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Special Points of Interest:

Twentieth Century Fox thought that StarWars was going to be a financial disasterand almost sold the film off as a tax shelter.

Special REQUIREMENTS:

Chalkboard or dry erase board; large moni-tor (at least 20") with RCA video and audio

inputs

Behavioral Studies:

Knows how a cultures art

works and artifacts reflects its

values and beliefs

Art Connections:

Knows how visual, aural, oral,

and kinetic elements are used

in the various art forms

Students will:

Visualize and examine the

complexity of creating a mo-

tion picture

See that a movie requires

organization, coordination,

and cooperation to be com-

pleted

Its more than just saying

action, that gets a movie made!Producer, Joel Jenkins, reveals in

this performance that team-

work, inventiveness, and afew industry secrets are nec-essary to produce a movie.

Joel shows the audi-ence that every motion pic-

ture begins with the powerof words. The screen-

writers job is to create

emotion in the audiencethrough a well-written

script.

The next step in theprocess is topitch the storyto backers in hopes of se-curing financing for the pro-

ject. Joel relates how often times a

writer will only have 30-seconds,the average time it takes to ride an

elevator from one floor to another,

to sell their story. Once funding issecured, a production team is as-

sembled. This group in-

cludes the director, pro-ducer, and the other profes-sionals required to shoot the

movie.Joel concludes the

performance with an explo-ration of how the film is

edited and packaged for re-

lease. This process includespost-production, scoring,

marketing, distribution, and

how the studio accounts fig-ure return-on-investment.

Though a movie re-quires hundreds of talented

and inventive people to produce,

every project begins with the powerof one persons imagination.

Performance Description

Performance

Description

Educational

Artist Bio

Vocabulary

List of Resources

Post-Performance

Activities

Inside this guide:

Kansas City Young AudiencesTeacher Program Guide

Every Frames a Picture: How a Movies Made Arti s t : Joel Jenkins

Contact KCYA for

more information on

this and otherprograms.

816-531-4022

www.kcya.org

Educational Objectives and Standards

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Backer: investor(s) that provide fi-nancing for a movie project.

Best Boy: an assistant or apprentice,such as the assistant to the gaffer orthe key grip.

Director: the person in charge of theactors and technicians.

Gate: another term for the box officeor ticket sales a film makes, usually in

the first weekend of theatrical show-ing.

Pitch: telling your story to a potentialbuyer.

Producer: The person exercisingoverall control over the production ofa motion picture and holding ultimate

responsibility for its success or fail-ure.

Return-on-Investment (ROI:) theamount of money made from a projectafter all expenses have been sub-tracted; profit.

Spec Script: The first draft of a

screenplay, usually written without acommission.

Talent: A general, informal term foractors.

1. Develop two or three concepts formovie scripts that include charac-ters, conflict, and resolution. Find

inspiration for these concepts fromnewspaper stories, magazines, orother news sources. Ask these

questions as you research thestory: who were the charactersinvolved? Why were they in that

particular situation? How might

they have resolved their situation ifcircumstances were different?

2. Condense your ideas into athree-to-five page synopsis.Have friends, teachers, and fam-

ily read the synopsis. Is this amovie theyd spend money tosee?

3. Practice pitching your story.Time yourself and see howquickly you can sell the conceptto someone. Sometimes, you

only have thirty-seconds to sell aproducer your idea.

Joel Jenkins, is a story-

teller. He enjoys using hisimagination to help people

laugh, inspire learning, and

look beyond their everyday

lives.As a producer and

writer, Joel created WhatsYour Story, Kid?, an in-school

residency that nurtures chil-drens storytelling skills

through filmmaking. This suc-

cessful program has entertainedand educated many students.

Parents have noted the im-

provement theyve seen in theirchildrens self-esteem as the

students learn to focus their

creativity into producing a

video presentation.Joel has worked with

numerous clients including Lu-casfilm and The White House.

He studiedProducing Chil-drens Television at the Maine

Workshops and has taught at

UMKC and the Kansas CityArt Institute.

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Artist Bio: Joel Jenkins

Post-Performance Activities

BOOKS

Story: Substance, Structure, Styleand The Principles of Screenwriting

by Robert McKeeRegan Books; 1st edition

(December 17, 1997) ISBN: 0060391685

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter MurchSilman-James Press; 2nd Rev edition(August 1, 2001) ISBN: 1879505622

Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition(March 1, 1996) ISBN: 0679756604

Careers for Film Buffs& Other Hollywood Types

by Jaq Greenspon

McGraw-Hill; 2 edition(March 26, 2003) ISBN: 0071405747

List of Resources

Joel Jenkins

Vocabulary