Mon/Wed

 Term 4 Writing

• Conflict: Print and hand in
• Photo Poem: Print and hand in
• Object story or poem
• Choice poem : on a theme 8 lines or longer
• Free write: put in your term 4 photo folder
• Photoshop: WANTED POSTER

Term 4 Photo

• 10 Angle skatepark shots edited
• 5 Spring shots
• 6 System shots: 2 phone, 2 auto dslr,  2 Priority manual focus dslr all taken of the same subject
• Slideshow: 30 shots ongoing, taken this term, only 10 can be assignment shots. Start pulling photos and putting them into this folder
• 10 Portrait shots
• 5 videos: walking toward, walking away, opening a door, 2 choice MAKE SURE THESE ARE SHOT HORIZONTALLY, and uploaded to a folder called video
• Wanted poster : printed and handed in
• Final Slideshow: Slideshow should include your best photos from the class. All photos should be in focus and well composed. There should be 30 shots total.
• 10 of these photos can be from before this class/assignment photos from the class, but the other 20 need to be recently taken photos by you. 
• Try to include a variety of different shots. Include: macros, landscape, portrait, and other creative shots.
• You must include music that works well with your slideshow NO SWEARS!!!
• You must save on the m drive under your folder AND the final slideshow folder for the class

Photos by Avery Sauve

macro/close up shots Ms. Chase

Photo by Issy Ratcliff

Conflict

 

Conflict Writing Assignment

You are to create a conflict and then resolve it in this piece of writing. It does not have to be a great big long story just a situation involving conflict.

Human vs Human     Human vs Nature

Human vs Self      Human vs Technology

LINK to story conflict ideas: Creating Conflict IDEAS

Conflict brings stories to life, though it isn’t important for what it is, but for what it does. What does it do? The answer to this question lies at the very heart of storytelling. Conflict forces characters to act in ways that reveal who they are – and nothing tells us more about characters than how they deal with their troubles.

When conflict exposes who a character really is, the reader is drawn in through identification. The more difficult the character’s choice, the more his true nature will be revealed. In great stories – Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Scarlett O’Hara; Frodo; Harry Potter – the heroes are forced to go all the way. The more pressure you put on your character, the more you make him reveal his true, inner self and the more powerfully your readers will identify with them.

So, stories are about adversity. Happiness can be the ending of the story, but it can’t be the story itself. Why not? Because happy characters don’t want to change. Happiness doesn’t force the characters to act and thus reveal themselves and, if the characters are having a good time, the reader is not.

To be forced to change, to act and reveal their innermost selves, characters need to be frustrated, desperate and at the end of their rope. The worse you make it for your characters the better it is for the reader. When the characters give all they’ve got, readers experience it deeply and powerfully.

To create true conflict, two things are needed: a want and an obstacle. Your protagonist must want something, and there must be an obstacle (the antagonist) that’s trying to stop her from getting what she wants (Ahab wants to kill the whale, the whale wants to kill Ahab).

Both the want and the obstacle must be strong and determined. If either is weak, it will be impossible to create a good story. 

Criteria: At least a half page in length, have it edited by Ms Chase before handing in final copy.

LINK to how to write conflict: How to write Conflict

Tues April 22

 TERM 4 Assignments Photo

• Skatepark Angles: 10 well edited shots with a focus on angles
• Photo poem: You need to use a photo you have taken. Create a poem, Put the photo into Photoshop and type in the poem. You should resize your photo to 8.5x11 before putting in the text. Save on M drive in your folder and also print out and hand in to Ms. Chase 
• System: Using the same subject, take photos 3 different ways.
• Signs of Spring: 5 shots showcasing signs of Spring...get creative.

Today: Freewrite: 10 minutes. Write about whatever comes into your head. Do not edit until you have finished writing. Try to keep a flow going in your head and be aware of your thoughts. Try to stay quiet and not let others distract you. Once finished, you can go through and do some basic editing. (10 marks)

Mon April 14

 TERM 4 Assignments Photo

• Skatepark Angles: 10 well edited shots with a focus on angles
• Photo poem: You need to use a photo you have taken. Create a poem, Put the photo into Photoshop and type in the poem. You should resize your photo to 8.5x11 before putting in the text. Save on M drive in your folder and also print out and hand in to Ms. Chase 
• System: Using the same subject, take photos 3 different ways.
• Signs of Spring: 5 shots showcasing signs of Spring...get creative.

Which system works Best?

 NEW TERM 4 ASSIGNMENT:   You are going to take photos three ways:

• 2 Photos on auto with the digital SLR
• 2 Photos on Priority shutter with manual focus
• 2 camera photos

All of the photos should be taken of the same object. Edit and put into folder called: System