Author: Scott Le Duc

STUDENT SAMPLES

• Coming soon……

WHAT

1. Select a scene in a film to copy
2. Embed the 30 to 60-second scene into your  Solo Film #1 Production Project blog post
3. Research the film and the scene you chose
4. Create and embed your version of the 30 to 60-second scene into your  Solo Film #1 Production Project blog post
   • Use any equipment you have; phone, Chromebook, etc.
   • Edit with any free video editor you have access to iMovie, YouTube, phone, or our classWeVideo.com account
5. Complete the blog post with the material listed in the HOW section below

WHY

• Learning film language by copying quality work is a great way to start to express yourself through visual and audio media

WHERE

• Your phone or Chromebook camera
• WeVideo.com or your own video editor
• Your Edublogs.org blog

HOW

• Copy and paste the Solo Film #1 Production Project TEMPLATE into yourEdublogs.org blog
• Inspiration
  • Research a 60-second film scene you can access on YouTube
• Intention
  • Write your Intention or SMART (Goal) for your film under the Intention (SMART Goal) heading
    • Be specific: what do you hope the audience feels, learns, experiences, etc. by watching your film?
    • Write a one-sentence SMART Goal with help from the example material below
    • Use the SMART Goal Format Worksheet (PDF) for guidance in writing your actual one-sentence SMART Goal section of the Stretch Goal
      • Mitchell’s modified example:
        • “By April 30, as part of my film team, I will explore the film director’s skill pathway by following the Studio Binder Eye Tracing tutorial and will have created scenes that direct the audience’s eye from affinity to contrast, this will increase intensity over the six scenes of our April project.”
    • Mitchell’s SMART Goal broken down by element
      • Remember we build our SMART goals backward: T R A M S – S M A R T
      • T– Time (DATE): “By April 30
      • R-Relevance (CLASS/TEAM X): as part of my film team, I will explore the film director’s skill pathway 
      • A-Attainable (TUTORIAL X) by following the Studio Binder Eye Tracing tutorial
      • M-Measurable (MAKE/CREATE # of X): and will have created scenes that direct the audience’s eye from affinity to contrast, this will increase intensity over the six scenes
      • S-Specific (PROJECT X): of our Session 5 project.”
• PRE-PRODUCTION
  • Select a scene in a film to copy from YouTube
  • Embed the 30 to 60-second scene into your  Solo Film #1 Production Project blog post
  • Research the film and the scene you chose
    • Who created the scene?
      • Director?
      • Film Company?
      • Network TV or Streaming Service?
    • What is important about the scene, the film, the TV show?
    • Why is this scene important to the film or TV show episode?
    • What is happening in the scene to further the bigger story?
  • Create a reverse storyboard of the scene on paper
    • Fold a piece of paper in half 4 times to create a template for storyboarding like the sample below
      • 
    • Review the sample scene from the show Mad Men
    • Click the full version of the reverse storyboard of the Mad Men scene
    • Take a picture of your storyboard
    • Upload and embed your picture under the Reverse Storyboard of Film Clip heading
• PRODUCTION
  • Create your version of the 30 to 60-second scene into your  Solo Film #1 Production Project blog post
    • Use any equipment you have; phone, Chromebook, etc.
    • Edit with our class WeVideo.com account
    • WeVideo Tutorials
  • Export your film from WeVideo
  • Save the exported file to your Google Drive
  • Make sure your share the Google Drive file publically
  • Place a link under the Student Copy of Film Clip heading
• POST-PRODUCTION
  • Share your work with the class and receive feedback
  • Under the Reactions to the Final Version heading…
    • Write a few questions for the audience to consider
      • What feedback do you want from the audience to help you improve your skills?
    • After you receive this feedback, add it to your post
    • Cite the sources with their first name only
  • Finish the rest of the post
  • Make sure your blog post is published publically 
  • Have someone edit your post with the Solo Film #1 Production Project Feedback Form (PDF)
  • Make any necessary changes
  • Turn in your Solo Film #1 Production Project Feedback Form (PDF) to Mr. Le Duc

RESOURCES

• Getting started with Your Blog
• SMART Goal Format Worksheet (PDF)
• Solo Film #1 Production Project (Analysis) TEMPLATE
• Solo Film #1 Production Project (Analysis) Feedback Form (PDF)
• WeVideo.com
• WeVideo Tutorials

Short Films

• Solo Film #1 Production Project (Analysis) TEMPLATE (Edublogs)
• Solo Film #1 Production Project (Analysis) Feedback Form (PDF)
• http://capitalcomtech.info/2017/03/05/ib-film-short-films-for-inspiration/
• Omeleto YouTube channel

• TITLE THIS BLOG POST: Melody Research, Analysis, and Recording Project
• PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE RELATED TO THE PROJECT FROM wordpress.org/openverse AT THE TOP OF THE POST
  • WATCH MR. LE DUC IMAGE PLACEMENT TUTORIAL
• FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE:
  • Melody Research, Analysis, and Recording Project Feedback Form (PDF)
• REVIEW THESE OLDER POST EXAMPLES – THEY ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS:
  • Chase’s post
  • Abbey’s post
  • Cassy’s post
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Summary

• In a small paragraph, write WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. Your audience is someone who is not in the class. So, be specific.
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

My First HookTheory Melody

• Place a screenshot of your 8 measure melody from hookpad.hooktheory.com
• Link to a .mp3 file of your first HookTheory melody that you exported from hookpad.hooktheory.com
• Write a brief reflection about this melody. What do you like about it?
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Notes from Howard Goodall’s Melody Video

• How Music Works with Howard Goodall – Melody

Melody Composition Terms and Definitions

• The terms and definitions below are from the Basic Concepts of Music Theory podcast by Jamie Henke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Her Basic Concepts of Music Theory video on YouTube

• Theme: A long, flowing melodic idea.
• Motive: A short, rhythmic idea (Beethoven’s 5th).
• Period: 8-12 measures or a musical sentence.
• Phrase: Usually 4 measures.
• Antecedent (Question) Phrase: First 4 measures of a period.
• Consequent (Answer) Phrase: Second 4 measures of a period.
• Scale Degrees (C Major Scale)
  • Tonic: C (1 , 8) – Stability and resolve.
  • Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant: D, E, A (2 , 3 , 6) – Moderate tension, useful for transitions and carrying on an idea.
  • Subdominant, Dominant, Leading Tone: F, G, B (4 , 5 , 7) – Causes the most tension, leads to the tonic.
• Steps: Any movement using half or whole steps.
• Leaps: Any movement using intervals larger than a whole step.
• Conjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of steps.
• Disjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of leaps.
• Repetition: Repeated material (i.e. motive) used to create a link between two phrases of the period.
• Contrast: Two phrases that contain contrasting material to create tension and interest.
• Variation: Halfway between contrast and repetition. The two phrases include some recognizable material and some varied material (i.e. taking ideas up an octave).

One of My Favorite Melodies

• Find one of your favorite melodies at Hook Theory Tab Index of Songs
• Embed a clean version of this song from YouTube
• In writing, describe why you like this melody, and identify the musical key, tonic note, and tension notes
• What do you notice about the note structure/pattern of the theme of the melody?
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

My Second HookTheory Melody

• Place a screenshot of the melody notes on HookTheory
• Link to a .mp3 file of your second melody from HookTheory
• Write a brief reflection about this melody. What do you like about it?
  • Where did you raise tension or suspense in the melody?
  • Where did you resolve tension in the melody?
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

What I Learned & Problems I Solved

• Write what you LEARNED from the research, analysis, and melody creation parts of this project
• Explain how you SOLVED AT LEAST ONE PROBLEM
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Resources

• • Assessment a Feedback
    • General Music Composition Rubric (Google Doc)
    • Period Melody Composition Rubric (PDF)
  • Hook Theory Tools and Tutorials
    • hooktheory.com/theorytab/index (Analyzing Songs)
    • hookpad.hooktheory.com (Creating Songs)
    • Hookpad Beginner Tutorial – Part 1: User Interface (YouTube)
    • Hookpad Beginner Tutorial – Part 2: Melodies (YouTube)
    • All HookTheory video tutorials
  • Music Theory
    • Mr. Le Duc’s Key of C Major Notes and Chords Chart (PDF)
    • How Music Works with Howard Goodall – Melody
    • Melody defined at Wikipedia
    • iTunesU – Basic Concepts of Music Theory by Jamie Henke at University of Wisconsin-Madison
      • Her Basic Concepts of Music Theory video on YouTube
    • Michael New
      • The 4 Critical Parts to Writing a Melody
      • How Basic Chords Work – Music Theory Lesson 1
    • Art of Composing
      • Last two minutes of How to Compose Music – Lesson 1 – How to Write a Melody by Art of Composing
        • Inversion, etc.
      • How to Compose Music – Lesson 3 – The Musical Period by Art of Composing
      • artofcomposing.com/creativity-importance-melody
  • Free MIDI files midiworld.com/files/
    • MIDI file of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from his 9th symphony
    • Coldplay Talk sample midi file
      • The musical notation interactive sheet music for Talk by Coldplay
  • MIDI and Music Notation Editors
    • onlinesequencer.net – online
    • flat.io – online
    • noteflight.com – online
    • MuseScore downloadable program
  • GarageBand
    • How to View and Print Sheet Music: Garageband X Tutorial
    • GarageBand Basics Screencast Video Tutorial
  • Melody Research, Analysis, and Recording Project Feedback Form (PDF)

• TITLE THIS BLOG POST: Making Motives with Triads
• PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE RELATED TO THE PROJECT FROM wordpress.org/openverse AT THE TOP OF THE POST
  • WATCH MR. LE DUC IMAGE PLACEMENT TUTORIAL
• FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE:
  • Making Motives Project Form (PDF)
• REVIEW THESE POST EXAMPLES:
  • Georgia’s post
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Summary

• In a small paragraph, write what you DID for this project

Melody Terms and Definitions

In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or “pitch classes“) that can be stacked vertically in thirds.^[1] The term “harmonic triad” was coined by Johannes Lippius in his Synopsis musicae novae (1612). Triads are the most common chords in Western music.

When stacked in thirds, notes produce triads. The triad’s members, from lowest-pitched tone to highest, are called:^[1]

• • The root
  • The third
  • The fifth

– Triad definition from Wikipedia

• Theme – a longer, more flowing melodic idea
• Motive – a short, rhythmic idea
• Period – 8 (ish/around 8) measures of music
• Phrase – 4 (ish/around 4) measures of music
• Antecedent (Question or First) Phrase – sets the music up and leads you to expect something
• Consequent (Answer or Second) Phrase – releases the tension built up by the first phrase
• Scale Degrees:
  • Tonic Scale Degree – the note that begins and ends the scale, the note that releases the tension, one scale degree that creates a feeling of stability and resolution.
  • Supertonic, Mediant, and Submediant Scale Degree – scale degrees with a moderate level of tension useful for transitioning and carrying on an idea
  • Dominant, Subdominant, and Leading Tone Scale Degree – the notes that build tension, several scale degrees that create a high level of tension/the need to resolve the tonic
• Steps – any movement using half or whole steps
• Leaps – any movement using intervals larger than a whole-step
• Conjunct motion –  melody built primarily out of steps that move smoothly (example: moving in a scale)
• Disjunct motion – melody built primarily using leaps
• Repetition (the god particle of music) – use repeated material to create a link between the two phrases of a period
• Contrast – write two phrases that contain contrast material to create tension and interest
• Variation – halfway between repetition and contrast. The two phrases include some recognizable material and some varied material.

Composition term definitions from Dr. Henke’s video:  How to Write a Melody

• • Dr. Jamie Henke, artsdivision.wisc.edu/staff/jamie-henke-jamie-henke/

My Motives

• Upload & link or embed at least three .mp3 from SoundCloud.com or your Google Drive

Feedback

• Write a few comments from other students or advisory members
• Cite the person who shared the comment
• Only use first names

What I Learned & Problems I Solved

• Write what you LEARNED
• Explain how you SOLVED AT LEAST ONE PROBLEM
• Link to a tutorial you followed

• TITLE THIS BLOG POST: Visual Story Structure Research
• PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE RELATED TO THE PROJECT FROM WORDPRESS.ORG/OPENVERSE AT THE TOP OF THE POST
  • WATCH MR. LE DUC IMAGE PLACEMENT TUTORIAL
• FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE:
  • Read CINEMATOGRAPHY The Visuals and the Story by Bruce Block (PDF)
    • Author, The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
  • Study each component and look for examples in films
  • Review the Visual Story Template (PDF)
  • Use the  Story Visual Intensity Structure Scene Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the Visual Story component
  • Use the Story Visual Intensity Structure Film Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the complete production
• REVIEW THESE POST EXAMPLES:
  • Coming Soon!
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

Seven Visual Story Components

• SPACE
• LINE & SHAPE
• TONE
• COLOR
• MOVEMENT
• RHYTHM

Summary

Resources

• Mr. Le Duc’s Blog with numerous examples and further details
• Read The Visuals and the Story by Bruce Block (PDF)
• Visual Story Template (PDF)
• Story Visual Intensity Structure SCENE Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the Visual Story component
• Use the Story Visual Intensity Structure FILM Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the complete production
• Advanced Storyboard Template Explained
  • Modified Interactive Storyboard (PDF)
• Blocking Planning Guide (PDF)
• Blocking and Acting Worksheet (PDF)
• 5 Stages of Blocking Worksheet (PDF)
• Light Settings and Set-Up Worksheet (PDF)
• Camera Operation and Control
• Lens Operation and Control
• Audio Deck Operation and Control
• Acting Operation and Control
• Blocking Operation and Control
• Lighting Operation and Control
• Editing Operation and Control