The Design Cycle

Making a Short Movie

What is the Design Cycle?

The Design Cycle is a model of thinking that allows students to:– Inquire & Analyze,– Develop Ideas,– Create the Solution,– And Evaluate

the projects they make.

Why use the Design Cycle?

To focus students of becoming involved in the whole design process rather than just the final project.

Inquiring & Analyzing (Research)

During this step students will:– Summarize their findings from a range of sources,

cited appropriately, relevant to the design project.• Create and MLA source list using easybib.com• Summarize your findings in a two page research paper.• Students will Investigate how to write a movie script

using the correct formatting and style.

Developing Ideas

During this step students will:– Use the techniques learned during their

Investigation to write a correctly formatted movie script for The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.

– Every student will write a script and create a storybaord for this story.

Create the Solution

During this step students will:– Shoot and Edit their version of The Lottery

using a script and storyboard written by a group member.

– The video should represent the script written in the Developing Ideas step.

Evaluate

During the Evaluate step students will:– Discuss what you have learned in the

Design Cycle process.– Critically evaluate the success of your

video.– Explain how your video could have been

improved.

Inquiring & Analyzing We will use the rest of the week to research the

following topics and write a research paper. – What is a three act structure to a movie?

– How to write a movie script. You will need to include these parts of a movie script:

• Scene Heading, Subheader, Action, Character, Dialogue, Parenthetical, Extension, Transition, and Shot

• You will need to know what these are and how they are formatted on the page.

– Then you will write a two page paper summarizing the above topics. At the end of your investigation you should be able to correctly format and write a movie script.