In-Class, April 16: PowerPoint for Movie Presentation

Today, we are going to prepare our movie presentations for the last two weeks of class. They will be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation on the smartboard.

TASK 1: Pull an index card out of the hat. They are numbered 1-20. Your number means that this is the order in which your presentations will go. Write your name on the index card, and return it to your instructor. Remember your number. You'll receive a list with all the numbers on Friday.

TASK 2: Open ppt. Your presentation must at least have NINE pages:

1) Title page (title of presentation, your name, date, and photo/picture of movie)
2) Table of contents
3) One page that contains a 1-sentence summary of your movie.
4) One page that contains the social message (can have illustration), and where you can find it in the movie (bullet-pointed list of actions/events).
5) One page that contains the negative critiques about your movie.
6) One page that contains the positive critiques about your movie.
7) One page of your convincing conclusion (whether the movie is good or bad)
8) One page showing your rating scale.
9) A "thank you" page.

REMEMBER the following rules for ppt presentations:

A) NEVER have more than five lines on one page
B) NEVER have more than six words per line
C) Use a font that's big enough (18 upwards) for all to read from far away
D) Use colors that are easy to read.

Your ppt presentation MUST include:

1) A template (you can choose from the existing ppt templates. That means that the same logo/icon/symbol is depicted on every page. You can also create a template by yourself, for example with a little picture from your movie that appears on all pages in the upper right corner, or so).
2) At least one illustration
2) At least one picture animation (moving image)
3) At least two pages with animated letters (flow in from the left or right, fall down from above, etc. Play with the technology).
4) One background image which is so brightened that one can easily read the letters in the foreground.
5) IF you use Youtube: a functioning hyperlink on your last page to the Youtube (or other Internet) file, so that you only have to click on it to show your movie. IF you use a DVD, you insert it into the smartboard computer and don't need a hyperlink.
6) a final page that says "thank you," or "thanks for your attention," or something like that. Make it look nice to conclude with.

Since we "steal" the images and animated images from the Internet, you have to HYPERLINK them to the page where they came from; otherwise, it's plagiarism. Thus, you need at least two hyperlinks. But you will not click on them; it's just for verifying your sources.

When you've held your ppt presentation, you are going to show a 1-3 minute clip from your movie. It can be a Youtube file, or a real DVD. We cannot watch VHS in our classroom.After you're done with your complete presentation, the class will vote whether they are going to see your movie, or not, based on the efficiency of your convincing argument. You will receive a movie rating sheet for that.