During our recent humanities unit, we kept in mind our driving question, how do authors use text to teach us more about ourselves? It was a broad question at first, but each and every assignment brought us closer and closer to our answer. In order to start our search for this answer, we had to use literature and filmmaking. First thing, we were assigned a book group along with a…
The contrast between a regular video we do in PLP, with the convenience of retaking shots and planning everything out compared the live event video we did recently, is tremendous. On the filming day, Luca, Melika, Morgan and I all met up at Maggie’s house, we had all the ingredients needed, it was time to shoot. I set up a time lapse with my iPad and filmed all my b-roll…
Recently in class, we have been working on a project called “Ideal Angles”. This project includes both mathematics and science, the driving question is, how can we use trigonometry to optimize clean energy technologies? In order to show our answer this question, we had to use our new found skills in trigonometry and solar panel knowledge to create an ethical house of our own. In order to test which angle…
To begin our year of moving image this year, we focused on recreation and what that really means. It’s not about being influenced, its not about being inspired. It’s re-enacting something, recreating it, paying attention to each detail. During this unit, we re-created two separate videos. The first one was chosen by Ms.Willemse, we were split into groups of 3-4, my group included, Marshall and Jessie. The video we had…
