Month: November 2020

The Story of Film-Birth of the Cinema

“Old Camera” by tsparks is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Notes

The following material is from Wikipedia

Introduction

1895-1918: The World Discovers a New Art Form or Birth of the Cinema

1903-1918: The Thrill Becomes Story or The Hollywood Dream

Film – Week 10 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 2

Image from BiggerPlate.com

Teens are overwhelmed, partly because they don’t yet have the skills to manage the unprecedented amount of stuff that enters their brains each day.  – from LifeHacker.com

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”

“You can do anything, but not everything.”

― David Allen, (GTD) Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World

SUMMARY

  • This week is a catch up week for me. I am working on getting some things done for my classes.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Screenshot from Animated Book Summary And Review at YouTube
  • It was interesting to see some of the different ways that different people manage being stressed and having a lot of work. I think the underlying message is to make sure that you have some kind of system where you can actually write or type out what you have to do, then manage that from a list. It seems like it could be a helpful way to manage a lot of work that you need to get done.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot from Animated Book Summary And Review at YouTube

GTD-based Trusted System

Image from Trello.com
  • I chose trello for my GTD system

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

OPTIONAL EXERCISE

Image from GoodReads.com
Image from GoodReads.com

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • I learned how to properly use trello. This will be a really helpful tool when I need to manage or keep track of all my work. I also learned about how films are made, and who does what.

Film – Week 8 – Screenwriting

2018 Bay Area Mechanical Keyboard Meetup
Here is my creative commons photo

“2018 Bay Area Mechanical Keyboard Meetup” by Nebulant is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.” – Howard Hawks

SUMMARY

  • I got some good work done this week.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/
  • It was interesting to see some of the history of film.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

  • Homework
  • Chores
  • Making Money
  • Remembering things
  • Balancing time
  • People who suck

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Person’s humorous struggle trying to figure out how to use something simple.
  • Person has to sail boat through storm
  • Person has to make a big decision, he wants option 1 but someone else important to him thinks option 2 would be best
  • Person witnesses someone bring bullied and stands up to the bully.

STUDIO (FILMING)

    • I enjoyed watching this video a lot. It was a good balance of examples and narration.
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • I really enjoyed watching the video about the story circle. It made sense, and it makes me feel like I can understand the stories that I read better. One problem I solved was learning the basics of sneakonthelot.

Film – Week 7 – Tools, Time, and Rooms

CreativeCommons image Tool Stash by Meena Kadri at Flickr.com

SUMMARY

  • I had a lot of work to do this week, and I still have a bit to do.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/
Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/
  • It was good to learn the basics of what was included in sneak on the lot. It felt like a tour of what was available.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Honestly, this chapter would be pretty boring. The only antagonist would be this homework, and me putting it off as long as possible.

Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

COPY AND PASTE ALL THE CONTENT BELOW

“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Your toughest work is defining what your work is! –  Peter Drucker

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Image of David Allen at TED Talk
Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

  1. Finish blog posts for film
  2. Finish math homework
  3. Digital design homework
  4. get pe done
  5. Continue English project
  6. Continue bio homework
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • Math homework
  • bio homework
  • blog posts
  • digital design
  • pe
  • English

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
    • Most important at the top
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • I learned that it is really important to make a list of things that you need to get done so you can do that more efficiently.
  • I solved the problem of spending to much or too little time on assignments, it helps when you set a timer.