Your+Director,+Your+Life


 * Congratulations!** The director you've been studying has been commissioned to make a film a scene from one of your memories! Somehow this is possible despite other financial, geographical, or temporal considerations. Your director is deceased? No problem! Their spirit will move you.


 * Part I: Script and Storyboard.**

Your script should be properly formatted. You can use [|Adobe Story], [|Celtx], or simply use [|proper screenplay format] in Word or Pages.


 * __UNLIKE__ YA-CHUN's FILM :** Your film **is only expected to be 1-2 pages - meaning 1-2 minutes long.**

Film it! While you are welcome to approach your art however you see fit - take a //careful look// at the mark bands below to make sure you are hitting them all. Keep it simple - this is an important way to //transfer// your knowledge and understanding of your director's work //through an analysis of their style// into something that becomes your own. While you are welcome to make this into your next masterpiece, you might also just want to //keep it simple.//
 * Part II:**
 * You are only required to film one scene from your memory.**

Iconic Ideas || There are very few connections to your director's style through editing, cinematography, lighting, sound, mise-en-scene, or acting. || There are some tenuous connections to your director's style through editing, cinematography, lighting, sound, mise-en-scene, or acting. || There are some clear connections to your director's style through editing, cinematography, lighting, sound, mise-en-scene, and acting. || There are careful connections to your director's style through editing, cinematography, lighting, sound, mise-en-scene, and acting. There is care and attention to even small details for inclusion in your film.
 * DIRECTOR'S PROJECT RUBRIC (HOW DO I GET AN 'A'?) **
 * || Starting || Improving || Accomplished || Advanced ||
 * Director's Style &
 * You include at least one reference to an iconic moment in your director's work.** ||
 * Quality || There is very little attention to detail. The camera may be too shaky, the lighting too dim, the sound too loud or quiet. || There is ok attention to detail. Only some of what is mentioned in the top mark band is present here. || There is good attention to detail for the filmmaking process. Most of what is listed in the //advanced// markband are present here. || There is great attention to detail in terms of the quality of the filmmaking process. For example, these details may include but are not limited to:
 * Shots are steady (or appropriately unsteady).
 * Editing is paced well (unless purposefully uneven).
 * Everything is well lit.
 * Sound is at appropriate levels.
 * The film starts and ends from and to a black screen.
 * Careful attention is paid to what is in the shot. ||
 * Clarity || I have no idea what I just watched (if your director is David Lynch or Maya Deren, this counts as hightest markband. Otherwise, no. || The story and plot are mostly clear. The theme is unclear. || The story and plot are clear. The theme might be hard to understand. || The story, plot, and theme are clear. ||


 * Part III:** After you have exported your video, create a second version with a 'director's commentary track'. You can either do this as if it was your director speaking, or simply how you approached your project in your director's style.
 * Director’s Commentary Rubric ||
 * CATEGORY || Advanced || Accomplished || Improving || Starting ||
 * **Vocals: Clarity & Volume** || All vocals are clear and easy to understand and at an appropriate volume. Voice is clear and consistent, free of ‘um’s... || The majority of vocals are clear and easy to understand. Mostly free of “um’s” || Less than half of the vocals are clear and easy to understand. There are awkward pauses and the voice sounds uncomfortable. || Most vocals are not clear or easy to understand. The volume is too loud or two soft. ||
 * **Video: Volume** || The sound of the video plays quietly in the background. If Sound is referenced, the voice pauses and the sound of the film goes up. || The sound of the video is mostly in the background, some things might be hard to understand. || The sound is inconsistent, sometimes the sound is clear, sometimes it is not. || The sound of the film and the sound of the commentary create an unintelligible garble. ||
 * **Relevance of Content** || The commentary mostly reflects what is going on the screen as best as possible. || The commentary often reflects what is going on the screen. || Sometimes the commentary and what is happening on screen line up. || There is no coordination between what is going on in the film and in the commentary. ||
 * **Content**

Mis-En-Scene* Acting Cinematography Lighting Editing Sound || The director’s commentary explains the connections between your film and your director’s body of work. Most of these topics are covered well:
 * This Category is worth 50% of the overall score!** || The director’s commentary accurately explains the connections of the film to the original director’s body of work. All of these topics are covered:

Mis-En-Scene* Acting Cinematography Lighting Editing Sound || The director’s commentary mostly explains the connections between your film and you director’s body of work. However, the connections are weak or superficial. Some of these topics are covered:

Mis-En-Scene* Acting Cinematography Lighting Editing Sound || The director’s commentary gives little or no conclusive evidence that the director’s style has been incorporated into your film at all. ||
 * **Creativity & Originality** || Any significant area in which you deviated from your original memory and / or director’s style to create something that worked for your video is documented. || You identify some changes that made your film different from your memory and/or your director’s style. || Little evidence is given that you through too much about how to change your memory into something original and new. || No evidence is given that you have made any choices that use your memory and director’s style to make a new product. ||