Lesson 7 YOUR TURN 1 & CONFERENCES

WHAT'S ON FOR TODAY AND WHY (Day Seven) Today, students will be able to focus all of their knowledge and work in their assigned role as they work on their own film. While they have been touching base with their group on a regular basis, they are now at the half-way point of the unit and need to realize what still needs to be done in order to complete their project on time and to have something they can be proud of.

WHAT TO DO 1. Warm-up Exercise •

Students will begin by asking any general questions they have at this point about the film project.

2. Activity •

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Students will get into their respective groups and follow their progress chart. Once they are sure that they are on task, they can work on their storyboarding task to help them get the film on its feet through tableaux vivants. Students will break their own dialogue down into 5 - 10 main events, relationships, etc. depending on what they feel is important to getting the main ideas and dynamic relationships captured. Using as much costume/set/camera angles as they can in the time given, they should capture their images and as done with the film segment, add dialogue and commentary to each. During this time, the teacher will move from group to group offering questions for them to think about and any support they may need. Students will also spend the last few minutes of class talking about the progress they made. I will also have them go around the room and each finish the phrase "Today I have learned ____________________" to offer them a reflection on the day's work.

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3. Homework Students will get their photos up online and will post their film in photographs online with dialogue and commentary.

HOW DID IT GO? Were students working together as a film team to make decisions and put them into action in their "film in photos" task? Are they asking the right questions? Making the right progress?

Name ___________________________ Senior English Ms. Scavuzzo Date ____________________________ Unit: Discovering Film Lesson 7: Your Turn & Conferences

TASK: Tableaux Vivants Storyboard for Your Own Film Project: A way to get you on your feet to experiment and play around with the ideas you have been working hard on. IN YOUR GROUP: List the 5 main events/relationships, etc. of your film: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ Work together to create tableaux vivants that effectively capture the attitude, mood, emotions, and actions of your film. Snap these (like you did for the previous tableaux vivants project) on your camera phone or on a digital camera. Each photo should be assigned a home (one person) and that individual should spend a few minutes writing the dialogue and commentary that go along with that photo. In addition, they should explain how the previous photo transitions into the photo after it. Decide how all of this will be posted online (please do not give one person all the work!). Be creative. You will be graded in the same way as the initial tableaux vivants project.