Lesson 42 EA1 Assignment Learning Focus, Part 2 Activity 2.17:Film 101

EA1: Why you are doing this  Standards and Objective Met in EA1  Composing and producing media communications  Student comprehends the meaning of words and sentences  Using strategies to comprehend texts  Drafting  Speaking in interpersonal contexts  Preparing and delivering presentations  Listening for diverse purposes  It’s one of the more unusual projects you will do in school  It’s useful in understanding a text  Helps in understanding the effects of an author’s choice of writing  Grown men are telling me they wish they could have done this project in school

EA1: Assignment Packet  The packet is officially what you will be turning in for EA1  First page: Instructions (review together)  Second Page: Rubric (review together)  Rest of Packet: What you will create your storyboard on  12 frames, 12 drawings  Cinematic Techniques for each frame  The intended effect written for each frame

EA1 Due Dates--AGAIN  Write this down in your agenda  Put it on your calendars in your phone with a reminder  Write it on your assignment packet  Periods 1, 2, 5, 6: Monday November 18  Periods 4 and 7: Tuesday November 19

EA1 Work Time  In your home groups, brainstorm together which short story you would want to use for the project  Discuss the most impactful scene in the story that you could translate to film  As a director, how should that scene look on film?  Make notes as you discuss on how you would use cinematic techniques, and how those techniques would effect the audience  Take detailed notes with small sketches so you can start drafting tonight for homework

Learning Focus: What is Your Style?  Turn to page 142  Style in a written text can be seen in the way an author’s diction, imagery and rhetorical devices create a particular effect  The same can be said with film—but now you’ll take notice of how connections can be made from an author’s choices of literary techniques and a director’s choices of cinematic techniques

Style Focus  Examples:  Tone/Moodcan be represented byLighting and Sound  Dictioncan be represented byDialogue  Imagerycan be represented bySymbolism, Costumes, Setting  Organizationcan be represented byStoryboarding  Syntaxcan be represented byEditing  Point of Viewcan be represented byFraming, Shot Type, Camera Movement

What You’ll Be Doing  You will analyze films and how cinematic elements work together to tell a story  You will understand why authors and directors choice to include certain elements to create certain effects  You will do this with while looking at director Tim Burton’s films and his specific style

Activity 2.17: Film 101  Lesson Goals  Consider media as a reflection of culture and self  Draw on relevant prior knowledge and experience to make connections between text and film  Explore, critique, and evaluate responses in a group discussion

Page 143 – 6 minutes  Answers questions 1-8 (continues onto page 144) about the types of movies you watch, your favorite movies, the best you’ve ever seen, etc.

Small Group Discussion  Share your top five lists  Discuss the reasons you placed these films in your top five list  Create one list of five films that reflects your group’s favorite movies. The list should match your discussion of your group’s similar reasons  Each group read their list; do we agree or disagree with each top five list?

Your lists…  Are they age specific?  Are they all a certain genre? Date?  Are they a part of mainstream culture? Are they obscure?  How does your list of favorite movies differ from mine?

Homework  Page 145: Fill in the Venn Diagram, responding to the questions bulleted on the page  Begin brainstorming for EA1—DO NOT SLACK ON THIS, or…