ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (6) 2 :

2) Collaboratively organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

[ARTS] MED (6) 4 :

4) Assess how elements and components can be altered for specific effects and audience, then refine media artworks to reflect purpose and audience.

[ARTS] MED (6) 11 :

11) Identify, describe, and analyze how message and meaning are created by components in media arts productions.

[ARTS] MED (7) 2 :

2) Design, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering expressive intent and resources.

[ARTS] MED (7) 3 :

3) Coordinate production processes to combine content and components for specific purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles.

a. Utilize narrative structure and composition.

Example: Write, perform, direct, and produce a short film.

[ARTS] MED (7) 11 :

11) Describe, compare, and analyze the qualities of and relationships among the components in media arts productions.

[ARTS] MED (8) 2 :

2) Collaboratively structure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.

[ARTS] MED (8) 4 :

4) Modify and refine media artworks, improving technical quality and intentionally accentuating selected expressive and stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, and setting.

[ARTS] MED (8) 12 :

12) Compare, contrast, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience and create intention.

Students will explore the differences in written and spoken text by watching digital videos with and without audio narration.  They will identify how images and words enhance each other.  They will write essays that will become captions for a class-created video.  There are nine lessons in this unit.        

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (6) 2 :

2) Collaboratively organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

[ARTS] MED (6) 4 :

4) Assess how elements and components can be altered for specific effects and audience, then refine media artworks to reflect purpose and audience.

[ARTS] MED (6) 9 :

9) Fulfill various tasks and defined processes in the presentation and/or distribution of media arts productions, utilizing various presentation formats.

Example: Explore various methods of release for name brand product advertising.

[ARTS] MED (6) 12 :

12) Identify, describe, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience.

[ARTS] MED (7) 1 :

1) Produce various ideas and solutions for media arts products, applying chosen creative processes.

a. Use concept modeling and prototyping.

Example: Create a conceptual drawing and input into a computer to use a 3D printer to create a game character.

[ARTS] MED (7) 2 :

2) Design, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering expressive intent and resources.

[ARTS] MED (7) 11 :

11) Describe, compare, and analyze the qualities of and relationships among the components in media arts productions.

[ARTS] MED (8) 1 :

1) Generate various ideas, goals, and solutions for original media arts products, applying focused creative processes through divergent thinking and experimentation.

[ARTS] MED (8) 2 :

2) Collaboratively structure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.

[ARTS] MED (8) 12 :

12) Compare, contrast, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience and create intention.

Students will observe children's products and discuss their likes and dislikes about each product. They will view a variety of advertisements and decide if they would purchase the item or not. They will begin drawing an advertisement for a product.