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Communication Media 10, 20 – Final Self-Evaluation

Jan 23

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In addition to the final project, there is one final assignment for the course. You are to write out a self-evaluation of your work for the course. The self-evaluation must include:

  • A description of each project that you worked on (including help on other people’s projects).
  • A description of your contributions to the project.
  • An evaluation of the best parts of the project. What were the best things you did during production of the project? Why do you think they were well done?
  • An evaluation of the parts of the project that you think you could have done better. If you could go back and change things in your project, what would you do differently and why?
  • A list of what you learned during the creation of the project. What skills – technical, organizational, personal, etc. – did you use and develop during the project?
The self-evaluation can be hand written or typed in a word processor then printed. Unless other arrangements have been made, the self-evaluation should be completed by 3:30 p.m. on January 24.

Communication Media final projects

Jan 4

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Communication Media final projects (for both the Comm Media 10 and 20 classes) are due at the end of the day for which the class final exam is scheduled (i.e. January 24 for Comm Media 20 and Jan. 26 for Comm Media 10).

Science of Motion 5 – calculating using acceleration

Dec 11

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Knowing some basic concepts about displacement, time, velocity and acceleration can let us do some pretty powerful calculations to describe an object’s motion, like how long it takes for an airplane to accelerate to takeoff on an aircraft carrier:

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Science of Motion 4 – acceleration

Dec 9

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Not all motion is at a constant velocity. Objects will speed up or slow down as forces act on them. A velocity can change slowly (think of a ball rolling down a long, low ramp) or quickly (like a Corvette accelerating down the road. The rate of change of velocity (how slowly or quickly it changes) is the object’s acceleration. The ball rolling down the low ramp has a much lower acceleration than the Corvette.

Here’s an example of calculating the rate of change of velocity of a car as it accelerates to 60 miles per hour:

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Living Skies Film Festival

Dec 2

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I recently received an email that might (should) be of interest to some Communication Media students:

  The Regina Film and Video Student’s Society at the University of
Regina is preparing for our annual film festival: Living Skies Student
Film Festival, and we are actively and enthusiastically seeking
submissions from both high school and post-secondary students across
North America.  Submissions must be under 15minutes in length and the
deadline is January 10th 2012.  Submission forms can be found on our
website www.livingskiesstudentfilmfestival.com
This is a three day Film Festival, running from February 10th to
12th 2012, that showcases student films from across the country and
northern United States. It is an important opportunity for up and
coming filmmakers to get acquainted with the work of their colleagues
from other film schools across the country.
This event will be taking place on campus and combines screenings
of student films with seminars presented by highly respected and
renowned filmmakers, such as NFB filmmaker Donald McWilliams, Filmpool
artist in residence Chrystene Ells, and local special effects artist
Emersen Ziffle.  Friday night is a meet and mingle in the 5th parallel
gallery on campus, where you can let loose and mingle with upcoming
and successful filmmakers.  We will be having a red carpet awards gala
on the Saturday night to celebrate the winning entries and all who
participated in this year’s festival. This student organized festival
is a cultural event as well as a learning opportunity for students.

For more information, please visit the website at
http://livingskiesstudentfilmfestival.wordpress.com/about/
Also check out our promotion video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtb1Ac0Hek

If you check out the website, you’ll know just as much about the festival as I do. If you are interested in entering, let me know and I’ll get you a copy of the submission form. If you have any more questions about the film festival, I’d be happy to pass those along to the festival organizer (who is a graduate of NBCHS, by the way).

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Converting units tutorial

Nov 30

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Unit conversions will, as we have seen, come up frequently in studying motion such as when we are converting yards per second into kilometres per hour. Unit conversions are also an import part of calculations in many other areas of science. Here’s a quick explanation/example of unit conversions:

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Science of Motion 3 – solving for time and distance

Nov 28

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Since we know about the relationship between velocity, displacement and time, we can use that formula to find velocity or time or displacement as long as we know the two other variables.

First – finding the time if you know the velocity and the displacement:

And how do find the displacement if you know the velocity and the time:

So, given this information, here’s my question for you. If I leave North Battleford at 2:00 for a 3:00 dentist appointment in Saskatoon (which is about 140 km away) and drive at an average speed of 110 km/hour (I’ll drive very fast in Saskatoon), how long will it take me to get to Saskatoon? How late will I be for my appointment? (Give me the answer to either or both of these questions in class, including showing your calculations, and you will be rewarded, probably with leftover Halloween treats).

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Science of Motion 2 – Calculating Average Velocity or Speed

Nov 28

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You’ll use this type of calculation not only in the motion labs, but also in some problems that you’ll be asked to solve in future classes. It’s also good to know if you want to avoid a speeding ticket.

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Science of Motion 1 – Scalars and Vectors

Nov 21

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Measurements in science can be classified into two types – scalars and vectors. The difference is explained in the following video:

Can you think of other measurements that are scalars? What about measurements that are vectors?

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Day in the Life of NBCHS

Nov 8

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On to the first video assignment! For this assignment you will work with partners to create a video called Day in the Life of NBCHS. The content of the video is whatever you want to do that relates to the title (as long as the content is acceptable and falls within school policies).

Requirements

The video should be 1 – 2 minutes in length. The story is to be told entirely through video – no dialog allowed, although you can use music and sound effects. Before shooting any video, you will need to complete a storyboard and get it approved by me. When you are shooting, you will need to get the consent of anyone who appears in the video if they are recognizable. See me for permission forms.

The video itself must meet the following critera:

  • no dialog
  • 1 to 2 minutes in length
  • school appropriate
  • use 3 different shot distances
  • use 2 different angles
  • include title at the beginning and a credit roll at the end
  • be interesting

Deliverables

  • storyboard
  • final edited video with music and sound effects; should be exported in HD 1080p format (make sure you edit in full HD)

Due Date

December 2, 2011. If you finish before that you can use class time to work on your Three Little Pigs script.