Final

You will be working on a final project for class the week of the 10th. Your final will be to present your project to the class.

I created your project selections based on Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory. We have been working mainly with the linguistic intelligence so far this semester (i.e. writing and speaking), and now it's time to explore our films in different ways. Choose one of the following:


Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Analyze a scene from one of the films we have watched and report on how the filmmakers make it special or unique.

Explain the appeal of mathematical proofs and famous proofs in history.

Spatial Intelligence
Illustrate a brief vignette from your personal life based on the style of Persepolis and present it.

Provide the class with a sense of scale for Phillipe's achievement in Man on Wire.

Musical Intelligence
Study, practice and perform music from one of the films we have viewed.

Study and present the importance of a particular score to a film's success or a composer's contributions to pop culture

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Study, practice, and perform a dance (or portion of a dance) from Singin' in the Rain.

Study, practice, and perform a feat of magic (sleight of hand not card tricks).

Interpersonal Intelligence
Swede one of the films we have watched and show it to the class.

Interview 10 people from a variety of backgrounds (young and old, jocks and nerds) about their favorite movies and present your findings.

Intrapersonal Intelligence
Create a movie log to discover what your viewing habits say about you and present your findings.

Outline and cast the movie version of your life. Present your proposal to the class.

Naturalistic intelligence
Research and report on the persistence of vision, how film takes advantage of it, and how films play with it (e.g. frame rate, slow motion, stop motion, etc.).

Create a film documenting a natural place and share it with the class.

Final option
Create a project of your own devising in consultation with me.


I will give you more information about the grading rubrics next week.