Welcome! December 11th, 2017 Monday Grab a Chromebook, sign in, and close the screen.  Welcome! December 11th, 2017 Monday Do Now Take a weekly Bell Ringer sheet from the front table. Once the bell rings, we’ll watch a video, and you will have five minutes to respond to the question in at least five sentences. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Click on the link below to watch a video clip Click on the link below to watch a video clip. Respond in writing by providing your thoughts on the following question: Describe a time when someone did something kind for you. How did you thank them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2rNcs27Dpg © Presto Plans

“The Open Boat”: Script Writing Your first job today is to finish reading The Open Boat and to complete the reading chart you started on Friday. I’ll give you 20 minutes to get started on that, and then I’ll let you in on your other assignment for today.

“The Open Boat”: Script Writing Imagine that you are the director of a short film version of Crane’s “The Open Boat.” Because this film is so highly anticipated, you want to do a flawless job of capturing Crane’s vision, or his Naturalist views. Today, your job is to write the script for one scene of Crane’s story. The dialogue will stay mostly the same, but it is up to you to capture Crane’s tone and Naturalist views on screen through or stage/camera directions.

“The Open Boat”: Script Writing You might ask yourself: What camera angles would be most effective to capture Crane’s mood? What framing techniques should I use? What lighting should I use throughout the scene? Where and when will these techniques change? What cues should I give the actors at each scene?

“The Open Boat”: Script Writing Script: Your script should be at least 250 words in length (though it will likely be longer) and should contain at least one example of each type of film technique (Framing, Angles, Camera Movement, Sound, Lighting, and Acting), although you are more than welcome to each more than once. Your script should also be properly formatted. Let’s see how that looks…

“The Open Boat”: Script Example [The scene opens with a high-angle long-shot looking down at the wide ocean. Slowly, the camera zooms in and the audience sees a tiny speck – the speck grows larger as the camera zooms in and they realize that speck is a tiny rowboat with four men inside.] [The rowboat is tossed in a large wave, and the Cook looks like he might be sick. Despite this, he continues to bail water out of the tiny boat with his bucket.] Cook: Gawd! That was a narrow clip. [The camera shakes and trembles with each wave, just like the boat. Shakily, the camera pans down to the bottom of the boat. From a high-angle shot we see the Captain. He looks to be in bad shape, sweating with his arm at an odd angle.] Captain: [Weak, but with authority] Keep’er a little more south, Billie. Billie: A little more south, sir.

“The Open Boat”: Script Explanation Explanation: Once you finish writing your script, write an explanation for each of the techniques you used. Tell me: Why do you use that technique at that point in your script, and how does it capture Naturalism or Crane’s story? Ex: I used a high angle-shot in the first scene of my script because I wanted to show how small and weakened all of the men were while out at sea, which emphasizes the Naturalist philosophy that man is powerless against larger forces like nature.