Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Movie review vocabulary

Critic- professional that publish his/her opinion on a particular movie/play/book

Mediocre- competent but not outstanding

Cliche- something thats been used so many times and no longer is interesting the audience

Character driven-character in fictional and develop over the course of story

High concept-the side behind story that is interesting and without knowing anything else about it

Plot-what happens in the story

Hype-using different techniques to get audinece

Ensemble effort- when the cast work together to tell the story

Audience demographics-when the critic recommends only a certain group should see, or not see

montage-small clips in quick time

Movie Review Exploration

1. Rolling Stone

2. Karen Ballard

3. 1.5 out of 5

4. no mention high points

5. the movie doesn't have suspense
the movie is confusing

6."Way before the climax, I stopped believing a word of the script."

Monday, November 23, 2015

top 8 songs of 2015

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

listicles

1 .Lists Give Us Additional Ways to Interact With Information

2. its on the internet

3. doesn't give you ADHD

4. its tells stories in different ways

5. they are not just one topic

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

notes for quotes

rules for quotes

If a source expresses opinion, use a quotation
A major or complex story needs note than one quoted source.
Information that contains facts (who, what, when, where, how or why) should normally ve used as unquoted material.

attribution

make sure the speaker of all quotations is proper;y identified
use said as the verb

direct quotes

the exact, word account of what a source said a\enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to source,
on second reference to speaker just use last name

indirect quotes

a summary of what the speaker said reworded by the reporter

partial quotes

a combination of a direct quotation and a paraphrase attributed to the source

fragmentary quotes
a single word or short phrase used by a source that is included in a paraphrase enclosed in quotation marks and attributed to the source
when to use different quotes

use direct quotations to express a speakers unique point of view personality or manner of speaking
use indirect quotes when you need to rephrase what the speaker said to make it more clear to thte reader
use partial quotes to make colorful or memorable words stand our. but overuse can make writing seem jumpy and too cute

types of questions for interview

closed-ended question: a question that allows the interviewee to answer with a yes-no or one word answer.

open-ended question: a question that force the interview to answer with more than a yes-no or one word answer

follow-up question: a question that originates from listening to something the interviewee

Monday, September 28, 2015

"Using Quotes from Interviews Notes.

I don't want to say tax anything. I'm talking about a fair war. I'm talking about also, I have the smartest people on Wall Street lined up already. They're going to represent us on Japan, on Mexico. Mexico, by the way, is taking our jobs. I love the Mexican people. They're great people. But the leadership is too smart for our country. Ford Motor Company, moving a $2.5 billion plant to Mexico. Mexico--

Leads from the Statesman

About 150 people
I would read the story about the bikers attended a rally and a lot of bad things happened there. I read this story because I want to know why bad things happened there. The others didn't seem interesting at all. I would read this story I want to know why people got arrested in the rally the people attended. The other stories don't seem interesting at all.