log in and instructions to get to the Zoom meeting.  I think a classroom meeting where we can see and hear each other would do us all good, academically, mentally, and emotionally. ...

Photo by  Ankush Minda  on  Unsplash As we start another week of online learning, please remember to keep up with the work and the deadlines.  If it helps you, I'm going to make this next assignment due Friday, April 3, and that will give you plenty of time to complete it. Beginning students (2nd and 4th block):   Keep up with your notes, study guides for the test on cameras, framing, hand signals, etc. as we keep learning new concepts.  This time, audio. 1.  Please go through this Power Point on Audio Loudness vs. Frequency.  There is a narration of my voice that goes with it, so as you watch it (and TAKE NOTES), pay attention to the things I say that may not be on the PPt. that are concepts and definitions that you need to know. 2.  Also, you will need to complete this quiz on audio and turn it in via Google Docs or Office 365.  If you have questions about how to do this, please ask.  (I'm not sure why...

You have access to Premiere Pro from home if you log into the Cloud.    In a previous post, I put a video up to show you how to log in. Adobe has granted licenses to all CCSD users with an Office 365 account during our distance learning time.  In order for teachers and staff to access the Adobe Creative Cloud products at home, please visit this Adobe page: https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/edu-install-CCapps-covid19.html Mrs. Watson

By far the best way to turn assignments in to me is to share them with me from your Google Drive (using Google Docs, etc.). HOWEVER, if you do that, be sure to turn link sharing on and be sure to send to me a "shareable link".  Otherwise, I have to ask you for permission to view your video/document and that's a hassle for you and for me.  It adds an extra step. If I can't see your video, I've sent you a note saying that and I need you to turn sharing on and grant me permission.  If it's a worksheet, share it with me on Google Docs or scan it and email it to me as an attachment.  I will grade it and give you that grade.  For beginning students, you have a worksheet that is due by Friday, March 27th.  Please keep up. EVERYONE....It is incredibly important that you keep up with your work that we, as teachers, assign.  For me and my students, as you know, there is no way to work in groups right now, that means that I have to grade 120 individu...

Photo by  Oliver Sjöström  on  Unsplash I think you will understand why I chose this picture for the blog if you watch all three of these videos.  It will only take you about twenty minutes, but the concepts are so important to good video production. This first video is why the Rule of Thirds is so important. Rule of thirds explained This second video explains seven basic composition rules about video. Seven Composition Rules This last video, and the reason for the above picture, is about how to make your B roll professional. Amateur vs. Professional B Roll Demonstrated Keep working on your projects everyone (Assignment #3) and I'm going to keep posting. Also, I was thinking, would you be interested if I scheduled a Zoom meeting with your class so we could spend a few minutes catching up with each other?  I would like to do that.  If you would like to touch base with each other in that way, let me know by email.  Lisa.wats...