And while we might not be watching Sandlot, a shirt like that definitely gets us in the mood for some Movie Magic.
Today, we finished The Shawshank Redemption, a film many students were shocked to discover earned ZERO Oscars. Yep, when your movie comes out the same year as Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction, it's hard to win. And, of course, The Lion King snagged that Best Score award, so poor little Shawshank went home empty-handed. But I digress....
Students took notes for our first film by following this pattern:
Observation Making Meaning
For example:
Shot of Bible with hammer in Exodus Cheeky punch at Andy's "exodus"
Basically, students are to make observations of film aspects/choices they notice--and then explain why they think that choice is important.
Here they are in teacher-selected groups discussing what they consider to be their TEN BEST observations:
