Monday 3/31/14
Aim: Watching Innocente for critical understanding
Daily Spark: How would the story of your year so far be different as told by you versus as told by a parent or sibling of yours (telling the story of your year?
Here are some big questions/big ideas to think about as we watch:
- What is the subject of this film? Can you determine the filmmakers’ perspective on this subject? What evidence can you find in the film to support your view?
- How does this film help you analyze and interpret points of view about issues that concern people?
- Does the filmmakers’ perspective foster respect for diversity and an inclusive society? If so, how?
- Whose story is told in this documentary? Whose story is not told? How does this story, and the way it is told, help you understand your own community/life?
- What film techniques do the filmmakers use to convey the identity of the people in this film?
- What insights does this documentary offer about the ideals of good citizenship in the community depicted in this film?
- How does the film deal with issues of freedom, equality, human dignity, and individual and collective rights and
responsibilities? - How does this film help you understand a community’s values and its attitudes towards an issue at a particular time?
- Which aspects of a people’s culture does this film focus on? Why do you think the filmmakers focused on those aspects?
- How do the images, themes and message of this film help you understand the filmmakers’ attitude towards the subject?
- What do you think might have been the intended audience’s attitude towards the documentary subject?
- What global issues are addressed in this film? What is the filmmaker’s point of view on the opportunities and challenges
of those issues?
As we watch:
Take notes on, or jot down connections to, two of the thematic domains from the Big Questions/Ideas/Themes. Find proof
from the film that supports your connections.
Wednesday 4/2/14
Sarah
Friday 4/4/14
Aim: Deciding on a story to tell
Daily Spark: Describe your best friend and his/her bedroom as if you are describing them to a police sketch artist who has to draw each of them based on your description.
A few things:
- Many of you wrote your scenes into the 7 turning points instead of making the scene ONE of the 7 turning points. If this is you – you must rewrite today (later)
- First you will decide on a script to write. We will start with an exercise in the packet you have in front of you (good script, bad script
- At home, click here and scroll to page 6
- Which of your two stories have more elements of a “good film” and less elements of a “bad film”
- At this point, if your 7 TPs are one scene, you should work to rewrite it, if it is not, move on to #5
- When you select which of your two outlines you want to work with, move on to “casting your characters” – read through and answer the character questionnaire for the characters in your screenplay
- Please finish Character questionnaire for your main character by Tuesday
- Share out