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Door Movie Teacher Resources

The Door Movie: Using AFI curriculum, students created a short video about a door. They then added music and sound effects in Windows Movie Maker to complete the movie. The entire process included storyboards, multiple camera angles, shooting, editing and reshooting. Although students worked in small groups to film, they each edited their own version of the finished movies. See all posts tagged with Door Movie to see student work.

Assignment Expectations: You WILL be graded on the following parts of your movie.

  • Storyboard: 20 points
    • rubric_storyboard (click to read or print)
    • Required Elements:
      • Movement of actor
      • Camera Angle
      • planned sound effects
  • Filming: 20 points
    • rubric_filming (click to read or print)
    • Required Elements:
      • one director, one camera person, one actor
      • Cooperate as a group
      • You must complete the filming of the whole story within one class period
      • You MUST follow the storyboard as written
  • Editing: 50 points 
    • rubric_editing (click to read or print)
    • Required Elements:
      • Beginning, Middle and End to the story
      • NO in camera sound
      • music and sound effects throughout movie (no dead air)
      • Title and credits complete
      • one or more video effect

Storyboards to use and print out

Examples of finished professional storyboards

Other Examples of the Door Movie by AFI students

The AFI Door Movie Instructional Videos and resources http://screennation.afi.com/Learn.aspx

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Door Movies by the 8th graders

The American Film Institute created a great student film curriculum that I have been using with my 8th grade digital video arts classes.In this assignment the kids had to shoot a film in a small group. the requirements were: one actor only, all filmed within 5 feet of the door. The actor was to walk up to the door, hear a frightening noise, react in fear, struggle to open the door, finally make it through the door and show relief that the strange noise was not in-fact dangerous.The first day, they shot the film without any storyboard or planning, then they watched the outcome, learned more about camera angles and storyboards and wrote a storyboard. Next, to experience the importance of storyboards they had to re-shoot using the storyboard from a different group. Finally, they re-filmed their own storyboard. For the editing part, all students had to edit their own version from any footage from the several group sessions. They had to edit out all camera audio and use only music and sound effects to tell the story and build the suspense.

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Door Movies by the 8th graders

The American Film Institute created a great student film curriculum that I have been using with my 8th grade digital video arts classes.

In this assignment the kids had to shoot a film in a small group. the requirements were: one actor only, all filmed within 5 feet of the door. The actor was to walk up to the door, hear a frightening noise, react in fear, struggle to open the door, finally make it through the door and show relief that the strange noise was not in-fact dangerous.

The first day, they shot the film without any storyboard or planning, then they watched the outcome, learned more about camera angles and storyboards and wrote a storyboard. Next, to experience the importance of storyboards they had to re-shoot using the storyboard from a different group. Finally, they re-filmed their own storyboard. For the editing part, all students had to edit their own version from any footage from the several group sessions. They had to edit out all camera audio and use only music and sound effects to tell the story and build the suspense.

 2 finished films by different editors ~ Starring LIZ

door movie starring LIZ

2 finished films by different editors ~ Starring TANNER

door movie with tanner

Door Movie Student Version: by Paige 7th grade

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