Multimedia Project

The project for this topic will be to create a multimedia version of a school yearbook. Students will be divided into groups (three or less) and will be required to design, create and produce a multimedia presentation about some facet of school life this year.

The stages of development will be :

Intial brain-storming
Decision on a topic
Storyboard Topic
Gathering resources
Editing resources
Producing the multimedia files

Students will be expected to submit

A hyperlinked collection of files that allow access to the following:

A short video introduction of the group members and their topic (this must be carefully scripted and rehearsed).
A copy of the storyboard used to design the project
A menu system that allows access to the files
A collection of media tha includes text and at least two of : sound, video, still pictures, animation, interactive media such as flash.

Students may choose any topic related to school life. This may include :

What you and your friends do at lunch
What you do in class
Stories, poetry, descriptions of funny events
Still pictures and descriptions of people in your year.
Famous couples or foes.
Sporting events
Reviews of best concerts or films from this year.
Particular skills of some people in your year - for example hackey sack, skateboard tricks etc
Musical or dance items.
Skits or commedy items.
Special effects like light saber or laser blaster duels.

Warning

No student should be involved in filming, encouraging or participating in any activity that is :

Lewd, sexist or racist.
Villifies a particular group or individual
Is dangerous or could cause harm to anyone involved (this includes Jack-ass type activities like riding in shopping trolleys or hitting people with base-ball bats).
Is illegal or against school rules
Occurs without the permission of the subject of the film - especially teachers.
Involves a motor vehicle.
Involves or infers drinking smoking or drug taking (this includes party footage of people involved in such activites, behaving under the influence of such activities or recovering from such activities)
Any activity that can bring discredit or shame to this school.

Permission for publishing should be gained from all participants involved in the filming if they take up more than 20% of any frame or picture, or are the focus of the camera for more than 1 second.

No surnames, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses or any other data that can identify the subject should be included in the material.

Material taken during out of school activities like parties must include writeen permission from the parents who hosted the event - including contact details so the permission can be varified.

Your teacher has the final say with regards to the appropriateness of any material to be included in the presentation.