Work Plan Session 5

Session 5

Skill focus

Mini films Editing action and speaking scenes – skill building

Using Final Cut Pro

Using the 4 scenes created last session the teams will edit the scenes into the sequences as outlined on their story board. As stored on comic life (last session)

 The team need to ensure they have the 4 scenes exported and saved

Action scenes need to be exported from ishowU into final cut pro.

Crazy talk dialogue scenes need to be imported to final cut pro from the server. (The children should have been exported from crazy talk to desktop named appropriately and then saved to class folder on the server.)

As part of this process the students need to edit all scenes, and adjust the volume of the dialogue. Cut out dead air etc.

Share your mini movie

Groups move clock wise around the lab to view the mini movie of another team

Watch the mini movie as a group and review critique

On white board desk write 2 positives and 1 thing they can improve on.

When team return to their desk they are to make any changes to their films to improve where they can.

Watch their own films.

Reflection session 4

Reflection Session 4
The teams need a little help today to get the delegation arranged and allocate tasks with thin their team.
We found by giving time limits and deadlines  they worked better with this limited time frame.

Once goals were set and they all know what they were responsible for off they went.

We reminded them also that the first port of call for assistance was with in their own teams. all team members bring expertise that they can share with each other.

On task
The teams divided and worked on their own components.
It was nice to see that they often asked the members of the action scenes to listen to the dialogue and asked dialogue teams to watch the action. They took on board the opinions and made changes if they were suggested. We had a few examples of smaller teams with member working in both parts. Multitasking at its best.

Work Plan Session 4

Session 4

Software for the session Minecraft, ishowU, Crazy Talk, final cut pro

Goal - Talk scene - moving scene  -talking scene  - moving scene

AFK

Creating story board of the film based on the story written in class.

Draw scenes from the film that tell the main event in the story/script the team has developed.

Software

Use Photo booth software to photograph each scene.

Drop the photo into Comic Life software and annotate with descriptions and basic dialogue.

This will become an electronic story board. The story board will be used to keep the team focused and to ensure the film is edited into the correct sequence.

Minecraft

Team meeting 3 minutes

Who will be responsible for the action sequences using ishowU?

Who will be responsible for the dialogue scenes in Crazy Talk?

Goal set for the session and delegate responsibilities.

Role assignment and clarification

In World

Begin. Export as they are completed.

Minecraft with the new team

Our new team understand from the first day that they are not here to play Minecraft for two hours.  They are here to make a film.  This has also help with a greater understanding in the College that students don't spend 14 weeks times 2 hours  "playing" Minecraft.

We are making Machinima.

Work Plan Session 3

Session 3

In world

Part 1 Teams locate a build site and begin working on a building with their team.

In world challenge

Part 2 Tallest Tower

Each team member must choose a different brick colour

Build a 10x10 tower each working on a wall. Tower must go up at an equal rate. You can change your colour brock you help a team mate to catch up. Goal is to build the tallest tower in 8 minutes. Each wall must be of equal height. You must use team work strategies to build it.

Activity software skill building

This session will focus on filming short scenes and editing them in Final cut pro software to create a short film including dialogue written by the students.

AFK

Locating the team in Minecraft

Utilising the setting markers in world to allow team to find their location next time they log in. This can be done through the teacher log in. Gene/Chrisi

 5mins

Moving in the same space in the Minecraft world

“Acting” in Minecraft Chrisi and Gene to show how two avatars can be in one scene moving together. To look like they are acting.

 2mins

IshowU – Gene to demonstrate

 5 mins

Teams must negotiate the roles of camera person, director and actors.

Work out a set of movements or action you “actors” can complete in Minecraft that will be filmed by the camera person. The actions can be directed by all team or a nominated director.

10 mins

In World

Locate the team mates

Have the camera person in a position where they can see all the actors in their team.

 10 mins

They will use ishowU to film the action.

Import the film to final cut pro and then to student server file.

30 mins

Work plan Session 2

Session 2

Using multiple software to create one end product or publication

Students log into Minecraft and find a place to stand in a position; another avatar takes the photo of the partner. Save image and export the

•             Minecraft

•             Command shift 3 to Screen Capture their Minecraft Avatar

•             Crazy Talk

Prepare an introductory statement that will be voice over for your Minecraft avatar.

In World

Activity

Log in to Minecraft

Photograph a partner’s avatar

Save the image to desktop

Import the image into Crazy Talk – setting the facial markers

Voice – script a brief of introduction

 File

 Export movie

Video – name the file allow it to export.

Save it to the class Minecraft file on student server. Save the movie file to appropriate folder on the server.

Open Final cut pro

Create an new event then a new project.

Drag and drop these crazy talk files from the server to the desktop and then import them into Final cut pro.  Have ago at some scene editing. (Play/practise)

Activity

In world

Part 1 Teams locate their build site and keep working on the Castle they started to build last week.

This session will focus on filming short scenes and editing them in Final cut pro software to create a short film including dialogue written by the students.

Activity

AFK

Divide the team into pairs.

Basic script of greeting - 2 characters, how might they sound? Make it a little fun!

Speakers

Person 1

Person 2

Person 1

Person 2

SOFTWARE

2 still shots one of each character. Screen capture “Command Shift 3”

Crazy talk software

Each person creates 2 crazy talk shots recording their part of the script.

Export the crazy talk films to the desk top and then save to the student server Minecraft 46 folder.

The pair will then work at one computer, retrieving the saved Crazy Talk films from the folder.

How to create a folder in final cut pro

They will drop the movie files into Final Cut Pro software edit and screen. Save to folder to view on large screen.

Export from Final cut pro to desk top and then to folder on server.

   

Work plan session 1 Wild and Wicked World of Minecraft

Our new teams are exploring the

Wild and Wicked World of Minecraft

– Extreme weather and natural disasters

Work program - MinecraftEdu - Doveton College

Year 4-6

Term 2 and 3 2014

Session 1

AFK

Minecraft film created by students in the previous block.

Story board with annotations. Photo of these…

Screen for the children on the TV

Discuss the structures with the film.

Touch on each of the software used to create the film.

Discuss the use of multiple pieces of software combined to create on end product.

In World

Get in world and have a go!

Moving the avatar - keys and functions

Build and deconstruct

AFK

Teachers to group the students (trial for film crews)

Each team is tasked with building structures in world

·         Design – draw a design of what your team plans to build, rough sketch to prototype.

·         Role allocation

o   Divide the building tasks across the members of the team

o   Each member of the team will be responsible and accountable for a specific part of the build.

·         Teams must have 4 defined roes and each person in the team should be able to relay what their role is and what they are responsible for.

In world

Begin to build the structures you have designed.  Use as many of the construction materials available to you as possible while keeping a consistent look to your design.

View all the structures.

AFK

Show Minecraft films that have been made and uploaded to YouTube.