Greek tragedy project
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For this project, we read Greek Tragedies and had to look at what was currently going on in the real world right now and take a social issue and transform that into a Greek tragedy. My partner and I decided on abortion as our issue, and it proved as a nice challenge for us, because it wasn't either pro-choice or pro-life, it was so much deeper than that. The most important part about this was learning how to understand the tragedy before taking sides.
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The Choice - script (click here to read!)
Project reflection
Q: What are you post proud of about your project and why?
I’m most proud of the effort my partner and I put into this project. Our social topic was abortion, and we literally went down to Planned Parenthood and asked a doctor questions on abortion to gather professional information, along with looking through multiple articles online. During the filming process, we put a lot of effort into finding the actors, making the script, and planning the movements and angles so they were just right. I think we put so much effort into this because we could have a laugh during tense moments and that encouraged us to work harder and create more to laugh about. I really hope that all of the effort we put into this project shows through in our final product.
Q: What challenges did you struggle with working with a partner and how did it impact the project? WHat did you like about having a partner to work with?
As for a problem with partners, I would say it’s because you have you split the work and sometimes you have to get past an obstacle of one person not having the ability to do one thing, and also the long distance work, which could result in “Oh, I thought you had the script...” and other things like that. But, I feel my partner and I did a great job at working together and working with this long distance material. It’s great to have a partner because you can have someone to lean on when you’re having trouble with your script, or when you don’t have a video camera to film with, ect. I think it’s easier to have a partner than to not, because with two people instead of one putting their heads together, the final product turns out to be even better.
Q: What would you have done as an individual to make the project better?
I had a lot of trouble with filming during class time, along with not being able to have enough time after school to film. I would give next year’s freshman more time. When we went into project mode, some people were wrapping up their scripts, some were just starting their claymation, and I, personally, felt very short on time. I feel like I could have refined this project even further if I had more time to do so. We were given a week of project work time this year, and possibly give next year’s freshman a week and a half? Those few days would be really useful!
Q: What specific advice would you offer an incoming freshman about how to be successful at project-based learning?
To really be successful at this, you have to choose your partners wisely, and once you are with your partner, you should plan out details on what you need to do and work out major flaws you see in advanced. Work out the bumps in creative ways, and nothing can go wrong. As long as you use what you’ve got, have fun while doing it, and have faith in the project, it’ll be beautiful work. Beautiful work can either be obvious to the viewer, or behind the scenes for the people who worked on it, so don’t worry about that. My few big tips are to learn as much as you can from this hands-on experience and apply that to as many things as you can, think creatively, and have fun while working.
I’m most proud of the effort my partner and I put into this project. Our social topic was abortion, and we literally went down to Planned Parenthood and asked a doctor questions on abortion to gather professional information, along with looking through multiple articles online. During the filming process, we put a lot of effort into finding the actors, making the script, and planning the movements and angles so they were just right. I think we put so much effort into this because we could have a laugh during tense moments and that encouraged us to work harder and create more to laugh about. I really hope that all of the effort we put into this project shows through in our final product.
Q: What challenges did you struggle with working with a partner and how did it impact the project? WHat did you like about having a partner to work with?
As for a problem with partners, I would say it’s because you have you split the work and sometimes you have to get past an obstacle of one person not having the ability to do one thing, and also the long distance work, which could result in “Oh, I thought you had the script...” and other things like that. But, I feel my partner and I did a great job at working together and working with this long distance material. It’s great to have a partner because you can have someone to lean on when you’re having trouble with your script, or when you don’t have a video camera to film with, ect. I think it’s easier to have a partner than to not, because with two people instead of one putting their heads together, the final product turns out to be even better.
Q: What would you have done as an individual to make the project better?
I had a lot of trouble with filming during class time, along with not being able to have enough time after school to film. I would give next year’s freshman more time. When we went into project mode, some people were wrapping up their scripts, some were just starting their claymation, and I, personally, felt very short on time. I feel like I could have refined this project even further if I had more time to do so. We were given a week of project work time this year, and possibly give next year’s freshman a week and a half? Those few days would be really useful!
Q: What specific advice would you offer an incoming freshman about how to be successful at project-based learning?
To really be successful at this, you have to choose your partners wisely, and once you are with your partner, you should plan out details on what you need to do and work out major flaws you see in advanced. Work out the bumps in creative ways, and nothing can go wrong. As long as you use what you’ve got, have fun while doing it, and have faith in the project, it’ll be beautiful work. Beautiful work can either be obvious to the viewer, or behind the scenes for the people who worked on it, so don’t worry about that. My few big tips are to learn as much as you can from this hands-on experience and apply that to as many things as you can, think creatively, and have fun while working.