Update on Assignments Mon March 7

List of Assignments so far...

Writing:

Assign #1: Bio (10 marks)

Assign #2: Setting using Show not Tell/Senses (10 marks)

• You are going to write about a favourite place using the 5 senses. As you describe the place, I want to you to use words that create visuals, sounds, tastes, and a sense of touch. The idea here is to write to create an atmosphere or feeling. Make the reader be able to visualize your scene in their mind.

• You may need to build a fictional story around this place or simply begin describing it. In this assignment students are to focus on the elements of setting ( time, place, description)  using the senses and the concept of show not tell.  (10)
• Example: I heard the wolves howling in the forest. (TELL)
• My ears were pierced by the distant whine of wolves. Goosebumps ran up and down my arms as I lay awake in my tent listening.

CRITERIA

• 1 paragraph or slightly longer, typed, edited, and then good copy handed in
• use show not tell
• be specific in your writing
• use the senses when you write
• make the reader feel they can be right there with you in the setting

Example:

from "The Old House at Home" (1940)

by Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996)

McSorley's bar is short, accommodating approximately ten elbows, and is shored up with iron pipes. It is to the right as you enter. To the left is a row of armchairs with their stiff backs against the wainscoting. The chairs are rickety; when a fat man is sitting in one, it squeaks like new shoes every time he takes a breath. The customers believe in sitting down; if there are vacant chairs, no one ever stands at the bar. Down the middle of the room is a row of battered tables. Their tops are always sticky with spilled ale. 

Link for Setting more info

Info on Show not Tell

Assign #3: Bucket list (10 marks)

Assign #4: Dialogue NEW (10 marks) will begin next week

Photo: All photo assignments should be placed in your folder on the drive.

1. 15 Photos 5 marks

2. Photoshop: Head swap 10 marks

3. Angles: 10 shots = 20 marks

You are focusing on composing good shots and experimenting with angles.  Each shot is worth 2 marks and should be titled and put into an album called First Shoot.

1. Texture
2. High Angle
3. Low angle
4. Eye level shot
5. Ground Level
6. Shadow shot
7. Pattern
8. Focal point
9. Grafitti
10 Fill the Frame
Bonus: Something Round

Criteria: In focus, well composed shots trying to utilize compositional elements. Please make sure your photos have been edited.

4. Spring shots: 10 photos (20 marks)

Spring shots: Go for a walk, stroll or roll in your neighborhood or to a special location with your camera phone or camera and really look at what is around you. Take photos focusing on different angles and focusing on lighting. Spring is all around us and we have been waiting for the outer world to wake up, find some signs of spring. Try taking photos of the same subject from different perspectives. Take lots of photos, more than you need. Edit and post your best 10 photos to an album called Spring Shots 

Criteria: Photos should be clearly focused, have clean backgrounds, be well composed and have a distinct focal point.