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//Online video editors// //Youtube Video Editor -- Very simple to use once you've uploaded clips to Youtube. Trim and edit clips, add music, etc.// //Video Tool Box Username: chad.ball@nbed.nb.ca Password: mediastudies// //Pixorial -- same login info// //Top ten elements of Good movie trailer.//
 * //16 November//**
 * //14 November//**
 * //God Grew Tired of Us//**

//How to write a Movie Trailer//









//A quick review -- what should have been accomplished by now:// //* Fairy tale chosen; video and text copy secured.// //* Written description of similarities and differences between the two media.// //* FT reaction sheet (the handout w/ the glass slipper)// //* Connections made to modern advertising OR modernize your FT to advertise// //* Looking at FT through feminist lens.// //-- all work should now be in portfolio.// //TODAY -- a look at the class structure. Deconstructing a fairy tale through a Marxist lens:// //Read the following article and / or watch the video// media type="youtube" key="jQtJHCxR6WQ?fs=1" height="385" width="480" //Reminder of detentions.// //Tasks 1-3 to be in portfolio and placed in milk crate.// **TASK FOUR: Using the Feminist Lens **
 * //23 November//**
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 * You will look at your text from a Marxist perspective. I want you to identify issues of class and inequality within various texts and reflect on the ways class differences affect relationships, distribution of power, and reputation within a society.
 * Go to this link to read a short article about Mrxist theory: []
 * Create a graphic that illustrates the “social ladder” of your tale. Put characters with the most power at the top of your ladder down to the least power.
 * Additionally, mark on the side what conflicts arise and what these conflicts might have to do with class and/or power of the individuals involved.
 * //22 November//**

Background reading: Female Gender Roles in Fairy Tales




 * You will look at your text from a feminist perspective. I want you to identify ways the text either empowers or belittles women by way of appearance, position, and/or voice and think about how certain story elements could be changed so that the women and men within them are not defined by stereotypical gender roles.

The main questions that you will be addressing in this task are: · Why are most protagonist women in fairy tales depressed and forlorn until they meet their prince? · Why are most protagonist men in fairy tales strong and mighty rescuers? · How could we rewrite these tales so that the women and men could be more complex, realistic, and human? (Applying a feminist lens).


 * Write a list of the main characters in your story and beneath them write a brief description of their traditional role within the story. After doing this for all the main characters, change the ending or some major aspect of the story that challenges the motives and traditional gender roles of the characters. Write this up and include it in your portfolio.

Print and copy notes, etc for book group. Plan for tomorrow Dbl Check detentions