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1/11/12-1/30/12 Students ae creating 2 different projects for the class
Video Links--
Editing basics--
1/4/12 Students will begin creating their 2nd quarter newsletters in Apple Pages..
11/14/11 Sequel Info Presentation
11/09/11 Beyond Paradise Movie Sequel in Comic Life
Student have to create and layout an 8 page sequel using Comic Life
Beyond Paradise Picture Gallery
11/2/11 Beyond Paradise Video Analysis-- Themes, Plots, and Views from the lens of A Movie Director
Movie Vocabulary WS#1 Pages File
11/1/11 Students are doing a webquest on the History Of Motion Pictures
Click here for the Assignment Link page to go along with your worksheet
10/31/11 Halloween- We will begin our look at the History Of Motion Pictures-the topic of the 2nd quarter
We will look at Frankenstein 1931 and will watch Young Frankenstein 1974--
Students will derive meaning and understand symbolism through watching these movies
Click here for the Young Frankenstein worksheet Camera Shots Camera Angels
10/27/11 Take Final Reflection/SURVEYfor DVD cover assignment
Click here to go to Quia---LOOK for your period please
10/18/11 Students will be creating their own original DVD Movie or Game Cover documents
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DVD Cover Assignment Presentation .pdf
Boogie Final Cover Example DVD Template For Download
10/17/2011 DVD Information Webquest Print copy of DVD_Cover .pdf
Click the links below along with the questions on your worksheet to find and research the correct answers about the History Of DVD's
Link 1-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD
1. A DVD is an_____________________________, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in_____________.
DVD originally stood for________________, or ______________________. The acronym was dropped after DVD proved to have more uses than just storing video content.
DVDs offer ____________________________ than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.
Link 2- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#Identification_.28MID.29
DVD was adopted by _________________________ to replace the ubiquitous ________________ as the primary means of distributing films to consumers in the home entertainment marketplace.
DVD was chosen for its superior ability to ______________________, for its superior durability, and for its ___________________.
________________________ had proven to be a feature which consumers, especially collectors, favored when the movie studios had released their films on laser disk.
Link 3- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#DVD_recordable_and_rewritable
DVD recordables are now also used for ____________________________.
Three formats were developed: ______________________________.
DVD-R is available in two formats, General (650 nm) and Authoring (635 nm), where Authoring discs may be recorded with encrypted content but General discs may not.
Link 4- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#Blu-ray_Disc
In 2006, two new formats called ____________________________were released as the successor to DVD. HD DVD competed successfully with Blu-ray Disc in the format war of 2006–2008.
A dual layer ____________________________ can store up to 30GB and a _______________________ can hold up to 50GB.
Link 5- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#Use_as_backup_medium
Durability of DVDs is measured by _________________________________________________, assuming compatible devices exist that can read it: that is, how long the disc can be stored until data is lost.
Five factors affect durability: ____________________, reflective layer, organic dye makeup, where it was manufactured, and _____________________.
The longevity of the ability to read from a DVD+R or DVD-R is largely dependent on manufacturing quality, ranging from ________________________, and is believed to be an ___________________________ unless great care is taken for storage conditions and handling.
According to the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA), "manufacturers claim life spans ranging from _______________________________, DVD-R and DVD+R discs and up to 30 years for DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM".
October 11-14 2011- Newsletter Creation
Students will create a newsletter project using a template in Apple Pages||Rough Draft is due by Friday October 4th.
Due to a few students not using good judgement, all students must download and install this
NEW DESKTOP WALLPAPER-aloha
Spread Da Aloha Everyday.
