| Ms. Kagohara's classes

About Mystery/Suspense and Horror

Anonymous ● Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Here are the productions just finished from both Digital Video classes on Mystery/Suspense/Horror. How scary is it?

Media Basics 1st Quarter 2015/16

Anonymous ● Friday, October 2, 2015

As we get to the end of the quarter, it's time to share some of the work done from the Media Basics students in quarter 1 of this school year.

Hope you enjoy:

Graphics Project

Ringtone

Check the files here, and feel free to use them in your phone!

Commercial

Second movie, first one with dialogue

Anonymous ● Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Check out what this semester's class accomplished in their second class production!

First production from DV1 2015-16 class

Anonymous ● Friday, August 21, 2015

We just presented the first films from the new DV1 class.

Working on silent films helps students focus on acting, and scene framing, not relying so much on the dialogue to explain a situation or action.

Check out the results!

MS Film Festival 2015

Anonymous ● Friday, May 29, 2015

Yesterday we had a chance to see 8 films submitted to the festival by our Middle School filmmakers!
It was a fun after school with popcorn, coke and some great laughs!

Check out the films and vote for the Audience Choice award! Winners will be announced in Monday's assembly. Enjoy!

Here is how you can vote:

"Why Are Things Creepy?"

Anonymous ● Thursday, April 9, 2015

The Digital Video class is working on their first suspense/mystery/horror movie. Besides analysing a number of elements that are common, different and effective in these genre, we watched Hitchcock's Psycho, and two award-winner short films that quite scary.

Pedro Caltabiano, one of the students in class has shared with us this video that fits well our topic. Thanks for sharing Pedro!

Individual Assignment 1

Anonymous ● Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Every quarter in Digital Video class, students are expected to turn in at least one individual assignment. This quarter, they could choose to produce a music video, or a documentary.

Check out some of the results!

Dialogue First Attempt

Anonymous ●

The Digital Video I students were asked to create a short film, of a theme of their choice, to practice two basic things: framing scenes and using dialog for the first time in class.

Here are their final productions. Enjoy!

First DV1 assignment

Anonymous ● Monday, February 9, 2015

To get the class started on the basic film techniques and post production skills, the class had to work in groups to create a silent movie. check out the results!

The Renaissance Fair Music Video

Anonymous ● Thursday, February 5, 2015

Last week, the Digital Video II class covered the first Renaissance Fair we had in the Middle School.

We worked together to capture as much footage of the event as possible. In class, students were introduced to the basics of Final Cut Pro, and had to deliver a music video of the event.

This was their first assignment this semester, and I believe they are all off to a good start :)

Check out what each student accomplished:

The end of the semester in DV1

Anonymous ● Monday, December 8, 2014

It was an AMAZING semester with this group of students!

It was very special to see the growth and the skills learned in class being transferred to other academic areas as well.

Check out the last videos produced by this class. I can't wait to see them again at the Film Festival 2015!

2nd Quarter short films

Anonymous ●

Here are the videos created in Media Basics this second quarter. Hope you enjoy!

Final suspense/horror/scary

Anonymous ● Monday, November 17, 2014

Here are the final movies created for the second unit of the semester. How much progress did que groups made?

CWW Music Videos

Anonymous ● Thursday, October 30, 2014

The students in the Digital Video class were asked to put together a music video of their CWW trip back in September. Since there were so many things going on, and this was an assignment to be completer outside class, the music videos were just turned in. Check out how they creatively chose to portray their trip. What do you think?

Petar Trip

Minas Trip

Mystery, horror or suspense?

Anonymous ● Saturday, October 25, 2014

In this unit students worked practicing skills and techniques to create a short film that would fit in the genre... is it mystery, horror or suspense?

Short Films in Media Basics

Anonymous ● Friday, October 3, 2014

To complete the quarter, and the introduction to media studies in 6th grade, students were challenged to create a short movie, and produce an original soundtrack for it. Check out the results, what do you think?

Graphics Project in Media Basics

Anonymous ● Friday, September 12, 2014

All the students in Media Basics were given the challenge to tell a story that was personal to them, and show all the skills we have been practicing in class to complete that task.

Check out the results! ;)

Silent Movies, now summative!

Anonymous ● Wednesday, September 10, 2014

check out how much everyone improved from the first silent movie film attempt. Check the first movies on this post.

Great job class!
How did you like the result and how did you meet your goal?
Leave a comment about one (or more!) of the videos you saw.

First Silent Movies!

Anonymous ● Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Check out the first production of the DV1 class. Their requirement was to create a silent movie, that addressed the theme "lost". Our focus was really practicing composition of shots and story structure. What do you think about this first attempt?

Learning in Media Basics

Anonymous ● Thursday, August 21, 2014

In order to prepare to open house, and also have students showcase a little of what we do in class, I asked them this question: how does learning look like in this class? if you could express that on a poster with fewer words as possible, how would it look like?

We are still on the finishing process, and some students decided to jump straight to animation and use that to communicate what we do and learn in class! check it out:

James