Friday, May 7, 2010

Citizen Kane - Analytical Paper/Guest Artist/Documentaries

Today, please work on completing your Citizen Kane papers. These will be due Tuesday, May 4 at the beginning of class. Please complete the writing/assignment over the weekend if you do not finish during class.

For those of you interested in learning a little more about being a published author, guest speaker Dana Paxton is visiting the senior class today. Mr. Painting has offered the opportunity to anyone seriously interested in Science Fiction to join him today for Mr. Paxton's seminar. Please bring a writing utensil and paper/journal to room A240. Please remember that your Citizen Kane paper is due next class.

Some groups/students have completed their documentaries and these can be viewed under the workshop folder, in the appropriately named: "Documentary Project" folder. Feel free to view classmates work. Some of these films are eligible for the upcoming Rochester Young Filmmaker contest, our very own film festival, and/or screening at the Senior Coffeehouse on June 2 at 7:00.

Please turn in your homework: ?, Observation/comment(s) on The Emergence of TV.

HOMEWORK: Please complete your Citizen Kane paper, and read the article: "American International Pictures" for Tuesday when we will discuss the 1950's and the short script project.

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