| Project description |
Assignment |
Official Project Participants | Edited? | Material Obtained |
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| From Suburban High | ||||
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1) “Mentos” commercial It is about an effeminate male who gets beat up until he eats Mentos. |
commercial | Bobby, Bradley, and Nate | Yes | Unedited work only |
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2) Documentary about violence and fighting It includes interviews and a recording of mock fighting, being done for another video project. |
final project selected from list of genres | Bobby | No, the hard drive crashed |
All that was done |
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3) “[Suburban High's] Performing Arts Senior Video 2002” A piece featuring seniors and shown at a school awards dinner for the Performing Arts. It consisted of still photographs, interviews, and music selected by featured students. |
final project selected from list of genres | Bob, Hope, and Ellen | Yes | Edited work only |
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4) “Drunk Driving” Recorded entirely by one student at his home with his sister playing the part of the driver, who has an accident. |
commercial | Valic, Catherine, Pablo, and Ricardo | Yes | Edited work only |
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5) “The Good, The Bad, And The
Techies” A documentary of the student run television news program, containing impromptu interviews, shots of students working and playing, and part of one song. |
final project selected from list of genres | Valic, Catherine, and Luke | Yes, but with insufficient time | Edited and two days worth of unedited work |
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6) The video yearbook This consists entirely of still photographs set to music and titles inserted. |
Club project | Video club members | Yes | Edited work only |
| From Urban High | ||||
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7) Untitled project It is about a male student who believes he is being followed until his follower goes into the girls’ restroom. |
silent recording of event with a growing tension | Skinny, Abbey, Ed, Turkey, and Lynn | No | All the work |
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8) “Sex Talk” Plat Shot 5 (Introduction) This is about how to have safe sex, including interviews with a school counselor and an array of students and teachers, introductory and segue pieces, and two short skits. |
“How to” video | Skinny, Ed, Turkey, Lynn, and Rosemary with Abbey participating unofficially | No | All the work |
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9) “Don't Drink and Drive” Some girls are shown as they try to prevent a drunk friend from driving, who then hits a pedestrian. It was recorded away from school. |
Public Service Announcement | Skinny, Abbey, Ed, Turkey, and Rosemary | Yes | Edited and unedited work |
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10) Untitled project A demonstration of how to make strawberry shortcake. |
“How to” video | Abbey | No | All the work |
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11) Untitled project A demonstration of how to make a meal of chicken and cheesecake. |
“How to” video | Tiffany and Rachel | No | All the work |
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12) Untitled project It is about safe sex, shot entirely at a classroom table with the students reading their lines and demonstrating the correct way to wear a condom. Another student did the camera work. |
Public Service Announcement | Tiffany and Rachel | No | All the work |
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13) Unfinished movie Based on an unwritten script about a theft. The sound was lost during copying. |
fictional movie | Spike with the assistance of several other students. | No | Only the first 20 minutes of work was copied. |
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14) “The First 4” A set of football clips—taken at the high school games—were put to music with an array of special effects added. |
a school news story | Spike, Mary, and Cory | Yes | Edited work only |
| From Boarding High | ||||
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15) Untitled project It includes images of “Jesus,” a church, a helicopter, and a mysterious rooftop antenna distorted by frequent zooming in and out. Music was not included due to technical problems. |
an art piece | Jerome and Wicket | Yes | All the work |
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16) “Perspectives” A piece set to music with images of slatted ceilings and trees at odd angles, a crow that seems to turn into a girl with wings, a skeleton of a bird (the only image borrowed and not from school campus), and the participating students. |
an art piece | Linda, Mike, Stacy, and Armando with another male student participating the first day | Yes | All the work |