Chapter 6 & 7 - Movies and Recordings

DISCUSSION (Wednesday) - We discussed the history of recorded music. Students listed the genres of music they listen to, and we talked about how recording helped people share music and new genres to develop. We looked at the format wars in recording technology, from Edison's cylinder, through vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs and finally mp3s. 

DISCUSSION (Monday): Students listed the movies they had seen over the weekend in any format. Several  had seen  movies on the Silver Screen (in the theater). We discussed the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and its rating system.

SHOW AND TELL: We discussed the concept of "persistence of vision" by passing around a deck of cards and viewing Eadweard Muybridge's horse photos. We also looked at scripts and a story board for Star Wars.

POWER POINT: We looked at clips from "Birth of a Nation" "The Jazz Singer," and "pre-Code" movies. We also watched the three movies worst ever made (from the DVD 50 Worst Movies ever made), movie cliches and product placement.

FOR MONDAY:
Read and complete the workbook page for Chapter 8 - Radio

DUE MONDAY at MIDNIGHT on Turnitin.com: "Mass Communications on the Web" (see toolbar above). If you need login information for Turnitin, please email me.

BLOG (due Sunday at midnight): Movies or Recordings (20) AND comment on other students' posts.

Write 2-3 sentences about your favorite movie of 2012-2013 and why you liked it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your all-time favorite movie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first see these movies? Add a user-friendly link to the movie in RottenTomatoes.com. Find and embed a trailer for one or both of the movies.      

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Write 2-3 sentences about your favorite sound recording of 2012-2013 and why you liked it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your favorite oldie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first hear these recordings? Add or embed user-friendly links to Amazon.com, YouTube.com or other sites where others can listen to your recordings (or samples).