CULMINATING ACTIVITY: IDC 4U MEDIA PROJECT AND PRESENTATION Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned in this course through one of several projects and a presentation. Your work will be presented in an audio or visual form and should deal with one of the questions on the following page as its central thesis or point. Your project should do the following:! Demonstrate an the key and issues related to media! Demonstrate critical analysis of two or more of the major concepts and we have looked at over the course and look at ways that this has impacted our society o values and norms o how medium effects the message o importance of audience o citizenship and about change o technology and how it impacts both society You may present your work in PowerPoint presentation, movie, audio documentary or podcast, photographic essay or website. Your presentation must be 7-10 minutes long, including the viewing of your media piece. Your task is to use the aesthetics and style of your chosen medium to get a clear argument or thesis across. It may be personal in some ways but must look at the broader society too. DUE DATE: MAY 10 th, Presentations are on a sign-up basis starting on May 10 th EVALUATION: This project is worth 30 percent of your overall mark and has 4 aspects: Proposal: 10 marks which will be done in class on Ap 30 (Day2) or May1 (Day1) Product: 55 marks Due May 10/11 for Day 2/1 Presentation: 25 marks starting May 10/11 Presentation Feedback: 10 marks You will be evaluated on the following: " How well you analyse you choose and how persuasive you are " How well you utilize the aesthetics of your chosen medium to analyse the subject you study " Your ability to identify and critically analyse and arguments in a graphic medium and the creativity and critical thinking you bring to that discussion.
List of possible topics: You may choose one of the following focuses, or discuss with me the main focus of your project. Is the camera a humanitarian tool? Are we living the society of the spectacle? How do we negotiate truth in media today? McLuhan s 21 st Century World: has McLuhan s vision come true? Signs of Hope Redux: look at a social justice story from the news and do an in-depth report/photo essay. Remediation: how new media build on the media of the past How has media shaped a specific culture/subculture? How has the internet challenged intellectual property and of plagiarism? Is Creative Commons the key to intellectual property? Come up with a plagiarism policy for the 21 st Century: Look at impacts/ How is a particular media technology changing society? Gender Roles in the Animated Films of Disney Gender and Representation Media and the consumer society Social Media and Political Change: Twitter Revolutions? Representation and Media: How media representation effects the values of society The Green Agenda? Carving a clear media message for the environment Investigative Report on a news story Media and Social change: examine how a genre of music/film/tv effected norms and values in society Film and National identity: how does film effect the identity of a country (not US) Has the democratization of media technology revolutionized or ruined media? Create a comic on the power of comics or on the use of comics to tell serious stories Film Create a Film (with a reflection on the process) Either original documentary or short film with your presentation focusing on the process as well as the product
Rubric: Visual Presentation information, Thinking/Inquiry creative thinking/risk taking critical thinking/ audience analysis focus and visual elements (e.g., line, shape, form, texture, colour, space, tone) principles of design (e.g., balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, unity) presentation (lettering, drafting) limited appropriate and information takes limited risks to include unexpected or unconventional that have limited appeal for the has limited clarity of focus and any) show limited visual elements layout shows limited command of the elements of design techniques with limited skill and consistency some appropriate and takes some risks to include unexpected or unconventional that have some appeal for the has some clarity of focus and any) show some visual elements layout shows some elements of design techniques with some skill and consistency appropriate and takes risks to include unexpected or unconventional that have appeal for the intended audience has a clear and unified focus and any) show visual elements layout shows elements of design techniques with skill and consistency wellthought-out and insightful degree of risk taking to include unexpected or unconventional that have strong appeal for the has a strong, clear, and unified focus and any) show extensive command of visual elements layout shows extensive command of the elements of design techniques with a high degree of skill and consistency
Rubric: Multimedia Presentation Date: information, Thinking/Inquiry creative thinking/risk taking sensory appeal focus and unity sense of audience and interplay of media use of technology presentation limited takes few risks to skill in appealing to several senses has limited focus limited sense of has limited few parts of the presentation are some takes some risks to skill in appealing to several senses has some focus and unity some sense of is somewhat effective some parts of the presentation are takes risks to incorporate unusual or unexpected shows skill in appealing to several senses has focus and unity sense of is effective shows most of the presentation is thorough and insightful degree of risk taking to shows high degree of skill in appealing to several senses has a strong, clear, unified focus strong sense of is highly effective shows strong all or almost all of the presentation is
Rubric: Video Date: information, Thinking/Inquiry creative thinking/risk taking focus and unity sense of audience and use of motion interplay of media (i.e., variety of shots and angles; steady camera) editing techniques (e.g., continuity, dubbing, titles) that have limited interest for takes few risks to has limited focus in selection and order of shots; follows written script to a limited degree has limited sense of includes limited with limited competence in editing that are somewhat engaging to the intended audience takes some risks to has some focus and unity in selection and order of shots; follows written script to some degree has some sense of includes some with some competence in editing that are engaging to the takes risks to incorporate unusual or unexpected has a clear and unified focus in selection and order of shots; follows written script to a degree has sense of audience and includes with shows shows competence in editing that are highly engaging to the degree of risk taking to has a strong, clear, and unified focus in selection and order of shots; follows written script closely has strong and clear sense of audience and includes a high degree of appropriate creatively and effectively shows strong degree of competence and creativity in editing
Rubric: PowerPoint Presentation Date: information,, concepts Thinking analysis sense of audience and coherent organization voice uses limited logical analysis and sense of in choice of content and use of PowerPoint structure shows limited organization voice has limited clarity uses some logical analysis and sense of in choice of content and use of PowerPoint structure shows some organization voice has some clarity shows uses logical analysis and shows sense of audience and in choice of content and use of PowerPoint structure shows organization voice has satisfactory clarity shows thorough uses highly effective logical analysis and shows thorough in choice of content and use of PowerPoint structure is highly organized voice has clarity language conventions with limited accuracy and with some accuracy and with accuracy and with a high degree of accuracy and use and transfer of knowledge and skills uses knowledge and skills with limited uses knowledge and skills with some uses knowledge and skills effectively uses knowledge and skills with