4-30-18 Class Blog

In today’s class, April 30th, 2018, we began by going over the final details of the video demo of our editing skills that is due today, specifically how to export it to google drive and get the link onto google classroom. To do so, you have to “finish” your video (click the finish tab on the top) and name it, select the size 720, and choose to export it to your google drive. We then briefly went back over the first part of or narrative assignment which is the pitch. The pitch is what will establish our intentions for our narrative piece. It should consist of our narrative premise, which should explain the central conflict and how the protagonist will take action to solve that conflict. An example of this in a an already existing narrative, like the tv show Parks and Recreation, would be in the episode The Fight, the main character Leslie tries to get Ann a job at city hall, which eventually prompts their first ever fight, leading to a rekindling of their friendship and working out their conflicts. The pitch should also include the narrative intentions, which are our three goals/skills that you will attempt to show in your narrative. Also, you should be sure to consider your audience and to use the appropriate tone. Overall, the pitch portion of the narrative will be worth 60 points. Today, we were able to choose from a couple different options of what to work on during class. We could either finish our iMovie demonstration or begin working on our pitches. As for homework, each student is supposed to prepare at at least one question for Mr. Ballard, whom is a literary agent, to help enhance the authenticity  of our narrative development process. The question is due by midnight tonight.