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Google Classroom Code for
7th & 8th Grade: 
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5/6th Grade: 
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Project 1: Create a Flixpress and upload to Dropbox in the Flixpress Folder
​*In the Do Now tab, please watch the tutorial on creating a Flixpress. 
​*Save a Vista Peak picture
*Create a Flixpress
*Download
​*Upload to Dropbox in the Flixpress Folder and RENAME YOUR PROJECT



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Project 2: Create an Imovie Trailer using pictures and titles of your choice. 
*Watch the movie below.  Password: vp 
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​​*You will need to save 20 pictures of your choice (school appropriate). Control+Click--Scroll to Save Image As

​*Create a new event in Imovie and call it Choice Trailer

*Create your trailer

*Export as a File and name it your name and filming vocab

*Upload it to Dropbox in the Choice Trailer     


Project 3: Create an Imovie Trailer using pictures and titles that represent filming vocabulary. 

*You will need to save 2 - 3 pictures for each vocab term
1.  Rule of Thirds
2. Good Headroom
3. Bad Headroom
4. Low Angle
5. High Angle
6. Establishing Shot
7. Close Up

​*Create a new event in Imovie and call it Filming Vocab
*Create your trailer
*Export as a File and name it your name and filming vocab
*Upload it to Dropbox in the Filming Vocabulary folder     ​

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Project 5: Cute Animals
​Create an Imovie Movie and upload to Dropbox

*In the Imovie How to Use it tab, please watch the tutorial on creating a Imovie, How to Use it. 

*Save 20 cute animal pictures

*Create an Imovie Movie

*Put Titles in it

​*Put a song in using bensound.com
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​*Upload to Dropbox in the Imovie Movie Folder



Project 6: Hispanic Heritage Month
​Create an Imovie Movie and upload to Dropbox

*In the Imovie How to Use it tab, please watch the tutorial on the Ken Burns Effect and Creating Titles

*Choose a famous Hispanic Person.

*Save pictures of that person and 5 Facts

*Create an Imovie Movie

*Put Titles in it

​*Put a song in using bensound.com

​*Upload to Dropbox in the Black History Month Folder



*Project 7: Stop Motion Animation with Green Screen 
​Create an Imovie Movie and upload to Dropbox


*Please watch the tutorial on Stop Motion Animation

*Choose a toy that you will animate

*Create a very short story that the toy will act out

*Get an Ipad and a Green Screen box and take A LOT of pictures!

​*Watch this video on how to Green Screen

*Connect your Ipad to your computer using a cable
(please put the cable back when finished.)

*Import your pictures into Imovie

*Create an Imovie Movie

*Green Screen a background for your animation

*Put Titles in it

​*Put a song in using bensound.com

 Project 8: Film an Intro and Outro for Bison Beat
*Watch the video below  Password: vp

*Create a Flixpress for the Bison Beat saying "You are watching the Bison Beat."

*Download the Flixpress

*Create a 2nd Flixpress that says, "Thank you for watching the Bison Beat."

​​*Download the 2nd Flixpress

*Get an Ipad and a film a student or teacher saying "You are watching the Bison Beat" and "Thanks for watching the Bison Beat". 

*Please do not go to the other Exploratory classrooms. 

*Create an Imovie Movie

*Connect your Ipad to your computer using a cable
(please put the cable back when finished.)

*Import your videos into Imovie

*Import your Flixpress and put it at the beginning of your movie

*Put your first video intro after the Flixpress

*Put your outro in next.

*Import your 2nd Flixpress and put at the end . 

​*Share as a file

​*Upload to Dropbox in the Intro/Outro folder. 

Project 9: Lunch Animoto

*Create an Animoto account at www.animoto.com

*Sign up for a lunch 

*Download 5 pictures of your lunch item

*Create an Animoto

*Download the Animoto

*Put in lunch folder

Project 10: Interview with Cutaway Shot

*Watch this video on cutaway shots

Watch this video on how to edit a cutaway shot in Imovie.

*Take an Ipad and interview someone.  Ask them to name their favorite (sports team, movie, song, etc) and why.  


*Please do not go to the other Exploratory classrooms. 

*Create an Imovie Movie

*Connect your Ipad to your computer using a cable
(please put the cable back when finished.)

*Import your videos into Imovie

*Download 3 pictures of whatever the person named as their favorite

*Insert cutaway shots into the video

​*Share as a file

​*Upload to Dropbox in the Interview with Cutaway Shots folder

Project 11:  Create an Animoto or Imovie Movie for Earth Day
Please use the following links for copyright free photos.  Do not use the picture if has a watermark or it is under 300 X 300.

 
Pexels--Pictures of Earth

Pexels--Earth Day Photos

Pexels--Endangered Animals

Pexels--Energy


Pixabay

Pixabay--Earth

Pixabay--Endangered Animals


Pixabay--Recycling

Project 12: Earth Day Video
Choose a topic for Earth Day to inform your audience about an Earth Day subject.
You can choose a variety of topics such as energy consumption, alternative transportation, recycling, volunteer opportunities and endangered animals. 

Please watch the video below as an example. 

1.  Research a topic for Earth Day and gather 20 facts.  Put the facts in a Google Doc.

2.  Write a list of questions your documentary will address.

3.  Complete the Script Template and have Ms. Culhane review it before you proceed. 

documentary_template.docx
File Size: 76 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

4.  Create a script for a news reporter about your topic.
​*The script will need to have an opening or a hook that catches the audience's attention.  

*Information about the topic.

*Why should your audience should care about the topic and a conclusion.
 
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Watch the videos below for ideas on how to create a hook.
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​5.  Storyboard your script and decide what you will film, what your reporter will say and what cutaway shots you will need. 

storyboardtemplate__1_.pdf
File Size: 895 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

6.  Print your script and have the reporter practice the script.

7. Film 

8.  Edit your video.  Use lots of cutaway shots and cut our unnecessary or bad shots.  

9. Add copyright free music.

10. Share to Dropbox in the folder titled Earth Day.

Project 13: College Video
Please watch the instructional video.
Password is vp. 

Everyone needs to use iMovie to create a 30 second video about a college in Colorado (or somewhere else) with titles and pictures.
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​1. Click on the Colleges in Colorado Link and choose a college. 
2. You will need the following for your video.
     a.) The name of the school
     b.) The mascot of the school
     c.)  Where the school is located in Colorado
     d.) What sport teams it has.
     e.) Pick a few academic programs to highlight.  For example, CSU is known for  
           their Vet School, UNC for their Teacher Education School, and Mines is 
           known for their Engineering School. 
3. Import your pictures into Imovie

4. Create an Imovie Movie

5. Put Titles in it

6. Put a song in using bensound.com 

7. Upload to Dropbox and put in the colleges folder

Project 14: May the 4th Be with You!

1. Start a new Animoto or Imovie project about Star Wars for the May the 4th be with you.  

2. Download 20 pictures of Star Wars movies.

3. Make an Imovie movie.  

4. Upload it to Dropbox in the May the 4th Be with You folder. 

Project 15: 2017 Best Memories of Vista Peak 

1. Choose a grade level (Please choose different grades)

2. Interview 5 - 10 people and ask what is the best memory of 2017 at VP

​3. Create an Imovie Movie

4. Connect your Ipad to your computer using a cable
(please put the cable back when finished.)

5. Import your videos into Imovie

6. Choose the 3 best interviews.  The 3 best interviews need to have good sound, good lighting, and the subject has to be engaging. 

​7. Share as a file

8. Upload to Dropbox in the Best Memories Folder.

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