agenda | 5 june 2009

Agenda:

• Attendance Quiz (will only cover pp. 119-42)
• Snacks
• Watch first 90 minutes of Minority Report
• Ask any questions about the Film Adaptation Proposal Paper
  

Discussion Questions:

• As you read, think how a film version of this short story would work.
  
• If you've seen the movie The Minority Report, then think about how the scenes you're reading appear in that version. Which is more interesting or engaging? What changes would you make if you were directing the film?
  
• If you haven't seen it, try to imagine how the story would look as a film. How would it need to be embellished to make a feature-length film?
• Thinking about the six elements from the Film Adaptation assignment (title, character, setting, plot/conflict, irony, symbolism), how do you think you might represent some of those things in a film version?
  

Homework due 6/8:

• Finish reading "Minority Report" (pp. 143-51)
• Blog about your choice of story for the Film Adaptation Proposal Paper from the stories on the calendar for weeks 1, 2, and 3