May 19

“Taming of the Shrew” Stop Motion Induction Scene Project

The play “Taming of the Shrew” is written by William Shakespeare. Our group of three did a stop motion project on the induction of “Taming of the Shrew”. Jacob downloaded the app and took the pictures, while Ethan and Dima moved the set and set up the scenes. Our project was just the induction which is the introduction to the main play of “Taming of the Shrew”which is called the inset, the inset is the main play within the play. In the induction of the play a drunk man is tricked into thinking he’s a lord, this leads to the inset. For the project we used an app called Stop Motion where we took lots of pictures while moving the characters which made a video. We also put audio into the video to explain what was going on. This differs from a stage performance because it’s not live and we can edit our video. It was difficult to keep the lighting the same and everything in the same position. We learned how to use the Stop Motion app and how to use Text to Speech to put audio into our video. Overall the project was good and we had fun making it and using the app.

April 6

Animal Farm Propaganda Poster

Propaganda Poster

As one can imply about this poster, the pigs have taken over with control and Mr. Jones is on the ground being whipped. The irony in this is that in the beginning of the story all the animals were being punished and now the pigs, with their power, are making Mr. Jones and his wife have fear of coming back. In this poster, the propaganda techniques used are fear, glittering generalities, bandwagon, and plain folk. This poster creates fear for Mr. Jones if they would happen to come back. When Mr. Jones was on the farm, he rarely fed the animals and whipped them while he was having a good life and getting drunk sometimes. Glittering generalities in this poster are the big slogans, or quotes. An important quote in this story is, “Four legs good, two legs bad”. This quote depicts the fact that humans are hated by the animals and any animal is a comrade. At the bottom of the poster it says, “He Will Return”. This is stating that if Mr. Jones does return to the Animal Farm, he will be punished. Bandwagon is used because the pigs are important animals in this story and important people or animals can have big influential impact on one. Having three pigs standing there displays that they are being followed and they have the power right now. Since the pigs are important, others will believe this is important too. This is almost like saying, “The pigs are in, so should you”! These pigs are important in this farm but just remember that these pigs are just typical animals or in literary terms the pigs are just plain folks. Plain folk is used because maybe in other farms, the farmers are abusing the animals as well and having these normal animals impacting their own farm may impact other normal animals to join the rebellion and rebel against their farm.

 

February 11

“The Secluded Lot”- Graphic Novel

1) Exposition – “I’d like to inquire about a lot,” the old man said, the effort of decision evident in his voice.

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2) Rising action – “they entered a black limousine and drove slowly through the cemetery.”

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3) Rising action – “‘that’s Carrara marble’, Mr. Jerome informed him. ‘This is Vermont’… Carefully circling a slightly raised mound

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4) Rising action – “covered with a tangle of unruly vines and underbrush, it was obviously an afterthought”

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5) Climax – “As a cortège neared Willow Walk, Mr. Jerome could see the man in the distance, parting the bushes and disappearing from view.”

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6) Falling action – “I’m not soliciting business. The bees are just going about their normal pursuits. Besides, Rose Haven Nectar brings a special price.”

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7) Falling action – “Mr Jerome, I have done you a great service, your flowers have never been so magnificent and plentiful.

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8) Denouement – “Mr. Jerome, I have reached an important decision: I should like to buy another lot.”

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