Chapter 11: The Media Production Process Phase 1
“Tell a story that is strengthened rather than weakened by
the media they use”
I think the media he is talking about is film, but inside of
film there are different medias. Will I used drawings? Will I use real people?
Will I use sock puppets? What type of audio? . The media used can add or
subtract from a story. I think media is
underrated in the decision-making. Theses decisions have the lasting influence
on the effectiveness of your film.
I do like visuals. I
would like most of my students time spent on the first step of this process.
How many teachers have all of these?
I found most of this chapter to be redundant and
repetitive. We already went over the
story development process. He should have
used a real classroom example of a teacher taking their students through phase
I.
Chapter 12: Media
Production Stages II-V
“I recently saw a story in which a student displayed the
word "confusion" while the narrative was talking about being emotionally
and intellectually lost.”
I like tips like this one.
I think students should mix video/drawings/words or any visual that
helps bring out the narrative. Anything
is better than boring.
This chapter was better because this is the part
(production) where teachers will incur the most problems.
Suggestions like contacting local TV station to air student
videos and “get a wireless mike” are unrealistic for most teachers. If he wants to cast a wide net with this book
he needs give more practical solutions.
Media elements portion was nice with good exploration of
different options available. Like I said
before, keep all your media options open and don’t be afraid to mix-media.
Video: Here is a video I made about a website I enjoy.
Luke,
ReplyDeleteI like your comments on chapters 11 & 12. I agree when you say you liked the visuals in the chapter. They are helpful and an easy resource too look back at later on. I liked the website you chose. I have never heard of it before now so I will go check it out. Good job!
Video: Thank you for sharing that site. What a great way to help our artsy fartsy students express their understanding of someone else's words. OR a great way to make an idea accessible to EL or any student. A professor that I work with recently collaborated with an artist to co-author a graphic novel on the civil war. The graphic novel format is more relevant than ever.
ReplyDeletehttp://arikelman.org/magic-bullet/
Love quotes from Zen Pencils website you showed us. You may have noticed if I wore one of my math project t-shirts to class, that we include one on the back of our t-shirts for each summer. I was even consoled this week by the quote by the professor talked to students about choosing what they'd like to do in this life. I had to turn down some work this week because it wasn't in keeping with what I want to do--but turning down work in this economy is a strange thing.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, I agree with you summary, and also found this a bit repetitive; he seems rather cyclic sometimes, and to be holding back saying he is going to tell us in another chapter at others. If the book was clickable like we just made our project for Chia Jung's class, that would help.