English I Honors—November 4, 2015

• Daily Warm-up: Which of the three films (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland) was your favorite? Why?

• Homework:– Outline for Burton Style Analysis Essay due tomorrow.– Study for Lessons 20 and 21 Vocabulary Quiz on

Friday.– Reading Plus due Sunday at 11:59.

Lesson 20 Vocabulary• Optimistic: adj. hopeful and confident about the future.• Recognize: v. acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of• Acquire: v. buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself.• Creed: n. a set of beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions.• Enterprise: n. a project or undertaking, typically one that is

difficult or requires effort.• Reflective: adj. relating to or characterized by deep thought;

thoughtful.• Adversity: n. difficulties; misfortune.• Resourceful: adj. having the ability to find quick and clever ways to

overcome difficulties. • Genuine: adj. truly what something is said to be; authentic.• Legacy: n. an amount of money or property left to someone in a

will.

Lesson 21 Vocabulary• Endeavor: v. try hard to do or achieve something.• Intuition: n. the ability to understand something immediately,

without the need for conscious reasoning.• Notable: adj. worthy of attention or notice; remarkable.• Advantageous: adj. beneficial.• Optional: adj. available to be chosen but not obligatory.• Surpass: v. exceed; be greater than.• Capacity: n. the ability or power to do, experience, or understand

something.• Paramount: adj. more important than anything else; supreme.• Strategy: n. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major

or overall aim.• Generous: adj. (of a thing) larger or more plentiful than is usual or

necessary.

Planning a Draft—Consider all of the films viewed in class. Fill in the chart with details that help you understand how each element is used in each film. You will use this chart to synthesize

similarities and differences among the films that you have studied.

Cinematic Technique Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Edward Scissorhands Alice in Wonderland

Framing

Lighting

Camera Movements

Music/Sound

Editing

• Introduction: – Tim Burton uses his unique directorial style to create mysterious and magical worlds. In his films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward

Scissorhands, and Alice in Wonderland, he creates settings that seem like a fairytale or a dream. Tim Burton is able to achieve these supernatural effects through his use of music, camera angles, and framing.

• Cinematic Technique #1– Topic sentence: Ultimately, Tim Burton’s choice of music sets the magical mood.

• Evidence—– Commentary

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• Statement of closure• Cinematic Technique #2

– Topic sentence: Also, the camera angles he uses help to make his worlds seem fantastic.• Evidence

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– Statement of closure• Cinematic Technique #3

– Topic Sentence: Finally, specific framing choices allow Burton to focus on the extraordinary elements in his settings.• Evidence

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– Statement of closure• Conclusion:

– All in all, Tim Burton is a master magician when it comes to creating whimsical worlds. His skillful use of cinematic techniques allows the viewer to be transported from reality to fantasy. His worlds are weird and wonderful and should be revisited again and again.

Final essay is due Monday at 11:59 to Turnitin.com. Must be

in MLA format. 500+ words.

Storyboard and Screenplay Project

• Assignment:– The purpose of this assignment is for you to create a

screenplay and a storyboard for the short story The Stolen Party p. 107 that we read last quarter. Your screenplay and storyboard should clearly show an understanding of some of the film concepts we’ve covered in class.

• Step One:– With your group, reread The Stolen Party.

• Take notes on anything you believe should be included in your screenplay or storyboard.

Storyboard and Screenplay Project

• A screenplay is the script of a movie, including acting instructions and scene directions.

• Step Two:– Write a screenplay for your film.

• Include the dialogue of the characters, the film directions for the cinematographer and the set directions for actors to follow.

• Cinematographer—the chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image

Storyboard and Screenplay Project• Step Three:

– Create the storyboard for your film (see attached example). • Your storyboard should convey some of the following information:

– What characters are in the frame, and how are they moving? – What are the characters saying to each other, if anything? – How much time has passed between the last frame of the storyboard and the current one? – Where the “camera” is in the scene? Close or far away? Is the camera moving?– What is the lighting in the scene?

• How do you make a storyboard?– Most commonly, storyboards are drawn in pen or pencil. Keep in mind

that your drawings do not have to be fancy! In fact, you may want to spend just a few minutes drawing each frame. Use basic shapes, stick figures, and simple backgrounds. If you draw your storyboard frames on index cards, you can rearrange them to move parts of the story around.