#readingresponse4

- Wow what a chunk of reading. 21 pages was originally very daunting. Man was I wrong; the history and discussion of “othering” throughout really hooked me. This reading really focused on the symbolism that can be found within performance as well as the context of these performances. When doing a performance art piece, you’re not only sharing your artwork but also asking your audience questions about what they’re viewing in your work either intentionally or not. It was interesting to look at performance art outside of what we discussed in 20th/21st Century Art, and look to the metaphors and “Why's” instead.

Francis Glebas in Directing a Story how a script is a verbal plan for a story and a storyboard is a visual representation of a story in pictures. The first panel establishes the setting, the panel that follows creates conflict, and in the third panel, there is a resolution. A storyboard is much like a newspaper comic, and Glebas compares them to the perfect example of a storyboard. Storyboards for animation depict the acting and emotional of the characters much more than live action. Cinematography and blocking for animation are made both the choice of the director instead of a cinematographer. The pitching process is much more involved in animation in comparison to live action. You have to sell not only the storyboard but the dialogue and acting as well. It is fascinating how Glebas' approach to pitching is doing everything that he can the wrong way. That way he can get the most constructive feedback from his audience. Glebas also states that in your storyboard that you should tell your story simply and with passion. It is important to keep it dramatic and with some tension. For Glebas, a storyboard is telling a story through juxtaposed images. I felt really defeated after the first assignment, but I realized through Glebas’ comments about a story through juxtaposition, that was a real advantage to the comedy style of our Not So Sleeping Beauty project. Glebas' discussion of how to technically storyboard a scene his graph of the timeline of narrative opened my eyes to a formula I can utilize them for the next project.  

One thing this article made me realize was that my students grew up in a world where technology controls everything. Technology makes everything at our students finger tips and this is what they are accustom to. I think technology does make student more engaged and eager to learn using those device but I think it is just because students are often bored of traditional teaching methods because they are simply “not fun.” I really thought it was interesting that the article discussed Moodle, an e-Learning program because we use Moodle here at Adelphi.