- Talk to Ms. R about sexuality/romance from antiquity to the present day in Japan.
- Read this piece about transference, darlings.
- Read pgs. 25-54 in Naomi .
- Read all about Film Noir
- Femme Fatale!
- Oh look! Motley Crue! And the lyrics!
- Oh look! The Kinks! And the lyrics!
1. Please read the Introduction and first three chapters of Naomi.
2. Please find a commercial on tv (or on youtube or anywhere else) that you think illustrates Joji’s relationship to Naomi. Post the commercial to the front page of the tainted love wiki (just the address please!).
3. Oh look! Inappropriate therapist/client relationships
4. History of Sex/Romantic Love in Japan
5. Viral Video Rubric for next time around
First, some clarification:
…it was brought to my attention that a lot of you didn’t quite understand what the purpose of the viral video was. I apologize for not making the purpose more clear. Just like writing an essay, doing a viral video is an exercise is getting your point across to your reader/viewer. Just like with an essay or story, you have to choose elements (story, background music, camera angle, sound, etc.) that will each intensify or further prove the point you are trying to make; you have to follow some sort of structured outline (your storyboard, and the obsession commercial); and you have to do both of these things eloquently. Unlike an essay, a viral video gets instantly judged and graded not by me, your teacher, but by the millions and millions of people on the internet.
As with an essay, you each created first drafts. This will be the final draft. I won’t grade this one, but I will grade the next one.
Now, onto the homework:
1. The videos should all be uploaded to youtube by Friday at midnight (meaning, basically, Saturday morning). From then until Monday, you guys have to make your group’s video as viral as you can. How do you do this? Check your list. Heck, add to the list, if you want. CC me (at tdsmorris AT gmail.com) on any emails you send if you want credit for your work.
2. Check your views and ratings on Sunday afternoon. What are your numbers like? Write up a paragraph describing what went right and what went wrong with the entire viral video process, from concept creation, to acting, to editing, to “making it go viral.” Be sure to answer the following questions:
A. Did you meet the criteria you set for creating a viral video as written on the class wiki? Give specific examples of you following or not following your own criteria.
B. What about your video looks very much like the obsession commercials? What about your video could have been improved to make it look more like the obsession commercials? What does this tell you about preparation for your next viral video? What changes need to be made? What changes should NOT be made?
C. How well did your group work together? What role do you typically take in small groups and why? What might be some consequences of changing your role? What are some strengths you bring to group work? What are some things you think it might be helpful to change about your typical participation in small groups? What is one major goal you have for improving your participation in group work this trimester? What specific things can you do to facilitate achievement of that goal?
I want these paragraph TYPED and handed in next class. Of course.
1. Re-Read this translator’s note for the Lais of Marie de France.
2. Then read intro and list of questions about “Yonec” on this page.
3. Then read Yonec (and love it!).
4. Love is so difficult! Lyrics here
5. You will need to create your viral video and put it on youtube by the end of the week this week. I may be absent on Thursday due to family issues, so take advantage of class time to work on your video. Neither your name nor any reference to our school should appear ANYWHERE in your video.
6. One more thing! Take a look at this article about Clive Wearing (the man without long-term memory) if you’re interested. This is not required.
7. Section 2 only: Please type up and bring to class the reasons your group believes Wearing has for remembering so intently his love for his wife.
1. Please finish reading Ballad of the Sad Cafe.
2. Please look at this wonderful video:
3. Create three possible essay questions that require some understanding of any two resources we’ve looked at as a class. Some topics you might want to consider: How are love and obsession related? According to our resources, are family ties or romantic ties stronger?
4. Read this translator’s note for the Lais of Marie de France.
5. Then read intro and list of questions about “Lanval” on this page.
6. Then read Lanval (and love it!).
7. This sounds like more reading than it is, promise.
- Look closely at one of the Obsession Commercials
- Take a look at this handy-dandy guide to camera angles
- Read this handy-dandy guide to creating a storyboard
- Create a rough storyboard for one of the obsession commercials. Your storyboard should have up 10 panels. Pick the most important 10 moments to storyboard. updated!
- Come to class prepared to discuss how each shot creates an “obsessional” frame of mind for the viewer (or tries to). updated!
- Read this article about Orthexia Nervosa
- Read this poem by St. Francis of Assisi.
- Play around with this site
- Read this Guide to Charisma
- Please comment on these articles in the comments section! What do you think is a message common to all of these sources? Why?
- Next week we will return to our viral video. Do some viral video research.
Due: January 14 (section 2)
-Please write a list of 10 things you think one might learn from the first paragraph of The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
- Please read to the middle of page 34 in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
- Please read this article about Obsessive-Love Disorder
- Please read this article!
- Please look at the videos below:
Due: January 11 (section 1)
- Please read to the middle of page 34 in The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
- Please read this article about Obsessive Love Disorder
- Please read this article!
- Please look at the videos below:
Due: January 10 (2)
- One last day to catch up on Hippolytus reading!
