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Welcome back, everybody! We're going to have a great year.


Rather than working on our current project until you are 'done', you are required to work on it until we move on to the next project as a class.

It is never perfect. There are always improvements that can be made.




Week 1: Week of 19-Aug-2024, 21st first day of classes
Week 2: Week of 26-Aug-2024
Week 3: Week of 02-Sep-2024
  • Shot Types 1
  • Storyboard
  • Shot list
  • Begin Shot Types 2. See activity page and next week's schedule for details.
  • Premiere Pro tutorials
  • Practice standard procedures of:
    1) creating project folder on Desktop,
    2) creating Premiere Pro project configuration file inside the project folder on the Desktop,
    3) building a disposable 'junk' project by importing random files and pulling them onto the timeline,
    4) uploading entire project folder to Google Drive.
Week 4: Week of 09-Sep-2024
  • Finish Shot Types 2
  • We will start the Montage Practice project this week. The teacher will be absent on Monday, Feb. 5, which is an A day. Classes on the 5th are expected to closely read the rubric and instructions. The teacher will post additional instructions on the Google Classroom stream.
Week 5: Week of 16-Sep-2024
  • Complete Montage practice which includes learning basic Premiere Pro functions. If you've completed on video, make another, and another, then one more! Turn in your best one for a grade.
  • Practice using fountain format.
  • Begin Montage Script.
Week 6: Week of 23-Sep-2024
  • Discuss the Portfolio Project
  • Discuss the Seedbed Project
  • Review creating new project in the project folder (i.e., not using the default Premiere Pro location)
  • Understand that by default, the resolution of a movie in Premiere Pro is set by the first visual element you drag into the timeline
  • Complete Montage Script
  • Start Montage Production
Week 7: Week of 30-Sep-2024
Week 8: Week of 07-Oct-2024
Week 9: Week of 14-Oct-2024
  • Work on Ad project
  • Montage Production absolutely, positively, and without exception due.
Week 10: Week of 21-Oct-2024
  • Work on Ad project
Week 11: Week of 28-Oct-2024
  • First couple of mini lessons. Yee-ha!
  • Ad video absolutely, positively DUE by Friday! You are required to continually improve your video until the last class of the week.
  • We will discuss the upcoming PSA project during the last class of the week.
Week 12: Week of 04-Nov-2024
  • Begin PSA project. Script due by the end of the week.
Week 13: Week of 11-Nov-2024
  • Work on PSA project. The PSA video is due Friday.
Week 14: Week of 18-Nov-2024
  • Begin work on selected project: Movie Trailer, Book Review, or Scene Dub.Script required. You can use any of our script formats and templates.
Week 15: Week of 25-Nov-2024
  • Continue work on your choice of: Movie Trailer, Book Review, or Scene Dub. Script is DUE by the end of the week.
Week 16: Week of 02-Dec-2024
  • Continue working on your selected project.
  • If you feel you are finished with your current project, have at least two classmates review your movie. Make it better! There's always room for improvement.
Week 17: Week of 09-Dec-2024
  • Selected project (Movie Trailer, Book Review, or Scene Dub) is DUE by the last class of the week.
  • You can start on the final project this week. Your final project will be your choice of an Individual Project or Intercurricular Project.
Week 18: Week of 16-Dec-2024
  • Begin work on your choice of Individual Project or Intercurricular Project. Script is DUE by the end of the week.
Week 19: Week of 06-Jan-2025
  • Finish your final project.
Week 20: Week of 13-Jan-2025
  • Monday is the last regular day of school (A). Tuesday is a teams day. Wednesday is a half day.

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