03-08-2010, 02:00 PM
Aloha all,
I thought I would update those interested on what we've seen so far (in order of appearance): Nosferatu, Chaplin's The Kid, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Little Nemo in Slumberland (1902 10 minute short with the very first animation- a 2 minute 4000 frame segment) and we are now 1/2 way through Chaplin's Goldrush. After Spring break we are going to watch sets of films based on themes, genres, or specific directors or techniques. My wish list is about 75 films long and growing, in large part culled from your suggestions, but there is no way I can squeeze more than 12-18 movies out of the trimester, and I am having trouble finding everything I want to show.
I am having a great time with this class, and so are my students. Simple critiquing assignments are coming in as 5 page meticulously researched papers on the history of the film, complete with deep personal insights, from one student. All I can do is give her the raw materials and get out of her way. Other students are soaking up a better intuitive understanding of how people have gotten from the "there" of a film made in 1902 to the "here" of computer generated animation and special effects. As a social studies teacher I always appreciate it when my students develop a sense of continuity and connect to the past in a meaningful way. These kids are living in a media saturated world, but they still laugh at Charlie Chaplin.
Mahalo for everyone's fine suggestions, especially Kathy H. and Aloha Steven for such thoughtful input.
Carol
I thought I would update those interested on what we've seen so far (in order of appearance): Nosferatu, Chaplin's The Kid, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Little Nemo in Slumberland (1902 10 minute short with the very first animation- a 2 minute 4000 frame segment) and we are now 1/2 way through Chaplin's Goldrush. After Spring break we are going to watch sets of films based on themes, genres, or specific directors or techniques. My wish list is about 75 films long and growing, in large part culled from your suggestions, but there is no way I can squeeze more than 12-18 movies out of the trimester, and I am having trouble finding everything I want to show.
I am having a great time with this class, and so are my students. Simple critiquing assignments are coming in as 5 page meticulously researched papers on the history of the film, complete with deep personal insights, from one student. All I can do is give her the raw materials and get out of her way. Other students are soaking up a better intuitive understanding of how people have gotten from the "there" of a film made in 1902 to the "here" of computer generated animation and special effects. As a social studies teacher I always appreciate it when my students develop a sense of continuity and connect to the past in a meaningful way. These kids are living in a media saturated world, but they still laugh at Charlie Chaplin.
Mahalo for everyone's fine suggestions, especially Kathy H. and Aloha Steven for such thoughtful input.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb