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#You will be assigned a short | #You will be assigned a short | ||
#*[[Keaton shorts|View list of Keaton shorts here.]] | #*[[Keaton shorts|View list of Keaton shorts here.]] | ||
| − | #Learn basic Wikipedia editing and create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.) | + | #Learn basic Wikipedia editing and create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.) |
| + | #*Your article must be written on Screenpedia using your account. | ||
| + | #*Your article must contain the following sections (as can be seen in these Wikipedia articles: ''[[w:The Frozen North]]'' and ''[[w:The Goat (1921 film)]]''): | ||
| + | #*#Introduction (in Wikipedia style) | ||
| + | #*#Plot (minimum three paragraphs) | ||
| + | #*#Cast | ||
| + | #*#Production (a few notes about the making of the film; does not have to be detailed, but should include information from a Keaton book) | ||
#Learn how to make screenshots (probably with [https://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player]) and capture at least one from ''every'' shot in the short. | #Learn how to make screenshots (probably with [https://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player]) and capture at least one from ''every'' shot in the short. | ||
| − | #*Submit your screenshots. Due in class Tuesday, 9/20. | + | #*Submit ''all'' of your screenshots on a flash drive. Due in class Tuesday, 9/20. |
| − | # | + | #Select a short segment (minimum 5 minutes) and write an analysis of comic moments in it. |
| + | #*Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots. | ||
#**Use the theories of humor we discussed to explain ''why'' they are comic. | #**Use the theories of humor we discussed to explain ''why'' they are comic. | ||
#**Submit ''in print'' in class Tuesday, 10/4. | #**Submit ''in print'' in class Tuesday, 10/4. | ||
#Worth 35 points. | #Worth 35 points. | ||
Revision as of 21:32, 12 September 2022
Each student will analyze the visual humor in a short film by Buster Keaton.
- You will be assigned a short
- Learn basic Wikipedia editing and create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.)
- Your article must be written on Screenpedia using your account.
- Your article must contain the following sections (as can be seen in these Wikipedia articles: w:The Frozen North and w:The Goat (1921 film)):
- Introduction (in Wikipedia style)
- Plot (minimum three paragraphs)
- Cast
- Production (a few notes about the making of the film; does not have to be detailed, but should include information from a Keaton book)
- Learn how to make screenshots (probably with VLC Media Player) and capture at least one from every shot in the short.
- Submit all of your screenshots on a flash drive. Due in class Tuesday, 9/20.
- Select a short segment (minimum 5 minutes) and write an analysis of comic moments in it.
- Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots.
- Use the theories of humor we discussed to explain why they are comic.
- Submit in print in class Tuesday, 10/4.
- Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots.
- Worth 35 points.
