1. Welcome! December 7th, 2017 Thursday
Do Now
Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Thursday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find the errors in the post.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. Correct the spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors in the following social media post.
@SocialMediaSlipUps
© Presto Plans

3. applied: Applied was misspelled.
voic regarding: Voic was misspelled. The word regarding is added as it sounds like the voic was left by the job in the original status update.
applied: Applied was misspelled.
Ontario: Ontario should be capitalized as it is the name of a province in Canada.
too nervous: Nervous was misspelled. Too is a synonym for also or means an excess of something. To is a preposition.
back, but: A comma is used to separate two sentences with a conjunction (but).
I need: Although this is not technically an error, a subject can be included in this
sentence (I) to add clarity.
encouragement / advice: Encouragement and advice were both misspelled.
?: A question is asked, so a question mark is required.
© Presto Plans

4. Film Analysis
Today, we’re going to watch two different short film versions of London’s “To Build a Fire.” Both versions are extremely different takes on London’s story, and we’re going to decide which one best captures the theme of the story.
But first, we have to talk about terminology. Just like how you have to know what metaphors, symbolism, and tone are before you can really delve into literary analysis, you have to know a few technical terms to be able to analyze movies.

5. Film Analysis: Terminology
Before we get into any terms, you should know some of the basics:
Director: The person who makes the choices for the film’s style. The director stamps a film with his/her own "personality".
Controls the films artistic and dramatic aspects while guiding the technical crew and actors
Shot: a single stream of video, uninterrupted by editing. A shot ends when the camera “cuts” to another image, similar to the blink of an eye

6. Film Terminology: Framing
Framing: Where the subject of the scene (the character or an object, usually) is within the “frame” of the camera
Close-Up: Where the subject takes up most of the screen. When a close-up focuses on a character’s face, usually the director wants to draw attention to the character’s facial expression (and therefore inner emotions).

7. Film Terminology: Framing
Long-Shot: When you see the character’s entire body, sometimes from a great distance. As opposed to close-ups, which emphasize emotion, long shots emphasize the character’s surrounding environment. Long shots can show a character’s isolation or vulnerability if they are alone or out of place. Long shots can also show emotional distance between two characters.

8. Film Terminology: Angles
Low-Angle Shot: When the director positions the camera below the subject, looking up. Makes the subject look powerful or larger than life.

9. Film Terminology: Angles
High-Angle Shot: When the director positions the camera above the subject, looking down. Makes the subject look smaller than normal. Emphasizes a character’s weakness or powerlessness.

10. Film Terminology: Camera Movement
Zoom: When the camera moves toward the subject to emphasize it. This is the director shouting at you: “THIS SCENE IS CRAZY IMPORTANT!” Focuses the viewer and increases attention on the subject.

11. Film Terminology: Camera Movement
Tilt/Dutch Angle: When the camera is at an angle from the horizontal axis. Creates a sense of disorientation, confusion, and/or tension in the viewer. Also creates an emotional distance between the audience and the subject – causes the audience to feel like spectators rather than participants.

12. Film Terminology: Camera Movement
Shaky Cam Effect: When the camera shakes while trying to focus on a subject. This causes the audience to feel the same intense emotions (usually fear or anger) as the characters

13. Film Terminology: Sound
Diegetic Sound: Sounds in a film that the characters can hear (it’s “really happening” in the movie). This includes sounds from the setting, characters talking, ect.)

14. Film Terminology: Sound
Non-Diegetic Sound: Sounds in a film that the characters can’t hear. This includes narrators and background music. Narrators give the audience a sense of distance from the character – we’re more aware that we’re watching a “story” than emphathasizing with the characters. Background music is usually the director’s clue as to how (s)he wants you to react to different scenes in a film. Sad scenes are normally accompanies by sad music. Same for happy moments - and can you imagine a horror film without the soundtrack?

15. Film Terminology: Lighting
Low-Key Lighting: When a director uses light sparingly, its usually a way of making the audience feel uneasy. Mysteries and suspense thrillers are also often shot in low-key light indicating that things are hidden, or that something unexpected can happen at any time.

16. Film Terminology: Lighting
High-Key Lighting: By contrast, high-key lighting indicates openness and honesty – the characters have nothing to hide. However, extremely brightly lit scenes can also indicate vulnerability and isolation.

17. Film Terminology: Acting
Acting Choices: How directors encourage their actors to portray their characters. Do they walk with confidence or do they slump? What lines do they shout, whisper? What does the actors body do as they deliver different lines – when do they fall to the ground, shake their first at the sky, laugh, cry, sigh? Everything an actor does on the screen is intentional and leads to a deeper understanding of what the filmmaker is trying to say.

18. “To Build a Fire”: Film Analysis Chart
As you watch two very different short film versions of London’s “To Build a Fire”, take note of the film techniques each director used in trying to capture London’s story. Try to find at least on specific moment for each technique from both films.

19. “To Build a Fire” Short Film #1

20. “To Build a Fire” Short Film #2