Based on the same idea as some documents we presented earlier, the following campaigns are good documents to deal with appearances for example: "...not seeing the forest for the tree".

Possible Xbloggation: Imagine what could be hidden behind the postcard, present it orally, etc.

Blogged by Latinworks.

Mrs CIA sent me the link to the docs. Real Star Wars fan, I couldn't but upload these!

Possible Exbloggtation: tell a story in a different way!

Blogged from adsoftheworld.

I've always loved his idea of painting the shadows in the street. Just enjoy!

Funny idea based on the Facebook wall every user of the site uses. The idea is to imagine the wall of famous persons who are chatting, using the quotes that made them famous.

Possible Xbloggtation: Imagine the Wall of characters from the text you're studying in class for example, etc.

Advertising Agency: Quê Comunicação, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Creative Director: Francisco Lucchini, Eduardo Almeida
Art Director: Lucas Buléd
Copywriter: Milena Zindeluk

The Bronze Wreath of MTB is awarded to Loïs V for her many comments (really well expressed and to the point), her many contributions (MTV's fusion concept, Kafa's campaign project, Her rewriting of TFC with a different POV) and her fidelity to the blog.

The Gold Cup of MTB is awarded to Claire C for her many comments (really well expressed and to the point), her many contributions (Fifth Child's Trailer, MTV's Fusion Campaign) and her fidelity to the blog.

The Bronze Medal of MTB is awarded to Pauline.R for her many comments (really well expressed and to the point), her contribution (TFC's icons based on Nick Print's project.) and her fidelity to the blog.

The Bronze Medal of MTB is awarded to Joyce for her participation in the forum! (really well expressed and to the point) and her fidelity to the blog.

The Bronze Medal of MTB is awarded to Joyce for her participation in the forum! (really well expressed and to the point) and her fidelity to the blog.

The Bronze Medal of MTB is awarded to Christina for her participation in the forum! (really well expressed and to the point) and her fidelity to the blog.

Mrs CIA sent it to me ... an excellent site to discover Bristol Street Art. Just AWESOME!!!

I have a soft spot for Brizzle City and here's a link to a website which tries to map Bristol's street art!

It should prove particularly useful if you plan a short visit to the town on a Banksy safari.
And it will prove handy in planning visits of the different street art areas and discovering the tons of local artists.
Wondering when to fly to Bristol? The Stokes Croft Streetfest is on May 22nd.
That's definitely when you should go!

Mrs CIA

I'd like to congratulate Loïs for the important participation to the blog. I really appreciate. Actually I thank every pupil from Lycée Lacroix ;)

Loïs sent me her work. She was inspired by the Kafa's campaign. I just let you enjoy the really excellent work!

The Kafa's campaign is to be found in the following article: HERE

First picture : Ben
 
I made this work  using Kafa's campaign (against verbal violence) but I did it for Ben and the word "monster", because it's a word people often used to qualify him, and particularly Harriet, from the moment Ben exists, even when he is just a foetus, she considers him as a monster. His father does too, his brothers and sisters, the rest of the family...
So I recorded myself saying this word, and then I played it with media player and chose the visual effect which is showing the sound waves. I made a screen capture of it, and then I used the shape of it to draw a scar on the little boy's face. For the color of the scar I used a picture of a scar founded on the internet.
With this work I wanted to show that to me, it's the fact his family is rejecting him and treating him like a monster which made him violent and different. Because to me, when you are convinced by the other, or even sometimes by yourself that you are something ( a monster, bad in mathematics or whatever) you really become what you're convinced to be at the end. And that explains the slogan "if you say to your child he's a monster he'll probably become one."  I'm sorry, the realisation is not perfect from a technical point of view, but I'm not really talented at that.
 
Second picture : Jane
 

I just made the same with Jane, with the word "invisible" . I did this because Jane is the one we always forget, we don't know anything about her.
In the passage of the delivery, she is mentionned, and D.L adds to her name "the four year old" and that shows very well the reader doesn't know who she is. And even if her sadness is not mentionned, I'm sure she feels sad and abandonned because her parents are too busy with Paul and Ben to think about her, and she must suffer of it.

Interesting campaign based on typography. It quite old, probably needs to be updated (Ben Ladin) but the concept of drawing a portrait thanks to words illustrating it is canny.

Possible Xbloggtation: If the pupils are skilled in Photoshop they may create their own portrait, otherwise you may use it as an unknown document to exploit in class.

Blogged from Vieja magazine.

I've created two sheets for my students working on the novel The Fifth Child.

The idea was to make them understand the pattern of the initiation rite / rite of passage. They had then to identify those elements in the text.

Possible Exbloggation: The sheets can be adapted to another text. Pupils may also write/create their own initiation rite. What do you think?

Teachers, if you want the correction don't hesitate to contact me.

I assume you study the passage of the institution in class. The extract from the novel The Fifth Child is thrilling and really gloomy. It's a key moment of the novel and the atmosphere described is horrific.

Possible project: Why don't we try to represent the subject thanks to a storyboard?

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What is a storyboard?

Once a concept or script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book.

Your storyboard will should convey some of the following information:

• What charaters are in the frame, and how are they moving?
• What are the characters saying to each other, if anything?
• How much time has passed between the last frame of the storyboard and the current one?
• Where the "camera" is in the scene? Close or far away? Is the camera moving?

Why make a storyboard?

Creating a storyboard will help you plan your animation out shot by shot. You can make changes to your storyboard before you start animating, instead of changing your mind later. You will also be able to talk about your animation and show your storyboard to other people to get feedback on your ideas.

How do I make a storyboard?

Most commonly, storyboards are drawn in pen or pencil. If you don't like to draw you can also take photos, cut out pictures from magazines, or use a computer to make your storyboards. Keep in mind that your drawings don't have to be fancy! In fact, you want to spend just a few minutes drawing each frame. Use basic shapes, stick figures, and simple backgrounds. If you draw your storyboard frames on index cards, you can rearrange them to move parts of the the story around.

Storyboard Language

CLOSE-UP SHOT:   A close range of distance between the camera and the subject.
DISSOVLE: A transition between two shots, where one shot fades away and simultaneously another shot fades in.
FADE - A transition from a shot to black where the image gradually becomes darker is a Fade Out; or from black where the image gradually becomes brighter is a Fade In.
HIGH CAMERA ANGLE:  A camera angle which looks down on its subject making it look small, weak or unimportant.
JUMP CUT: A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another.
LEVEL CAMERA ANGLE:  A camera angle which is even with the subject; it may be used as a neutral shot.
LONG SHOT:  A long range of distance between the camera and the subject, often providing a broader range of the setting.
LOW CAMERA ANGLE:  A camera angle which looks up at its subject; it makes the subject seem important and powerful.
PAN:  A steady, sweeping movement from one point in a scene to another.
POV (point of view shot): A shot which is understood to be seen from the point of view of a character within the scene.
REACTION SHOT- 1.: A shot of someone looking off screen. 2.: A reaction shot can also be a shot of someone in a conversation where they are not given a line of dialogue but are just listening to the other person speak.
TILT:  Using a camera on a tripod, the camera moves up or down to follow the action.
ZOOM:  Use of the camera lens to move closely towards the subject.

(Blogged from http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/ )

Terms and abbreviations for storyboard shot descriptions

Examples of storyboards:

These are the different existing covers of the novel written by Doris Lessing.

Possible project: Why don't we try to make our pupils design their own covers?