Intro

In Media Arts class, students write a screenplay, create a storyboard, and direct, film, and edit a movie. Best movies will be selected for the **2010 Poly MS Film Festival** and will be posted on Poly Prep Technology Department website.

The main theme for the 2010 Poly MS Film Festival is MS film festival will be "**My Community, Our Earth**" kids will have to address local issues of sustainable development, examine and learn more about environmental issues. http://www.aag.org/mycoe/index.htm

On the wiki website, all students will write a screenplay for their movies and will collaborate with peers and teachers.

This course offers a case-based, problem-solving approach to learning Adobe Flash, iMovie, and GarageBand.

Lesson 1: Introduction to wikispaces Lesson 2: Screenwriting Lesson 3: Screenwriting: Introduction Lesson 4: Screenwriting: Scene 1 Lesson 5: Screenwriting: Scene 2 Lesson 6: Screenwriting: Scene 3 Lesson 7: Screenwriting: Conclusion Lesson 8: Working in groups: 4-5 groups per class Lessons 9-10: Project presentation Lesson 11: How to use a digital camcorder, microphone, and tripod. Lesson 12: iMovie Lessons 13-20: Filming and transferring movies. Lessons 20-25: Editing Lesson 26: Introduction to Flash Animation: Getting Started Lesson 28: Drawing Essentials: Drawing Tools Lessons 29-35: Drawing Face, Body, Background, and Cloth Lesson 36: Color Essentials Lesson 36: Frame-by-frame animation Lesson 37: Shape Animation Lesson 38: Symbols overview Lesson 39: Tweening gradients Lessons 40-42: Motion tweening Lessons 43-45: ActionScript Programming Lessons 46-60: Working on the final project Lessons 60-63: Combining Movies with Animation Lessons 64-65: GarageBand Lessons 66-70: Presentations