Lesson Plan

 Sponge Activity  Tell me what you plan to do.

1. What is the activity: Identifying the Wilhelm Scream

2. How it will be done: There will be a compilation of scenes from movies that contain the Wilhelm Scream and every time the students hear the scream they will have to clap once.

2. How the activity relates to answer: It is a signature editors use to say I did this work. It goes with my second answer continuity.

3. All materials for activity: Projector and speakers 4mins

Introduction:  Tell me your EQ, breakdown the words in your EQ, why you chose the topic and plan for the day

I will introduce my senior project topic and myself. I will have a slide in my PowerPoint with the agenda. I will tell them what my EQ is (What is the most important skill for an editor to have to effectively assemble a video sequence?) I will tell them what an editor’s job is and  a little  about broadcasting journalism. I will explain to them what effective means when it comes to editing. 6mins.

Foundation:  Write what you plan to say for this part.

I will tell the class about the process a story goes through before it gets to an editor. I will talk about the difference between linear editing and nonlinear editing. 15 mins

Body:

Answer 1: What is it?

Storytelling: I will be speaking to them about how editing creates the effect of story telling. I will be explaining to them what is effective story and what isn’t.

 

-----Activity 1:  Describe in detail what you plan to do

Telling a story based on the shots

1. What is the activity: I will have a description of a scene and some of the lines from the script and

2. How it will be done: I’m thinking of giving each group sheets of paper with different types of shots (ex: close up, over the shoulder, medium shot, long shot, etc.) and as I put an example of a scripted scene they will have to say what shot they would use and why.

2. How the activity relates to answer: This gives the students the opportunity to tell a story based on the shots they pick.

3. All materials for activity: Computer and projector

Answer 2: What is it?

Continuity: I will explain what the Webster definition is and what it means in relation to my senior project. How I came across this answer and how I found out new information about it. I will be speaking about why it is important.

-----Activity 2:  Describe in detail what you plan to do

How to create continuity: 

1. What is the activity:  Given a few shots, an editor can suggest many different scenarios.

2. How it will be done: I will give students a few shots of a scene and they will have to arrange the shots in a different order to tell a different story.

3. How the activity relates to answer: When hundreds of scenes and takes of scenes are available to an editor, which is normally the case in dramatic productions, the editor has tremendous control over the basic continuity and message of the production.

4. All materials for activity: Projector, storyboards

Answer 3: What is it? (if needed)

 Working with the script supervisor: A script supervisor is the only connection and editor has to the people on set. The script supervisor  provides a special script to the editor that contains notes that advise the editor on what takes were good and which were bad. 

-----Activity 3:  Describe in detail what you plan to do
1. What is the activity: Teaching the class how to read a script supervisor's notes. 

2. How it will be done: I will have an example of a line scripted page with the wiggly lines and the straight lines and I will teach the class on how to read all the notations a script supervisor does.

3. How the activity relates to answer: An editor uses the script as a guide when assembling a video sequence so this activity will put the students in the shoes of an editor. 

4.All materials for activity: Projector, computer

Conclusion

What is your best answer and why?--answer this

Storytelling is by best answer because without it there is no point to the video. Without it there is nothing but raw footage, editing is storytelling.

What is your 3 most important sources and why?--answer this

1. My interview with Nina Gilberti, she taught me a lot about storytelling and let me shadow her over spring break.

2. Service learning with Ernesto Duarte, being able to lead his class I was able to teach his students things I've learned throughout my senior project and make them simple that anyone could understand what I was talking about.

3. Script Supervising and Film Continuity By Pat Miller: This book taught me the importance of continuity and what a script supervisor does and how they work with an editor.

What is your product and why?----answer this

 From this experience I’ve learned to network. It was really hard for me to find interviews I had many that didn’t work out but the ones that did were successful and I learned a lot from my interviewees.