Cinematography

Read the following statement below from Cinematographer Conrad Hall:

The yin and yang of cinematography is about where to put the camera, should it stay still or move, what to light and what not to light, is it better to go in or pull back to get the emotion you want?...We are storytellers and we don't do it just with words.

The Actor's Performance

Screening Activity Video: "Not Guilty"


HW: For homework, play casting director. Choose 5 Hollywood actors (or independent film stars J) to play FIVE of the jurors in an updated film version of the play. Offer your reasons for choosing each actor, citing specific roles or character traits that they are able to pull off. Don’t exclude female actors from your list!

Cause and Effect--Rising Action

Below are clips that make up Act II of the movie . Please write a thoughtful sentence or two about each clip, describing how the scene adds to the tension of the film AND how the event sets up another event (cause and effect)

(Hint: You may want to consider what would happen if this scene did not occur)

Example: The Knife Argument

This scene creates tension among the jurors because some strongly believe that the unique knife belongs to the boy, while juror #8 proves that other possibilities can indeed exist. Shortly after, juror #9 switches to "not guilty."



Your turn



Clip #1: 26:17
Clip 2: Nose Marks

Intro to Film Studies

How does film tell a story?

Is the purpose of a movie only to entertain?

What other purposes might a movie have?

 “reasonable doubt,” “unanimous verdict,” and “burden of guilt”

Creating a Cover Page

Tomorrow your poetry collection is due. This should include the following:

1. The poem you started with (out of the ones I provided)

2. The poem you searched for

3. The poem you composed

*4. Any poems you collected from your classmates.

5. A cover page with the title of your collection, your name, and an illustration that reflects the theme of your work.

6. A table of contents

Today...

You will spend 15 minutes blogging by commenting on your classmate's blog. Read the poems and reflections, and leave a short comment.

You will spend the remaining time drafting your cover. This can be computer generated.

IMPORTANT: I would like you to have your collection assembled and collated (stapled) BEFORE  class tomorrow. This will help us save time and avoid chaos tomorrow.  We will be able to dive right into the final unit of our time together.

Sharing Poems and Preparing for Tomorrow

Rounding off your poetry collection: We will share poems in class. Do any poems fit your theme? It might not be an obvious fit, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't work.

HW: Be sure to study all poetic devices. Look below for a quick guide:

Poetic Devices/Terms:

Tone: A poem's tone, conveyed by the speaker, is the attitude toward its theme or subject matter. Tone can shift throughout a poem. Ex. A hopeful tone that becomes hopeless by poem’s end.

Mood:  The mood, conveyed by imagery, is the feeling or atmosphere of a piece. The mood can be many different things. Some examples included: a feeling of love, a feeling of doom, a feeling of fear, a feeling of pride, an atmosphere of chaos, an atmosphere of peace.

Metaphor: A metaphor takes two things and claims they are the same, without using “like” or “as.” (figurative language)

Simile: A simile takes two things and claims they are the same using “like” or “as.” (figurative language)

Imagery:  Details that appeal to our five senses:  hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste.

Personification: Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects: The summer wind’s bitter hot breath gave no relief to the tired workers. (figurative language)

Stanza: A stanza is a group of lines within a poem; the blank line between stanzas is known as a stanza break. There is not set number of lines for a stanza.

Repetition: A word or phrase is repeated for emphasis, oftentimes to develop a theme, mood, or tone.

Symbolism- When one object or idea represents another object or idea.

                                                      

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Alliteration: occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.

1.     Hannah’s home has heat hopefully.

2.     Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping.

• Alliteration does not need to be an entire sentence. Any two-word phrase can be alliterative (Dunkin’ Donuts)

Consonance: The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends (and sometimes middle) of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

1.      stroke of luck

2.      odds and ends

3.      came home

Assonance: is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood. 

1. It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!" - slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners

2. Hear the mellow wedding bells

3. The crumbling thunder of seas

Getting on the Same Page

Okay. I've missed a couple of days, and we all need to get on the same page.

1. Hand in theme analysis of two poems

2. Discuss each step for the  mini poetry collection assignment. I will clarify anything you're unsure of, but please hold questions for the end.

3. Begin working on unfinished business (drafting blogs, podcasts, poems, searching for poems..etc.)

HW: Please have your written poem, the poem you searched for, all your reflections, and your blog/podcast drafted.