ELA: Short Films

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Here are some definitions for responding to media videos.

Setting: Where the book/movie takes place.

Protagonist: The main character, usually the good person in the story.

Antagonist: The person that acts against the protagonist, the antagonist can also be the protagonist.

Conflict: The problem the protagonist is trying to solve. Person vs.: Self, Society, Nature, Person.

Climactic Point of a Story: The part where you can't stop watching/reading.

Resolution: How the problem gets solved.

Effective Element: Special effects used to create meaning or significance.

Theme: The lesson you need to learn.

Personal Connection: How the reader identifies the theme of the story.

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The Black Hole:

Setting: Office building

Protagonist: Office worker, tired

Antagonist: Office worked, tired

Conflict: Person vs. Self

Resolution: Gets stuck in safe. can't get out

Title, Producer, Year: The Black Hole, Ben Salivan, ????

Climax: When he is grabbing the money

Effective Elements: Dim lights, printer sounds

Theme: Don't get too greedy, it is more powerful than you think. For every reaction, there is a reaction. He did something bad, so there was a bad reaction

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The Present:

Setting: His house

Protagonist: Boy, missing part of his leg

Antagonist: Boy, missing part of his leg

Conflict: Person vs. Self

Resolution: He has a missing leg too

Climax: When we see his missing leg

Effective Elements: Barking, gameplay

Title, Producer, Year: The Present, Anna Matacz, 2014

Theme: Things aren't always the same, you can have more relation than you realize.

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Soar:

Setting: Outside

Protagonist: Girl, big glasses

Antagonist: Girl, big glasses

Conflict: Person vs. Self

Resolution: Gets small boy into the air so he can put up his star

Title, Producer, Year: Soar,

Climax: Can the girl get the boy into the air

Effective Elements: Sad music, happy music, wind

Theme: Sacrifice. Giving of one's self to help to help others.

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God is a DJ:

Setting: Town square

Protagonist: God/DJ

Antagonist: God/DJ

Conflict: Person vs. Self

Resolution: DJ fixes everything in the town square, but he ran away as fast as he could

Title, Producer, Year: SPIN, Jamin Winans, 2005, Double Edge Films

Climax: If the DJ can fix everything wrong after the explosion

Effective Effect: Bright lights, BIG bang sound, DJ records playing, pepper spray

Theme: God fixes everything wrong. Deprives the people of free will. Runs away in the end. God always stays with us. Lets us have free will. We don't turn back time, but make the most out of our day.

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Hope this helped, enjoy studying!!!