Pop Culture: 10 Minutes to Film Festival & Making Movie Magic Happen Storyboards

10 MINUTES TO FILM FESTIVAL.

1. On the scrap paper you are given, you have 1 minute to make a list of things you enjoy.

2. Then you have 1 minute to make a list of causes  you care about (i.e. animal shelters, cancer research, volunteer firefighting, etc.)

3. Take 1 minute to make connections between the items in your list of things you enjoy and the list of causes you care about.

4. You then have 7 minutes to choose three films you would show in a film festival based on a theme of your choice based on your two lists above.

What's a film festival?  Take a look at any of these these examples:

http://www.sundance.org/pdf/film-guide/SFF14-FilmGuide.pdf

http://fantasticfest.com/

http://www.miff.org/

http://allsportslafilmfest.com/

http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html

MAKING MOVIE MAGIC HAPPEN.

After recreating that scene to develop a sense of how it all “works” in a finished product, use your skills to tell the following story. Create a storyboard through still photography and turn it into a slideshow to place in your Pop Culture IN folders and share on your blogs.

Choose and recreate the camera angles to the best of your abilities from the following sources:

http://www.empireonline.com/features/film-studies-101-camera-shots-styles/p1

Great tool because it shows you examples from actual films

http://www.thestoryboardartist.com/Site/Film.html

Several great examples of storyboarding at work

OUT OF CLASS WORK.

BLOG Post 1: Top 100 Film Scene Recreation.

Post your scene recreation on your blog.

Compose a written, audio or video explanation of your scene recreation in which you discuss:

* The original scene and why you chose it

* Challenges you encountered and how you overcame them and/or how you failed to overcome them

* What you learned about the challenges of filmmaking through this creative exercise

BLOG Post 2: Making Movie Magic Happen.

Post the storyboard/film on your blog.

Compose a written, audio or video explanation of your storyboard in which you discuss:

*Your intentions behind each shot in your storyboard -- even if they are are not as successful as you would have liked them to be

* Challenges you encountered and how you overcame them and/or how you failed to overcome them

* What you learned about the challenges of filmmaking through this creative exercise

AP Lit: Poetry Workshop w Meg Willing & Lit 3x3 & More

POETRY WORKSHOP.
Today we had a tremendous poetry workshop with  poet/editor/designer Meg Willing, who also happens to be an alumna of THE Mt. Blue High School.

She showed us how to look at a poem through three lenses: poet, editor, and book designer.  She used Marie Howe's "The Gate" as the centerpiece of this work.

We read the poem a number of times, she guided us through the poem through those lenses, and then we did some close readings.

This was followed by an exploration of rapid fire book designs for "The Gate."  This was lot like our 8 Box experience -- this time we had nine boxes & three minutes, followed by three minutes to expand three ideas on index cards.

We ended with just a short amount of time to play with cutup poetry -- an idea to which we will most definitely be returning in the near future *cough* next week I think *cough*

LITERARY 3X3
Coming up on Thursday . . .  Literary 3x3s done right.   We got away from these during Q1 and no longer.  They are powerful ways to move our thinking around and tackle analysis and we need to be doing them regularly and with great intent.   So . . .

Bring Literary 3x3s for The Hours, Mrs Dalloway, and Shakespeare's "Fear No More."

Here are the parameters for Literary 3x3s

1. Criteria for an effective L3x3
1. Three, Three-Word “Sentences”: loose grammar
2. Powerful, Meaningful Diction: consider connotation vs denotation
3. Every Word Counts: avoid prepositions and articles
2. Upon forming the deck, lay out the L3x3s and then number the cards in a backside corner 1-9, so as to create an answer key.  Put your initials in the lower right corner of the numbered side of the deck.  On the word side of the cards, put the name of the text or abbreviation in lower left hand corner, creator in the lower right. This way you can mix up the decks and always get back to your starting position.

On Thursday, we have a short class, so we will be working with these Literary 3x3s and sharing projects.

Here's the blogging and reading for this week.

SHOW YOUR THINKING.

READ.  How to Read Lit.  "If It's Square, It's Sonnet"

BLOG POST. Written Analysis.  Select a power quote (a key moment in Foster's chapter) that you believe captures the essence of the chapter. Defend your choice.

Due. Friday 11.11.16

BLOG POST.  Reflection on Dallowinian Party.  What did you take from it?  What would you do the same?  What might you do differently? 

Due. Friday 11.11.16

READ. The Sonnets & Poetry Foundation Background on Sonnets -- Read all of the Highlighted Sonnets.

•  Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? by William Shakespeare : The Poetry Foundation
• Sonnet  18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? by William Shakespeare : The Poetry Foundation
• Sonnet XXV: Let those who are in Favour with their Stars by William Shakespeare : The Poetry Foundation
• Sonnet : Glossary Term : Learning Lab : The Poetry Foundation 

Read these in the service of your analytical blog post this week so you have some context for sonnets.  Be familiar with all of them for Tuesday, 11.15.16 for our work that day.

Choose one to annotate and Literary 3x3 for next Tuesday.  11.15.16 

Eng 9 4B Imagery

First we are going to get into groups of two (or groups of 3) and sit across from each other so you cannot see each other's screens. Pick one of the photos in the albumin the link below and spend 3 minutes describing it in a google doc.

https://goo.gl/photos/JD9XnH5GWgxrF3MH7

Now I want you guys to play with thinglink, you can log in with your school email and say that you are a student. Upload a photo or use one of the ones they give you and do a few things:
1. Write a text tag
2. Add a link in a tag.
3. Put a photo into a tag.
4. See what else you can do.
When you finish yours share it with somebody else in the room (you do not have to share it virtually, just bring your laptop to them). Here is an example of what I made of my cat:

Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. This website can give you more information on imagery, and every other literary device you could ever need.

This is a bad example of imagery: We went fishing and we caught two bass and took care of them. We came back to swim and the lake looked the same as it always does.

And this is an excerpt from an essay by E.B. White called, Once More to the Lake. When you listen to this write down different things that he says on the senses graphic organizer that correlate to each sense.

"We caught two bass, hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel, pulling them over the side of the boat in a businesslike manner without any landing net, and stunning them with a blow on the back of the head. When we got back for a swim before lunch, the lake was exactly where we had left it, the same number of inches from the dock, and there was only the merest suggestion of a breeze.... In the shallows, the dark, water-soaked sticks and twigs, smooth and old, were undulating in clusters on the bottom against the clean ribbed sand, and the track of the mussel was plain. A school of minnows swam by, each minnow with its small, individual shadow, doubling the attendance, so clear and sharp in the sunlight."

Here is also an audio version of the essay, this passage happens from 5:51 to 6:50 in this video.

Now that you have heard a good example and a bad example of imagery take this and we will be doing the IMAGERY CHALLENGE! What you need to do is use really specific imagery and details to make your description of the picture you chose at the beginning of the class period really good; spend a solid 5 minutes on this at least. Once you finish you need to show your description to your partner and they will try to guess which picture you chose. If your partner doesn't guess correctly you need to improve the imagery in your description until they guess correctly.

Now that you have had practice using imagery which of your pieces of writing can you improve? How can you make sure that you include these skills when you write in the future?

Pop Culture: Movie Mash Ups & Movie Magic

Last week . . . and then again today with the other crew . . . we Movie Mashed Up to start the day

1.  Take an index card.  Number 1 - 6 down the left edge.  Number 1 - 6 down the right edge.

2. Write down 12 movies you have seen.  Collaborate with people at your table if you are having trouble coming up with twelve.

3. Look to the projector wall.  I'll be using an online dice roller to help determine the mash up pairs.  The first roll is the title on the left edge, the second roll the title on the right edge, and those two must be mashed up to create a new film.  I'll roll for three pairs.

4. Use the rest of the space on the index card to doodle, sketchnote and work out the mash up title and a two sentence plot line for that mashed up film.

5.  Check your email for a link to the form to submit your mash up title and plot, as well as the two film titles that inspired it.

After the mash ups, you had time to work on your AFI Top 100 scene recreations.   Some folks used this time to turn in last minute/late/thank you for being so kind Mr. Ryder as to let us turn in work after the end of the quarter deadline was upon us work.   

Next class you will be filming/storyboarding a scene based on a shot sequence provided to you.  

This week.  Two blog posts.

OUT OF CLASS WORK.

BLOG Post 1: Top 100 Film Scene Recreation.

Post your scene recreation on your blog.

Compose a written, audio or video explanation of your scene recreation in which you discuss:

* The original scene and why you chose it

* Challenges you encountered and how you overcame them and/or how you failed to overcome them

* What you learned about the challenges of filmmaking through this creative exercise

BLOG Post 2: Making Movie Magic Happen.

Post the storyboard/film on your blog.

Compose a written, audio or video explanation of your storyboard in which you discuss:

*Your intentions behind each shot in your storyboard -- even if they are are not as successful as you would have liked them to be

* Challenges you encountered and how you overcame them and/or how you failed to overcome them

* What you learned about the challenges of filmmaking through this creative exercise

AP Lit: Literary Solutions Design Challenge Single Point Rubric Q1

AP Lit Fall 2016: Literary Solutions Single Point Rubric

How might we uncover the problems character’s face, the thematic challenges the creator’s want readers to consider, or the societal struggles evident in the text?  And how might we prototype solutions to those problem, challenges, and/or struggles?

Finally, how might such solutions demonstrate a rich understanding of the source text?

Creative Constraints:  

• Your prototype must be visible and shareable, but it does not need to be physical
• You must document your process (Discovery (Research/Problem Finding), Empathy (User Needs), Experiments (Brainstorming/Ideating/), Products
• You must submit a written or recorded explanation of the intentions behind your prototype.
• You must use explicit text evidence for meaningful effect in your prototype and/or within your intention explanations

Criteria	Evidence of Exceeding the Standard (clever, insightful, unique, powerful, creative, meaningful, professional)	What Meeting the Standard Looks Like	Evidence of Needs for Improvement (gaps, missing pieces or evidence, incomplete thoughts)
Literary Solution Prototype (MEDIA)		I like how your prototype presents an effective solution to the identified problem.  I like how every aspect of your prototype seems purposeful. I like how I only have to ask minimal questions to understand your solutions.
Design Process Documentation (MEDIA)		I like how your design documentation shows that you have identified a problem, considered the users needs, explored several solutions, and worked up a prototype. I like how you organized your photos/video/notes/sketches in a way that it is easy to see your thinking.
Literary Evidence (READING)		I like how your prototype and/or intention explanations integrate meaningful text evidence that demonstrates complete understanding of the text in question.  I like how the text evidence seems vital to the project rather than a fill-in-the-blank to meet criteria.  I like how the literary evidence speaks to core themes, character, language, style and/or structure of the text.
Written Intention Explanations (WRITING) (OPTION A)		I like how your details are specific and make it clear to me what you intended with your prototype.  I like how well organized your writing appears and how it seems to show your voice.  I like how I get a strong sense of how your prototype will solve the problem.
Vocal Intention Explanations (SPEAKING) (OPTION B)		I like how articulate your explanations come across because your details are specific and you make it clear to me what you intended with your prototype.  I like clearly you speak with a deliberate pace. I like how I get a strong sense of how your prototype will solve the problem.
Mechanics, Usage, Grammar, Spelling (MUGS)		I like how your work is nearly error free in terms of MUGS.  There may be one or two minor errors but you generally show control of your writing.
Timeliness (HABITS of WORK)		The final product is turned in within 24 hours of the agreed upon due date.

Pop Culture: Debates & Making Movie Magic Happen (Sorta)

This week in Pop Culture . . .

We'll start with our Rated R debates and a quick review of effective listening and speaking as well as note taking.

Remember that you must make two meaningful contributions to the discussion to meet the standard as well as demonstrate effective listening skills through notetaking/sketchnotes.   You may also backchannel https://todaysmeet.com/PopCultureRatedRDebate16  (Wow, I messed up that formatting.  Bah.  Who cares?  The link works.  USE IT.)



After we discuss the debate briefly,  we'll dive into the rest of our work for the week  (due on Friday & Monday -- respectively)

Making the Movie Magic Happen. (Sorta.)

Stage 1. After watching a couple of clips under Mr. Ryder’s tutelage, try your hand at storyboarding, directing and cinematography.

1. In groups of one, two or three, choose a film from the  AFI Top 100 - 10th Anniversary list that you have seen or at least sorta kinda “know.” (This list is due for an update in 2017.  I’m curious to see what happens  . . .)
2. Find a clip of a well-known scene from that film online.  They are out there.
3. Using either people or LEGO minifigs and either digital photography or sketching, recreate that scene shot-by-shot, angle-by-angle
4. As you are producing that recreation, think about the placement of the camera, the framing, the movement.  Do your best to create as honest a reproduction as possible.  The point?  To see if you can see filmmaking from a creator’s point of view and become more aware of how the filmmaker’s convince their audiences to see and think about the subject matter in a particular way.

Which takes us to Stage 2.

After recreating that scene to develop a sense of how it all “works” in a finished product, use your skills to tell the following story.

Choose and recreate the camera angles to the best of your abilities from the following sources:

http://www.empireonline.com/features/film-studies-101-camera-shots-styles/p1

Great tool because it shows you examples from actual films

http://www.lssc.edu/faculty/matthew_w_kennedy/Shared%20Documents/ENC%201101/Film%20Terms.pdf

Fantastic explanation of camera angles

http://www.thestoryboardartist.com/Site/Film.html

Several great examples of storyboarding at work

Stage 3. #ShowYourWork by Creating a Google Presentation, Prezi, or other slide deck to show how your team did.   

Due at the midpoint of next class for sharing and feedback. (I know we are doing a lot of slides lately -- it is because I want you to become supremely confident you can make engaging, effective visuals before you leave this class. It's my way of making the world a better place.) Embed your slide deck on your blog. Place the link or slideshow in your IN folder. Be sure to include all group members.

SHOW YOUR WORK.

BLOG. 2 Posts.
Making Movie Magic Happen Part I.
Making Movie Magic Happen I.
See Above.
DUE. Friday/Monday 11.4/11.7

ALL WORK FOR QUARTER 1.
DUE ASAP. LIKE. PRONTO. POST HASTE.
Send me emails when you update your folder/blog tracker.

Pop Culture: Film Trailers & Rated R Debate Prep & Blogging

FILM TRAILERS

We'll start with this one.  Because I said so.

Resource 1.  9 Short Storytelling Tips.
Fantastic storytelling tips that can be applied well beyond film trailer designing.

Resource 2. The Golden Trailer Awards.
The Awards for Best Film Trailers.   (There are lots. Lots and lots.)

Resource 3.  Trailer Fatigue.
History and Current State of Affairs of Film Trailers.

You'll divide up into teams of 1, 2 or 3 to tackle this work today.  Pick your crew and get to work.

We'll start with the 9 Short Storytelling Tips.  In the space of 10 minutes, do the math for I will be cruising at breakneck keep-it-tight speed, I will give you both a sketchnote and a brief explanation of each tip.

Then!  In your teams, you will get to work looking for examples of those 9 short storytelling tips in either the Golden Trailer Awards nominees and winners OR Trailer Addict.com or a movie trailer source of  your liking.  Avoid the general YouTube search.  It can be cumbersome.  There's better curated sources out there.

DEBATE: RATED-R FILMS
From there will be time for debate prep in your teams: "It should be illegal for children under 17 to see R-rated movies."  (Note that we dropped "in the theater")

OUT OF CLASS WORK

Debate Prep:  Wednesday/Thursday we will have our second debate of the quarter.  You will have twenty minutes next class to prep and then it will be game on.

BEST EVIDENCE on Your Blog.

Visit the Blog Tracker in the Pop Culture OUT folder.

Look at the Tabs along the Bottom of the Sheet.

You will find a place to submit your BEST EVIDENCE of Meeting the Writing, Reading, Presentation/Media & Language/MUGS Standards.

This means picking from your blog posts, revising them to be the best they can be, and submitting them.  You can DEFINITELY submit the same blog post as evidence of more than one standard.  

For example, your slideshow depicting your thoughts on music education could be evidence your presentation/media, reading (if you did meaningful research), and Language/MUGS standards all at once.  You just have to put the link under all three standards.