Film+-+April+3+-+7

=Monday, April 3 - No School= = =

=Tuesday, April 4 - Back to work!= = =
 * ===Thursday we'll check out a book - bring your ID===
 * syllabus!
 * first assignment is permission slip
 * don't want anyone to be surprised
 * ===How is a movie different from a play?===
 * ===camera shots handout===
 * camera shots slide show
 * take notes on framing
 * ===early movies - changing technology!===
 * ===where is the camera in these movies?===
 * ===first comedy - [|"The Sprinkler Sprinkled"]===
 * ===first scandalous film [|"The Kiss"]===
 * ===[|Trip to the Moon]- with color!===

=Wednesday, April 5=
 * ===bring your ID tomorrow!===
 * ===We'll check out Bless Me, Ultima===
 * camera movement notes
 * slide show
 * ===website examples from [|"Film Studies 101"]===

=Thursday, April 6= > = 2. endow, v. - to provide with property, income, or a source of income = > = 3. labyrinth, n. - maze; intricate, intertwined confusing pathways = > = 4. teem, v. - to be full of, abound or swarm with. = > = · Ex.: A drop of pond water teems with life. =
 * ===Check out Bless Me, Ultima===
 * ===p. 4 - 1:09===
 * ===p. 5 - 2:25===
 * vocab warm-up:
 * ===start a study list for yourself:===
 * ===write down each word and definition===
 * on a small piece of paper use all of the words in sentences.
 * you may write one word per sentence
 * or write one big sentence that has all of the words in it
 * = 1. intone, v. - to recite in a singing voice; to speak in a monotone =

= = =Friday, April 7= >
 * ===Consider being a speaker at Graduation!===
 * ===Finish Trip to the Moon!===
 * ===Opening single shot scene from [|__Touch of Evil__]===
 * ===framing exercise===
 * ===get a frame===
 * ===find 4 interesting things===
 * ===at different distances===
 * ===at least one close shot===
 * ===at least one distant shot===
 * =vocab warm-up:=
 * =**5. succulent, adj. -**=
 * =**full of juice or sap; juicy.**=
 * =highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable=
 * =(like gossip, or a tasty food)=
 * =Botany: having thick, fleshy, water storing leaves or stems=
 * =(ex.: A cactus is one type of succulent)=
 * =6. gnarled, adj. - knotty or misshapen; rugged and roughened from old age or work=
 * =7. drone -=
 * =v. - to make a continuous, low humming sound=
 * =n. - 1. a continuous, low humming sound=
 * =2. a male worker bee who produces no honey, does no work=
 * =**its only purpose is to mate with the queen**=
 * =3. a person who lives off the work of others=
 * =a very small, lightweight, unmanned aircraft=
 * =**8. wrought - past tense and past participle of work.**=
 * =**- put together, created. (ex.: a carefully wrought plan)**=
 * =- Shaped by hammering with tools, often of metals or metalwork=
 * =(a wrought iron railing)=
 * =**(The person who does this is a wright, like a wheelwright, a cartwright, or a playwright)**=
 * =Bless Me, Ultima reading schedule!=
 * =[|Great Train Robbery (1903)]=
 * =different from Trip to the Moon (1902), which followed one set of characters with a single story line=
 * =Here we follow two things at once - Required faith in the audience!=
 * =Bless Me, Ultima slides=
 * =take notes!=