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How Does a Green Screen Work?

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Title:

How Does a Green Screen Work?

URL:

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-green-screen-work

Content Source:

Wonderopolis

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

Students will read about how a green screen works. They will watch a weather forecast and identify how the green screen works. They will research a movie and what special effects were used.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 4 Media Arts	12) Identify, describe, and explain how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Responding Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Process Components: Perceive Essential Questions: EU: Identifying the qualities and characteristics of media artworks improves one's artistic appreciation and production. EQ: How do we 'read' media artworks and discern their relational components? How do media artworks function to convey meaning and manage audience experiences? Skill Examples: After watching a commercial for a car, respond to teacher questions to identify, describe, and explain how the messages were created by the individual components. After watching a series of commercials for shoes, respond to teacher questions to identify and describe the various methods and styles and the effect on the class. With guidance, watch and respond to a series of political ads. By responding to teacher questions, tell the purpose, meaning and message of each and how interpretation is affected by context. Using a class made checklist for basic principles, processes, and context grade one of your own media arts products and make changes to make it better.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 4 Media Arts	13) Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media arts productions, considering both purpose and context. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Responding Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Process Components: Interpret Essential Questions: EU: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork. EQ: How do people relate to and interpret media artworks? Skill Examples: After watching a commercial for a car, respond to teacher questions to identify, describe, and explain how the messages were created by the individual components. After watching a series of commercials for shoes, respond to teacher questions to identify and describe the various methods and styles and the effect on the class. With guidance, watch and respond to a series of political ads. By responding to teacher questions, tell the purpose, meaning and message of each and how interpretation is affected by context. Using a class made checklist for basic principles, processes, and context grade one of your own media arts products and make changes to make it better.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 5 Media Arts	12) Identify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Responding Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Process Components: Perceive Essential Questions: EU: Identifying the qualities and characteristics of media artworks improves one's artistic appreciation and production. EQ: How do we 'read' media artworks and discern their relational components? How do media artworks function to convey meaning and manage audience experiences? Concepts & Vocabulary: Differentiate Message Meaning subtext Components Experience Interpretations Intention Consider Context Criteria Evaluating Constructive Skill Examples: After watching a commercial for laundry detergent, identify and describe how the messages were created by the individual components. Responding to teacher questions, discuss the differences in meaning and message. After watching a series of commercials for toothpaste, identify and describe the various methods and styles and the effect on the class. Responding to teacher questions, discuss the difference meanings given by form, method and style. Watch and respond to a series of political ads. By responding to teacher questions, tell the purpose, meaning and message of each and how interpretation is affected by context. Using a class made checklist for basic principles and processes, grade one of your own media arts products. Score the product in two different contexts and compare the results, and make changes to make it better.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 5 Media Arts	17) Research and show how media arts productions and ideas relate to personal, social and community life. a. Focus on commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics. Example: Create a video to explore the myths of the Native Americans. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Connecting Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. Process Components: Relate Essential Questions: EU: Media artworks and ideas are better understood and produced by relating them to their purposes, values, and various contexts. EQ: How does media arts relate to its various contexts, purposes, and values? How does investigating these relationships inform and deepen the media artist's understanding and work? Concepts & Vocabulary: Resources internal external Culture society values Research question compare information cause and effect Ethics fair prudent law Skill Examples: Combine two art forms to describe a memory of a news event along with research about the event into media arts product and show effect on culture. Share with the class a favorite media arts production (i.e., YouTube video, etc.), and include the meaning and message of the event along with its effect on culture at large, specifically through changing daily language and behavior. Through teacher-led discussion and by responding to questions, describe how media arts productions experienced everyday are part of the school community and affect family life. Cite sources in any media arts products using APA Style and forecast the possible interpretations and reactions to media arts products.

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green screen, special effects, weather forecast

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Tiffani Stricklin

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How Does a Green Screen Work?