Introduction: After our class finished reading Tangerine I had a hard time thinking of a way to work with it. I started thinking about movies and their importance to people. Since the days of silent films people have been enraptured by the silver screen. This started me thinking about how sometimes the best way to talk about a novel is to break it into its important parts - a lot like the scenes to a movie. What a way to show that we comprehend a piece of literature - to make it come alive on a screen! Read on to find out what the first step will be in this process.

The Task: Creating a video that an audience will watch requires many different people performing many different jobs. It is absolutely critical that each person involved in a film project is knowledgeable and competent at his/her task. In order for us to complete this film project, we will need to split up the many tasks that go into making a quality production and investigate each job in more detail. We are all going to need to be knowledgeable actors, directors, producers, cinematographers, special effects/ props people, screen writers, set coordinators, gaffers, and editors. Each part is as important as any other. Your mission is to investigate the role that you would be interested in doing by using the selected web sites and book resources provided on this web quest. You must present your knowledge to the class in either a poster or a Power Point presentation so that we will all have confidence in your skills.

The Process: To begin, you should make sure that you have a role in the film making process. This is the role that you will be expected to fulfill, so it is important to be clear on which one it is. Next, select your role from the ones listed below to bring you to a site that will give you some back ground information on what that person actually does in the movie making process. Take notes on what you find or print out the page and highlight the important information. Your search is not over yet! Now you have to find another resource to search - another site or something that is not the Internet. Look in books about movie making, magazines that have famous people in your field, or reference books on that topic. You will need to document all of the resources you use, so make sure you take down all the necessary information. When you think you have enough information to answer all of the essential questions and educate your audience, move on to part 2 of this project - The Presentation. Create a poster or Power Point that organizes your information into small sections. Find pictures that will illustrate your topic and make the whole thing appealing to your audience. You might want to take a few minutes to figure out what you want to say during your presentation - presenting skills count!

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Essential Questions: These are some questions that you need to answer in your presentation. What is someone in your field responsible for doing? What are some important tools and/or skills that are needed in your field? Who are some famous or accomplished people in your field (hint: check the Oscars)? What are some of the "tricks of the trade"? Where did you find your information?

Special Effects	Costume/Make-up	Cinematographer
Director	Producer	Acting
Editing	Screen Writing	Sets Design
Music	Gaffer (Lighting)

Criteria	Unemployed	Commercials	Sitcom	Movie Star
Information	Doesn't address any of the Essential Questions. Information is random and unfocused.	Covers some of the Essential Questions, but not all. Information may touch on role, but does not go in-depth.	Gives in-depth information about role and answers all questions from Essential Question Section.	Meets all requirements for Sitcom and teaches other information that would be important to film project. Presenter seems to have an outstanding grasp of requirements for role.
Poster/Power Point Artifact	Poster/PP is very messy or only has a few items in it. There is little or no visuals to accompany information. Lacks organization.	Poster/Power Point contains some visuals and attractive attributes, but might be missing key elements.	Poster/Power Point is attractive and easy to understand. All information is organized with visuals.	Poster or Power Point is unusually imaginative, enabling the audience to gain a high level of understanding about role being discussed.
Presentation	Presenter does not attempt to inform audience about role. Presentation skills may be absent.	Intent to inform is apparent. Presentation skills may be present some of the time.	Presenter informs an audience on his/her research. Presentation skills (voice level, stance, eye contact) are evident.	Does all things listed in Sitcom, and presents in an imaginative way that makes the audience pay attention or think differently.
Resources	Does little to process information found.	Selects some relevant information, but only uses one Internet source.	Uses more than one resource and selects relevant information. Records resources appropriately.	Uses many resources, some outside of the Internet.

Conclusion: Now that everyone has found and shared some interesting facts about the movie business, we should be better prepared to create our own video. Don't be afraid to use the knowledge you've gained to come up with ideas and make the overall product better. The filming of our news program about Tangerine should be fun and satisfying, so "Quiet on the set!" and get ready to roll the camera!