Welcome to Wheeler AVTF!

Check the Syllabus in the right column for course content, grade weights, employability description.

Looking forward to seeing some amazing creative work this year! Here's an on-set shot of one of the most successful series on TV... 

Movies & TV provide jobs for huge teams of creative and business people that work to make money on a project. 
Find a movie and the creative people who made it here: Internet Movie Data Base

Let's break down industry roles: Television Job Descriptions

Create a slideshow of your most memorable movies / TV shows with info such as photos, actor name, behind-the-scenes crew, domestic gross, filming locations and other trivia.

WCTV Intro Contest!

Which WCTV was better - Block 1 or Block 3? 
CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Final Exam Info

Seniors: 3rd & 4th - Thursday May 18
1st & 2nd: Friday May 19th: Regular Bell Schedule 
See Kuhn for Exam

Underclassmen: 
Tuesday May 23: Block 1 @ 8:20  Block 2 @ 10:00  

Wednesday May 24: Block 3 @ 8:20 Block 4 @ 10:00

Block 1, 3 & 4 Underclassmen: 
See the Final Study Guide in the right column >>>>>>>>>

Block 2: See Remind message or Kuhn for Final Exam info 

Wildcat TV Production Activities

Wildcat TV Project

Wildcat TV is a school project rated “TV-G” for ‘General’ Audience viewing for people of all ages. No inappropriate material allowed: visuals or music

Program Format:

Cold Open SKETCH – Story arc involving school spirit. Short, funny, with a clever ending & ‘This is Wildcat TV’ w/ still frame + music fade.

HOSTS - Male & female that represent our school well, have good chemistry, write their own copy, introduce each segment – either live in studio or edited from location shoot.

SPORTS – A Roll: athletes + B Roll of sport in action. Editing MUST be fast-paced matched with appropriate music.

FEATURE NEWS - A/B Roll of wheeler Event or Activity. *Reporter required w/ Intro/Outro on location.

HALL SURVEY - Short funny answers to 1 question from people outside our class. Needs innovative topic idea & confident interviewer.

AD - 20-30 sec publicity announcement titles or video.

END CREDITS (over still clips from segment) titles (see Segment Crew Lists) over a funny frame from your segment. Each Segment Producer sends a 5 sec credit listing the jobs of each segment crew OR a separate music video. Show Producers make their own title / with logo. 

So - what do you do now.... ? Write IDEAS for your segment

Write SCENES for your Skit

Find ACTORS for Skit

Film B ROLL - pass required

View & LOG your shots 

Film A ROLL -  TEST your Mic & LISTEN while recording

Design a colorful, motion TITLE for your segment

Find instrumental MUSIC for your segment... 

 ... Check YouTube copyright claim BEFORE you use it

ALL SEGMENTS DUE THURSDAY MAY 18th 

Wildcat TV Sign up...

BLOCK 1 CLICK HERE



BLOCK 3 CLICK HERE




NOTE! SIGN UP IS REQUIRED! 

News Groups: Send a Thank You Email

A Wheeler Teacher was generous to let you interview her or him and give you key facts that were vital to your news segment - which helped your grade on this AVTF project. 

Go to the Wheeler web site, click on his or her email and WRITE THEM A THANK YOU today! 

Wheeler web site HOME 

Feature News Package

TUES May 2 Ch 9,10,11 NEWS QUIZ. See News Term Study Guide on the right...
Copy news segment to Kuhn's flash drive 1 or 3.

MON Apr 24th: Editors Meeting (Low 3rd train)
Reporters - LOG Video
TUES Apr 25th: Reporters Meeting, Interview & Log 
Film or Schedule B Roll filming
WED Apr 26th: Royalty-Free Music DEADLINE 
Producers Progress Check - use Rubric
Reporters Write Scripts Need help? 
Click Here
THURS Apr 27th: Reporters Writing Meeting... then film INTRO (2 facts) V/O (1 Fact) & OUTRO. 
Editors: Look at Sequence Diagram on  (Posted at iMac stations) 
FRI Apr 28th: SEGMENT DEADLINE: Editors
1. Place your news elements on the sequence in a manner that flows. V/O (Reporter fact unlinked from video) goes under B roll in the middle or toward the end of segment. Split up long answers and scatter them out. DELETE DULL or poorly captured interviews. No one needs to see those.   
2. ATTRIBUTE clips borrowed from WCTV at bottom of screen on those clips in a tiny lower 3rd  'Clip courtesy of WCTV' (except Tennis) 
3. Add volume changes inside your music track with pen tool (- it takes tow to make a thing go right)
4. EQUALIZE Sound: Set volume level at halfway. Bring down anything in the red / Audio Gain anything too low to hear. 
5. Select ALL - slide to add a sec of black before
6. FADE DOWN everything at the end - picture & sound. 

MON May 1: Review for News Quiz - See Chapter Packets, sit w/ partner. 
REVIEW Segment. If it's all good, Export Sequence to .mp4.