Visual Narrative Essay
Description:
You will give the class a brief presentation (approximately 2 – 3 minutes) on the visual essay you composed (for those of you that created a movie, this does not include the running time of your film); specifically you will show the piece to the class and then explain why you made the compositional choices you did. Some specific questions to consider include:
· Why did you choose the medium that you did? In other words, why create a movie and not a PowerPoint presentation? Or a PowerPoint presentation and not a collage? Or a collage and not a…well, you get the idea.
· Why did you choose the colors, images, or music that you did?
· How did you arrange the visuals and how did attempt to balance the words and images you used?
· What did you change between your first draft and this draft?
· What did you struggle with and why? What was easy for you throughout this process?
Audience:
When not presenting, you will be an attentive and respectful audience member. Several students are sharing moments from their lives that can be difficult to talk about, especially in front of a group of peers. The classroom is intended to be a safe environment for everyone to share their beliefs, ideas, perspectives, and experiences without fear of being ridiculed. Thus, hateful or degrading speech toward presenters or other audience members will not be tolerated (if any such speech is uttered, I will ask you to leave and you will receive a zero for your presentation). In addition, as an audience member, you will be required to jot down one question for each presenter pertaining to their visual component (I will call on people at random to ask their question). Your list of questions will be turned-in to me at the end of class as part of your participation grade for that day.
Preparation:
Make sure you have either e-mailed your visual component to me before class or have it saved on a flash drive so we can keep the presentations moving along in a timely fashion.
Description:
You will give the class a brief presentation (approximately 2 – 3 minutes) on the visual essay you composed (for those of you that created a movie, this does not include the running time of your film); specifically you will show the piece to the class and then explain why you made the compositional choices you did. Some specific questions to consider include:
· Why did you choose the medium that you did? In other words, why create a movie and not a PowerPoint presentation? Or a PowerPoint presentation and not a collage? Or a collage and not a…well, you get the idea.
· Why did you choose the colors, images, or music that you did?
· How did you arrange the visuals and how did attempt to balance the words and images you used?
· What did you change between your first draft and this draft?
· What did you struggle with and why? What was easy for you throughout this process?
Audience:
When not presenting, you will be an attentive and respectful audience member. Several students are sharing moments from their lives that can be difficult to talk about, especially in front of a group of peers. The classroom is intended to be a safe environment for everyone to share their beliefs, ideas, perspectives, and experiences without fear of being ridiculed. Thus, hateful or degrading speech toward presenters or other audience members will not be tolerated (if any such speech is uttered, I will ask you to leave and you will receive a zero for your presentation). In addition, as an audience member, you will be required to jot down one question for each presenter pertaining to their visual component (I will call on people at random to ask their question). Your list of questions will be turned-in to me at the end of class as part of your participation grade for that day.
Preparation:
Make sure you have either e-mailed your visual component to me before class or have it saved on a flash drive so we can keep the presentations moving along in a timely fashion.