Calendar May 2012

 

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1	2 45 minutes continued to help color the poster	3 45 minutes Painted the poster	4 90 minutes started to write my summary	5
6	7 90 minutes converted video files for time lapse	8 90 minutes converted the rest of the files	9 90 minutes filmed additional footage	10 90 minutes worked in Final Cut	11 90 minutes reconverted files for the video	12
13	14	15 90 minutes converted files for the end of the video	16 90 minutes typed up summary and calendar	17	18	19
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Summary Essay

Sam Johnson
When we began our project, I couldn’t help but feel that I was about to venture out of my comfort zone. I joined Brianna and Shandryl in our project to make a poster with three quotes from the books and movies that we read in Advanced English 12. We chose quotes from Inherit the Wind, Apocalypse Now and Hamlet. So our first few days went by and we sketched out what we were going to draw for the poster. During this time I filmed, which is what was most comfortable for me to do. Since filming was most comfortable for me, I stayed with it for the first few days. I then decided that I needed to help out a bit more in the group so I took a step out of my comfort zone and helped draw and erase on the poster. I continued to help with the drawing and then, once we finished, our group started going up to Mrs. Allard’s room to make our videos. This was also an area that I was not familiar with so Shandryl did most of the work for the video editing in FinalCut. Shandryl did a great job with the editing and producing of the video and even put in extra time during her VoTech class to help us finish our project ahead of schedule. I put up my calendar of days worked in my blog. I then uploaded all of my videos and documents for the blog and once I finish typing this paper I will be finished with this final project entirely.

Final Video

Video 1: A preview

Summary

I made a video starring myself as well as HHS English Teacher, Mrs. Hall.I interviewed her about the book Heart of Darkness and the movie Apocalypse Now. I used the question,"How could the movie, Apocalypse Now, better represent the book, Heart of Darkness." She gave me many examples of similarities that were important between the novella and the film, like the horrors of the effects of imperialism and how they change people into evil.



Victor Frankenstein and Monster
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
published 1818



Mr Hyde and Dr Jekyll (left to right)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by: Robert Louis Stevenson
published 1886

Gregor Samsa
Metamorphasis
by Franz Kafka
Published 1915