Assigned: 15 May 2012
Chao Cac Ban!
Obviously, Ms. Kris is not here. She is at the Opera House asking questions and getting things set for our End of Year Concert. So please be on your best behavior for the Ms. Nhung.
Here are the results of your voting on photos last week (top three in each category):
What is a documentary?
A documentary is a non-fiction film with the purpose to document or record some aspect of reality. It's facts. It's basically like a persuasive magazine article, but on film instead of written in a magazine. It has similar features.
What documentaries have you seen or do you know about?
This is week 3 of the term. In the remaining 8 weeks of the term you will be working to plan, write, film, edit, and produce a short documentary.
Today's assignment is the following:
Good luck!
-k
Chao Cac Ban!
Obviously, Ms. Kris is not here. She is at the Opera House asking questions and getting things set for our End of Year Concert. So please be on your best behavior for the Ms. Nhung.
Here are the results of your voting on photos last week (top three in each category):
Depth of Field:
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| Thang - Vision |
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| Khang - Pentel Oil Pastel |
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| Cindy - Show Don't Tell |
Lighting or Flash:
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| Kris - Sunset |
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| Ms. Kris- Playing With The Sun |
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| Chau - Thinking |
Portrait:
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| Chau - Thinking |
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| Thang - Needless Life |
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| Nhu - "LOL" |
Long Exposure:
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| Yen - Hellooooo! |
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| Khoi - Keyboard Lights |
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| Phuc - Worm |
Aesthetic:
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| Yen - The Old Days |
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| Thang - Green |
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| Yen - Night House |
Original:
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| Thang - Hopeless |
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| Ms. Kris - Just Plane Fun |
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| Thang - Bright Orange |
Personal Favourite:
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| Yen - The Old Days |
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| Ms. Kris - Tonka Trucks |
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| Thang - You're Not Alone |
And now for something completely different
For the rest of the year we will be learning about making and editing videos, with a focus on documentaries.What is a documentary?
A documentary is a non-fiction film with the purpose to document or record some aspect of reality. It's facts. It's basically like a persuasive magazine article, but on film instead of written in a magazine. It has similar features.
What documentaries have you seen or do you know about?
This is week 3 of the term. In the remaining 8 weeks of the term you will be working to plan, write, film, edit, and produce a short documentary.
Today's assignment is the following:
- get into groups of 4 people (so there will be 4 groups)
- talk together to choose a topic for your documentary
- start an email to Ms. Kris with the names of the people in your group and your topic
- Answer the following questions about your topic in the email as well
- What have I not yet been told about this subject?
- Is everything I have been told the truth? How much do I need to verify/prove?
- What would I personally like to know about this subject?
- If I were a member of the audience, what would I want to learn about this
subject? - What can I find that is little known on this subject?
- What information can I gather that would aid the filming process?
- Send the email to Ms. Kris
- If there is still time left in class, start researching your topic and figuring out what you're going to say in your documentary - be sure to take notes so you're ready to get started next week!
Good luck!
-k
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