The+Chocolate+War+Project

**Your Interpretation of Robert Cormier's __The Chocolate War__**
In this assignment, //**you and your group will complete a story-telling project where you reproduce a scene from the above mentioned text**//. You choose your own scene, and //**tell the story the way you see it**//. That means you have to know the story, so by **Thursday** and **Friday**, I will expect that you can take and pass the book comprehension **test**. You must be able to show that you have read the text in order to participate in this activity.

As you know from class, we have broken this project into a few different parts. Under the umbrella of **independent film** and a **Trinity News Show**, we are going to create a series of episodes based on scenes and events from the book. Some of you may choose to do a news report, some of you may choose to create a scene from "Trinity High School." Whatever you choose to do, and whatever group you choose to work in, all of you will write a problem-solution essay. I believe writing this essay will help you get a deeper insight into the situation, and, in turn, help you create a better scene in your project. Equally, I think writing, shooting, editing, and publishing your project will also help you write your essay. Additional writing will include: broadcast news scripts, broadcast news live reports, screenplays, cinematographic explanations, character analyses, and lots of web content.

Agenda
1. Finish Screenplay (Script) 2. Export Script as .txt 3. Upload Script to wiki 4. Print copy of script (2x), print blank storyboard (see below) 5. Return, turn in script, sketch out storyboard 3. HW: Complete storyboard for your scene. Draw with as much detail as you can, and write notes between the panes.
 * Black 4, 2/18/10**

1. Studio Introduction-record procedures 2. Equipment overview 3. Studio Positions 4. Recording #1
 * Gold 4, 2/17/10**

1. Room 253-Drafting Script
 * Black 4, 2/16/10**

1. Writing for the ear 2. Tour of PNN 3. Rundown Format 4. Script Format
 * Gold 4, 2/12/10**

1. Celtx revisited 2. Cartoon Script 3. Publishing to wiki 4. Setup, Confrontation, Resolution
 * Black 4, 2/11/10**

1. Field Camera Instruction 2. News Writing, Storytelling 3. HW: write drafts of your news stories/show
 * Gold 4, 1/18/10**

1. Designing Your Wiki 2. Planning your film 3. Part 2 of Test this Friday
 * Black 4**, 1/20/10

1. Designing Your Wiki 2. Code of Conduct 3. Organizing your space and making invitations 4. **Due today**: a link to your homepage in my mailbox (kmcnulty), ~your code of conduct in that same mailbox, ~a write-up of your plan for a show. 5. Choosing managers 6. Begin work on the Problem-Solution Essay
 * Gold 4**, 1/19/2010

1. Grades 2. Introducing Celtx & Wikispaces 2.5 Code of Conduct 3. Writing the Scenes below-turning in the screenplay 4. Choosing Scene, Storyboarding, Shotlisting, Pacing, Choreographing, Shooting, Editing, Publishing
 * Black 4**, 1/15/10

1. Grades 2. Rundowns and potential stories 3. Writing In Broadcast Style 4. Planning, Shooting, Editing, Publishing
 * Gold 4**, 1/14/10

1. Final Agreements on Scenes 2. Storyboard scenes 3. Room 253, Create Wikis -Final Scene -Emile Janza Calls him a "queer" -Brother Eugene's Classroom -Archie's Assignment -on the football field? -Seeing the Girl at the Bus Stop -Students Selling -Jerry's House, the calls, the taunts -Brother Leon makes an Example of Bailey -Goober & Jerry Running -Archie & Obie Making the List for Assignments -Vigils Save the Chocolate Sale -the Vigils Meet & Beat Rollo -Obie & Archie: a Love-hate Relationship -Emile Steals Gas -Hippie Talks to Jerry -Leon asking Archie for help -Leon vs. Archie -After the Fight -the Locker
 * Black 4,** 1/13/10
 * Scenes:**

You will be working in four groups to create four different news shows that depict the events of the four divisions.
 * Gold 4**, 1/12/10
 * Division I: chs1-9, pgs. 1-63
 * Division II: chs10-19, pgs 64-124
 * Division III: chs 20-29, pgs 125-191
 * Division IV: chs 30-39, pgs 193-252

You will be working in small groups most of the time, and you will also be learning new software (scriptwriting software, nonlinear video editing software, graphic-editing software), new story-telling skills (storyboarding, scriptwriting, shotlisting, cinematography planning), and how to use new hardware (cameras, tripods, microphones, computers).
 * Black 4**, 1/11/10

To help you plan your news show and your independent films, these two documents will help you with the planning. Use the **storyboard** for planning your film, and use the **rundown** for planning your show. We will then work together to make them happen.

Discuss the project and the potential accomplishments. Here are some examples of past projects -Homer's Odyssey -The Lord of the Flies -A Lesson before Dying
 * Both Classes**