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**Responding- A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2 6/6/2010

Matrix for the Scenes (Updated) 26/5/2010**

__ Here is your Topic Question for you Mini-Research project: __
Magic plays a large role in how the events of this play will come about; in fact, it is through magic that the play is resolved and comes to an end. Research the belifs and trends fo the English concerning magic during the 16th Century, when Shakespeare wrote the play. Were people more superstitious then? Were they more inclined to believe that things could be attributed to magical sources? Did people, in your opinion, have better imaginations then? Why or why not? How might these attitudes have influenced Shakespeare's writing?

Comprehension Check Shakespeare Theatre

1. Why do some readers find Shakespeare's writing difficult to understand? Explain. How do you feel about Shakespeare's language? Why? Shakespeare would write in "modern" english but even for us today that is sometimes very hard to understand. This is because hardly anybody speaks it anymore, also int he lay, Shakespeare leaves out many things since he expects the actors to show it with facial expressions this is for the reason that it is written in a form of a play instead of a book.

2. Why would you suggest that a reader do to better prepare himself for Shakespeare's writing to make it more understandable, and therefore, more enjoyable? You should do some research on the background of the play as well as knowing how people wrote to that time meaning you should know about drama to that time and about the "modern" english including the knowing what he basic words mean.

3. What does the word ephemeral mean in paragraph one? Why might this quality of drama make a play more difficult to read than a novel would be? Ephemeral means not dull but exciting and lasting a very long time. Acting is much harder than just reading since you need to memorize your lines plus when saying your lines with emotion and you have to make sure you say them correctly emphasizing all of the comas, etc. When reading from a book you can just read without really having to think about anything else. 4. What kind of people would you expect to see in a theater (one in which live drama is performed) today? Are the people you imagine different from the people Shakespeare would have expected? How? In Shakespeare's times everybody from poor to rich was watching the same play except that the people closest to the the stage were the poorest while the ones on balconies were really rich and more educated people. The poor people who sat in the front had to pay hardly anything. The theater was large and beautiful in which you would not expect poor beggars from the streets. Now, poor people would not be able to afford the theatre since it can be very expensive depending on where. Everybody at the theater is nicely dressed and behaves in a good manor. To get really good seats they cost almost a fortune while the normal seats still cost a lot. The ironic thing is that in Shakespeare's time, they tried to make everything as modern as possible but theatre's today are very old fashioned with the seats, pillars, etc. This is funny since they saw theatre as something modern to do but we see theatre as something old fashioned which people rarely go to. 5. What are some conveniences that theaters have today hat someone in Shakespeare's time could probably never imagine? In Shakespeare's time the people could never have imagined that we would be using artificial light instead of the sun to bring forth things and let people or things "disappear" from the stage while they used curtains. We also have microphones to make our voices be heard at the back of the hall/room. They still had to shout their lines which is much harder. The theatre's also always take place in the evenings while they usually took place during the day. They would especially surprised if they saw that we had scenery and would be able to change it often. They would never have scenery which would give the audience a wider range of imagination. As well as making sound effects which they always had to make another way. 6. How are today's actors or celebrities similar to the actors of Shakespeare's time? How are they different? Like then, actors wear the newest clothing and today famous actors have anything they could wish for. Also today actors are chased after and are very famous all over but in Shakespeare's time, everybody rumored that they were vagrants and criminals. Then like today, people will write scripts with already having a chosen which actor could play them. Lastly, women were as a rule not allowed to play in plays but today 50% of all actors are women. 7. Briefly explain the four types of drama. 1.Tragedy- it is serious but not every scene, it has to end sadly and the main character will usually die. 2.Comedy- it includes humor but not every aspect of it has to be lighthearted and laughable. It has to end happily with usually a celebration. 3.History- it is a dramatized historical event that my be real or made up since it may not always be something that really happened. 4.Romance- is a serious form of comedy which has strange, fantastic and supernatural elements in it and weirdly the love story might not be the most important part. 8. How are these types of drama different from what we expect? 1.Tragedy- I thought that there would only be sad things happening with no happy scenes. 2.Comedy- I would have thought that there were only lighthearted scenes with no sad scenes. 3.History- I obviously thought that there were only true or at least more or less true events in a theatre like that otherwise it would not be listed under history. 4.Romance- I thought that it was revolving around a love story and maybe about other things around.

Finished Questins for Whale Rider Film 8 April, 2010

P.S. Sorry I'm late, the computer that I am working from only has Word 2003 so I could not open any of my work. I contacted Azuhura through e-mail asking her to change my work from Word 2007 to Word 2003. I anyways only had 3 more questions to do.

P.P.S. Thanxs so much Az... I love you!!!!

Almost Finished Questions for Whale Rider Film 30 March, 2010

Creative Essay without Maori Language 23 March, 2010

Creative Essay with Maori Language 23 March, 2010

Persuasice Essay- Letter to Koro 16 March, 2010 (Put on 17 March, 2010)

Rough Draft: Persuasive Essay 15 March, 2010

Chapter 4 and 5 27 February, 2010

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Film Study Worksheet February 7, 2010



Questions: __Opening__

At first you see New York like if you were on Google Earth but then it zooms down to a basketball court where you see the Jets in a corner. They then start dancing in the street; later on they see a Jet and provoke him to fight them. They Jets and the Sharks all start chasing each other. The rumble starts as soon as a Shark trips a Jet; the two of them fight and start calling their gang. The whole gangs come and start fighting against each other.
 * What happens in the opening moment?**

In the beginning when you get an overview of New York, you know directly that it is New York. This gets you hooked into the movie and makes you want to see what is going to happen next. As well as the scene where you see all the Jets dancing around in the streets and fighting with the Sharks, this makes you go onto the Jets side.
 * What mood does this set? **

At first you get a overview (also known as high-angle) of New York, this creates an interest for the reason that the music always gets louder and stronger. It then zooms down to the basketball court where you get attracted to the people playing and the Jets standing in the corner looking nonchalant. It zooms to the Jets in the corner and you get a close-up shot on Rift (the team-leader) which gets you fascinated by the way he looks and also since we nowadays do not get close-up shots anymore, and this gets you surprised. All of these shots and scenes get you interested and make you want to watch the movie on.
 * How does the camera, with shot selection and editing, suggest the mood? Give details of three or four different shots. **

There is no dialogue which makes the whole scene very mysterious especially since the music always gets louder and stronger; by the sense of going to lower notes instead of high notes. As well as mysterious, it also gets the watcher very excited.
 * What place do sound and dialogue have in this scene? **

__Important Scene:__ (not quite done- we haven't watched the rumble part yet.) One of the most important scenes is at the dance when Maria and Tony see each other for the first time. The New Yorkers and the Porto Ricans are dancing in two groups, when Maria and Tony see each other; they get closer and start dancing. They almost kiss but Bernardo comes and breaks it up. After that the New Yorkers and the Porto Ricans “discuss” when they’re going to have their big rumble. Later on, they meet for their big rumble. This is important because it shows how the relationship between the New Yorkers and the Porto Ricans is. It gives the viewer a bad feeling that something terrible is going to happen. Later on at the rumble…
 * a) ** ** Choose an Important Scene. What Happens? **
 * b) ** ** Why is it important? **
 * c) ** ** What mood does it present? **
 * d) ** ** How does the CAMERA, with shot selection and editing, suggest the mood? **


 * e) ** ** What place do SOUND and DIALOGUE have in this scene? **

When Maria and Tony see each other at the dance, you know at the moment when they see each other that they fell in love, but common sense tells you that it will/can not end well. Also at the rumble…
 * f) ** ** What effect did the scene have on you? **



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I tried as best as I could but it did not turn out as I wished it would have for the reason that I could have gone deeper but I now know that I need your help in finding out how to go deeper and how to apply that knowlegde by putting it onto paper. Thanxs Svenja. =====

Vladimir Lenin
Introduced Communism to Russia- Karl Marx originally made it up who died before the Russian Revolution Dies of a Heart Stroke a few months after Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin took over Czar and the Provinsional GovernmentPromised the people food, land and peace- after he died, this was never given to the people

Leon Trotsky
Believed in Lenin's ideas of Communism and that everybody should be equal Wanted to improve the lives from what Czar did Was educated and could have helped Russia if Stalin wouldn't have kicked him out Was in the way for Stalin to get full power Was chased away by the KGB under Stalin's command