Tuesday Oct 8

I am sorry to report that I will not be in today as I am sick. But you are in the capable hands of a great sub so you should be able to carry on without any problem.

The following is due today at the end of the class period:

1. Director/AD-check in with all groups on progress/problems, read this entire list and make sure your teams are working.
2. Writers-please complete a script today in script format that includes all lyrics, scene breakdown, and what actors will be doing in each scene. EMAIL what you have to me at the end of the class period-no exceptions. (cleather@lgsuhsd.org)
3. Rob and company, and Nima and company (art), please begin sketches of scenes working with director. If you can begin storyboards even better, although that might be a challenge without the completed script, but do what you can. The main thing is to complete the script so storyboards can move forward. Artists-in the absence of a script for today, work with director and AD to identify all scenes in the piece.Roughly sketch out the scenes. Ryan H.-please work today with your director to get this done, as well as your musical work. Spend 50/50 time on each.
4. After Effects-

WATCH this video on keying. 
please download this tutorial file-click here.
Read through the document and download this folder of content to work with. Click here
Using the provided files make sure you can:
1. Pan and resize the long strip provided left to right over time.
2. Key a green screen or blue screen clip on top using keylight.
3. Apply an effect of your choice.
4. Save your project so that I may look at your work on Thur.

1. Band-continue to practice. Please take the mp3 file provided in period 1 by Blake and Morteza-put it on the computer in the audio room, and try to play with it to get the timing of the song. (Both periods can use the file, it is an mp3 file--blake please put it on the computer desktop in audio room).'
2. Production crew-continue to practice shoot set up. TODAY please work on shooting a scene using green screen and light the set trying to reduce any green cast on the actors. Camera is in my long closet-when done, please move lights to the inside set (Kitchen) and roll up chords/cables. Leave nothing on the floor that could fall or be tripped over. Each period should clean up and turn off lights. Please upload your work to the mediaserver drive. 
3. Editors-please set up directories on the mediaserver drive for daily upload of production work. Take 1 file from the After Effects group and integrate it with Final Cut. What problems do you encounter? Discuss with the after effects group how to make sure you are all using the same format, size, etc. Make sure the production crew is shooting to a size that will work for you in post production. Your final output can be DV-NSTC. 
4. Editors-please take the mp3 file mentioned earlier-(on the audio room computer desktop), and import that song into Final Cut. Using solid colors to make video clips, begin to block out where obvious cuts could happen based on the beats in the music, particularly base beats.  When the script is complete (hopefully end of day), you can block out the scenes using solid colors and edit to the beats using solid color video clips until real video starts to be provided. These timings can be very useful for the director and production crew in terms of shot and scene timing. 

thanks all. Remember that today is worth 10 pts on your project, those 10 pts will be based on your ability to demonstrate this work on Thur.