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Question 1: What are the four related ways we can define the term narrative? a narrative is a story a narrative is a type of movie a narrative is a way to structure fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films a narrative is a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any ofContinue reading “Chapter 3 Journal: Types of Movies”

Question 1: How and why do we differentiate between form and content in a movie, why are they relevant to each other? a. Content is what the film is about and Form is how the subject is expressed or experienced. They are relevant to each other because you have to have both. You need contentContinue reading “Chapter 2 Journal: Principles of Film Form”

Question 1: How is the experience of seeing a movie different from a play? Reading a book? Viewing a painting or photograph? a. A major difference between seeing a movie and viewing other media is through the power of editing, you can add layers by including different shots to create moods such as tension. YouContinue reading “Chapter 1 Journal: Looking at Movies”

This watchlist will be updated throughout the semester Leon: The Professional Moonlight Snowpiercer Inglorious Bastards Trainspoting Revolutionary Road Roma Super Dark Times The Grand Budapest Hotel Good Will Hunting The Departed The Prestige The Truman Show Luce Shutter Island Arrival Juno Little Monsters Eighth Grade Hot Summer Nights

Article: Reflection on It’s A Boy! Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Welcome A Baby To The Royal Family https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/717612721/its-a-boy-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-welcome-a-baby-to-the-royal-family Congrats to Megan Markle and Prince Harry to the birth of their boy. It felt like this pregnancy took forever. It is always interesting to me how much we are invested into the lives of theContinue reading “Week 10”

Article: Reflection on The Mississippi River Has Been Flooding For 41 Days Now https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/720043317/the-mississippi-river-has-been-flooding-for-41-days-now This article is about the severe flooding in the Mississippi River. The river broke into downtown Davenport Iowa and Illinois and is slowly creeping up to the record of 1993. Being in Missouri, I understand the struggle of the river beingContinue reading “Week 9”

Article: Reflection on Soul Searching after 16 year old’s Suicide https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/02/711408784/soul-searching-after-a-16-year-olds-suicide In the article Soul Searching after 16 year old’s Suicide, Marc Silver talks to Safeena Husain, founder and director of Educate Girls, a nonprofit group in India that encourages families in rural areas to send their daughters to school and keep them in school.Continue reading “Week 8”

Article: Refelction on Peter Mayhew, Portrayed Chewbacca The Wookiee In ‘Star Wars’ Movies, Dies At 74 https://www.npr.org/2019/05/02/719841314/peter-mayhew-portrayed-chewbacca-the-wookiee-in-star-wars-movies-dies-at-74 Growing up, I have distinct memories of watching Star Wars: A New Hope with my brother. It was on VHS and A New Hope was the only one we had. I remember that my brother was Chewbacca, forContinue reading “Week 7”

Article: Reflection on Florida Approves Bill Allowing Classroom Teachers to be Armed https://www.npr.org/2019/05/02/719585295/florida-approves-bill-allowing-classroom-teachers-to-be-armed The article Florida Approves Bill Allowing Classroom Teachers to be Armed, discuses the recent bill the that allows Florida teachers to have guns in the classroom. I think that teachers should not have guns. Teachers could have other ways to protect themselvesContinue reading “Week 6”