I Remember..Thr

I Remember:

• The rusted train tracks
• The broken and rusted out converter boxes
• The various items my friend and I put in the converter boxes
• The rocks rusted from weather and time that surrounded the tracks
• The displaced or missing track parts and nails that made up the tracks
• The smell of the sulfuric deposits surrounding the track's sites 
• The view over the overpass the tracks covered, which had the sight of busy road beneath
• The gearboxes here and there that surrounded the tracks.
• The neighborhood fencing that blocked off normal living from the abandoned track station
• The gravel road that lead from the tracks to an abandoned factory
• The crows perched upon the rusted conveyor belts extruding from the factory
• The make-shift glass shanks that my friend and I created and hid in the pond residing on a side of the tracks
• The sound of wind gusting and altering in frequency due to the brush and rusted converter boxes  in the area

I Don't Remember.. 

• The location of the converter boxes
• Whether or not we were allowed to be there

Portrait of a Place Short Story

1. 1.What kind of details does Carver choose to describe the “place?” 
   He gets very descriptive at each introduction to a piece of furniture or item. He manages to explore finer detail when is comes to location of certain things. Craver also uses the people to help better describe the environment in which they perform actions.
2. 2.What do the following passages tell you about the place? 
   This following passage tells me that she is outside with the furniture that the man put in his front yard. The girl ultimately thinks that all the furnishings are for sale considering the man placed them all outside even though he had no intention to sell them.
   “The girl sat on the bed. She pushed off her shoes and lay back. She thought she could see a star.”
   
   “Lights came on in the houses up and down the street.”
   
3. 3.Now look at the passages that you chose. How do they talk about the place? Why are they important or unimportant? 
   "It must be a yard sale," the girl said to the boy. 
    This girl and this boy were furnishing a little apartment. 
    "Let's see what they want for the bed," the girl said. 
    "And for the TV," the boy said. 
    The boy pulled into the driveway and stopped in front of the kitchen table.
   
   
   This passage reflects on the place as what the couple sees it as, which is a yard sale out front of someone's house. They both inferred from previous sights an experiences in their life that the furnishings outside are for sale. This is important to the story because it makes me wonder how the man was going to respond to people touching and using his furnishings without any consent.
   
   

Group Movie Project

Criteria: Group Movie Project


Describe your role in the production of the class movie. How did your contribution make things more efficient? How did you help make the movie better? What specific contributions did you make? Did you go above and beyond, or simply show up? Be honest.
     My role in this film was to be a Sci-fi captain and I also worked with audio coordination. I played my role according to how I felt a science fiction nerd would react in a situation brought about in such a film recorded. I also took part in managing the way certain scenes should look as to the script. I believe my contribution allowed the film to be what it is now. I put forth my faith and passion into the play so that I could see it for not just what was presented in my mind but on the camera.    


Describe one or more things you learned about the writing process that you did not know before working on this project.
The writing of a film in any occasion is fairly challenging. There needs to be a lot of thought and organization put into though when formulating an idea into a film. I did not know that as much as an idea is good it has to be fairly reasonable to capture. My ideas are very extraneous with no constraint and now I know that my mind has to have some restriction.    


Describe one or more things you learned about the production (filming) process that you did not know before working on this project.
The first thing that I learned was that camera angles and zooms matter significantly. They put so much depth and meaning into a film. My projects this year will definitely reflect upon what I learned from this project. 


Describe one or more things you learned about the post-production (editing, sound, etc.) process that you did not know before working on this project.
I learned basically that audio overlapping can work great in a film. The aspect is fairly engaging and can make a scene feel more in depth. The use of fading and dissolving can always smooth out a final product.


Are you satisfied with the final product? Why or why not? Be honest.
I honestly think that this film could of been better. The idea jumped around so much and had to be refined to what time we had available. The filming was decent with all of the pans and zooms, but they weren't all that dramatic.


Suggest one improvement for next year’s class. What could I do to make it easier/better/more informative/more fun?
I feel you getting more involved with the individual students can really improve the class. Having a one on one chat with someone can really improve the relationship with the student and the teacher. It with help you understand our background more.


Evaluation
Individual Contribution to Pre-Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor

Individual Contribution to Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor

Individual Contribution to Post-Production Excellent    |    Good     |    Average    |     Poor