Aaaaaaaaaaand cut. Okay. You should be wrapping up your films and your commercials. Putting the final touches on your masterpieces. This was a group project for this whole year. Working with groups will be something that happens often in your life. Think about what you got out of this group project. Do some serious reflection. Write down your feelings. How did it go? Do you feel your group worked well together? Were your ideas heard? Did you even voice them? How much work did everyone in the group do? Was it fair? Did you enjoy working in a group setting? How did your attitude effect the group? How about others’ attitudes? What would you change in your next group project? What would you hope could be different? What aspects of working with a group did you enjoy? What didn’t you like? Write down answers to these questions. Think about how you could be a better participant in your next group situation.
Let’s talk about movies.
Here is your task for this week. Think about your favorite movies. Use this young man- Tommy Block’s groups to organize your favorite movies. List them out. At least three tops in each category. Watch a couple of these movies this week. Prepare a defense for one of your favorites. Tell us what it is about the movie that you connect with. Tell us why. If you love the visual, tell us about what it is visually that you love. Bring examples. If it’s the writing- we want to hear specific lines that you just love. The same goes for the story, the message, the music- whatever it is- we want to know how you connect with it. What we don’t want to hear is, “I don’t know…it’s just really cool…I guess.” We want you to defend your position to the degree that if I haven’t seen it I will want to see it. Or if I have seen it, but think it stinks- I may be persuaded to give it another try. Or if I have seen it, and I love it already- I will love it more because of how you talk so passionately about it. When we meet I want you to share your list of your 3 favorites from each category and also be prepared to present on one of them. Stretch yourself. Don’t choose the simplest one to defend. Choose one that others might disagree with. Choose one you don’t think someone else will share.
That’s it. Have fun.
