senior Project Reflection

Part 1: Two Hour Presentation

• I would give myself a P/P+ because I met all the requirements, yet I feel as if I didn't go above and beyond enough to assess myself at the AE level, though that is what I had been aiming for.
• I'm most proud of the way my powerpoint flowed and how the words on each slide were easy to understand. I'm also really proud of how I compared working on a set to attending Ipoly, which I feel helped the students understand what I was talking about.

Part 2: Overall Senior Project Experience

• I think I did very well in my presentations, because I both captivated and educated my audience. I feel as if I didn't do well in my research checks, because 1) i didn't take them seriously and 2) I missed a number of Fridays.
• My EQ is "what is the most important quality of an Academy Award nomination" and my best answer is Story and Script.
• The last month has not affected my EQ or changed any of my answers, rather the last month of Senior Project has helped solidify my answers and helped me choose my best answer.
• My biggest suggestion would be to have less things due in May, ie I-Search, Research Binder, Exits, and more due in March and April. Spread out the due dates so that the Seniors aren't overwhelmed next year with stacked dates.
• My overall grade would be an AP because while I did well in my presentations and in other components, I did not do well in my research component. 

2 Hour Rough Draft

EQ: What is the most important quality of an Academy Award nomination?

Set up: like a theater, with red curtains around the screen and black sheets covering the walls.

Sponge Activity: Score a scene.

1. What is the activity: The students will score five scenes using a choice of ten songs that are given to them.

2. How it will be done: Each group will have a packet with five frames from five different Golden Era films (1930-1950s). They will also have a sheet with ten songs, and a verse from each song.

3. How the activity relates to answer: One of my answers is Sound and its Components. Scoring a film is an essential part of the sound process a film takes.

4. All materials for activity: Five frames from five different films and ten songs.

Introduction: Introduce myself, my topic and my EQ. Then ask an “In your opinion” question to hear what they think is an important part of a film. Afterwards, I will go over my agenda. Then I will explain my EQ, define key words (nomination and quality) and explain the importance of my EQ throughout my presentation.

Foundation: For my foundation, I am going to explain the difference between a film and a movie, and why films are the only ones nominated. I will also explain the history behind the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, and the important role it has played since its commencement.

Answer 1: Experience of the Cast/Crew 

• Information taught: In this section, I will teach the group about the importance of having experienced crew and cast members on set. I will talk about how experienced actors don’t act but behave, how production flows smoother when experienced crewmembers are working and leading the production.

Answer 2: Story and Script 

• Information taught: In this section, I will teach the students about the fundamentals of a script, what is found in it, and what makes a script and story a strong foundation, and how a script is the basis of any motion picture.

Answer 3: Sound and its Components

• Information taught: In this section, I will teach the class about the different things that go into producing the final sound portion of a film. I will teach the importance of sound in film, and how mistake can distract viewers.

 Answer 1 Activity: Here’s a Scenario

1. What is the activity: Scenerio’s that arise on set

2. How it will be done: I will read out scenerio’s that could happen on set. It will be the student’s job to come up with ways to handle the problems as experienced profeesionals. Sometimes, they will be crew members, others they will be actors and cast.

3. How the activity relates to answer: My answer talks about how having experienced people on set leads to a smoother production cycle. A smooth production cycle is essential to the creation of an outstanding finial product.

4. All materials for activity: Scenarios

Answer 2 Activity: Rate the Scripts

1. What is the activity: Each group will be given a script that they will rate on a scale of Razzie (worst) to Academy (best).

2. How it will be done: Each group will be given a script that they must read and rate on a scale that I have chosen. They will give the script a grade based on the major criteria of a script. They will then share out and defend their rating.

2. How the activity relates to answer: In my answer, I will discuss the major criteria need in a script in order to create a strong and stable script.

3. All materials for activity: Five different scripts, varying in how well written they are.

Best Answer: My best answer is Story and script because the story is the foundation to the script. It needs to be strong because without it, the film has no sense of being, no focus or objective.

  

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

Content:
1. Log: Working on a project in my Service learning class. It was from 3/2, 3/7, 3/9, 3/14, 3/16, 3/21, 3/23, 3/28, 3/30, 4/4, 4/18, 4/20, 4/25, 4/27 (Mon. and Wed.) from 2:30 to 5:30.

2. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ap3hhCzvaRK0dHhTME9qM3lEQnpBOFRSZDhBYUw5cUE&hl=en&authkey=CNn17-oE

3. Complete LIA:
     1. Literal
          a.  I, Ayaa Abouelhouda, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
          b. In my service learning class, ROP, we are working on a Genre project. W to my Re must adapt the balconey scene from the play Romeo & Juliet, and rewrite and shoot it according to our genre. As producer, my job was to make sure that we will be able to shoot on location and on time, as well as finish the final product before the deadline. It was also my job to make sure that the rest of my crew was on time and on task.
      2. Interperative
           a. My task was at least thirty hours of work because not only did we work on the project during class, but I also worked on the project on days outside of class. My job as producer means that I was involved in this project during every stage: pre production, production and post production.
     3. Applied
            a.  This helps support the answers to my EQ because one of my answers is The Experince of the Cast and Crew. On this project, we had an actor who had several years of experince acting in front of the camers, thus Linda (the director) spent less time telling him how to act; we had another actor who had never acted in front of the camera before, and thus Linda spent more time teaching and more time directing. In the final product, the actor with more experience became the character, while in viewing the less experienced actor, it was obvious he was acting.