Reflections(problems encountered and attempts to solve these) July 3, 2008
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Reflections:
Ayuni-When we go there, it was raining heavily, thus, we could not do anything as all our scenes except the 1st one was suppose to filmed outdoors.
Dawn-When we go to Fort Siloso to film our documentary there, we were unable to do so as it was raining heavily. We could not film because most of our scenes were supposed to be film outdoors, not indoors.
Qi Hui-When we go to Fort Siloso to film our documentary there, we were unable to do so as it was raining heavily. We could not film because most of our scenes were supposed to be film outdoors, not indoors.
Brandon- I have had a few problems while doing the project work with this project, for instance deciphering of Lim Bo Seng’s letter, adding subtitles to the Elizabeth’s Choy video which is in letter and adding of the subtitles for the audio clip.
Wei Lian-I had also learnt on the importance of having a good time management.At times, I also felt that a timetable is important too.
Madeleine-Thankfully, the school allowed us to go to Fort Siloso the second time and this time round; we finished what we supposed to do because we followed our script.
Reflection(group and individual contributions to project) July 3, 2008
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Reflections:
Madeleine- Some groups, they did not make eye – contact with us, the audience. Some were talking to softly thus they have to keep repeating what they have said.
Brandon-I have begun to realise the pros of working in the group and cons of working individually. Example is Lim Bo Seng’s letter, without the help of the group.
Dawn-Some of the mistakes are like for example, they did not have enough teamwork with one another. They also lack of group discussion.
Qi Hui- Some examples of groups who had some mistakes are they did not make eye-contact with the audience, they also lack of teamwork and they do not have enough interaction with each other.
Wei Lian- After the presentation, I think that the group work is very important.From the group that had presented, I think their problem was the lack of more dicussion and the plan labelled.
Ayuni- After looking at the groups’ that had presented, i felt quite scared as they seemed nervous and my classmates had asked alot of hard questions. So, i am scared that when i presented, they will ask a lot of hard questions i would not understand. Thus, i had been recently reading up on the topic and i need to be ready.
But, i think the advantage of presenting later, is that, we can make the other groups mistake as a learning point for us. I saw a couple of mistakes in their presentation. For example, they did not make eye contact with the class. Some also talk too softly and some people would not understand. When i present later, I would try to project my voice. Another mistake is that they always read off the paper they printed. It was not good as, the lesson would be very boring.
As a self reflection, I think i had did pretty well, as a leader. But, I know i had a couple of mistakes as i did not post somethings as quickly as possible. Thus, i hope i can make it better. But, overall, i am proud of what my group had done.
Roles and Responsibilties July 3, 2008
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Roles and Responsibilities ( 2R ) for Project Work:
Ayuni (Leader) : To ensure that everybody did their work and also to give out roles to every members and make sure they did it by timeline.
Madeleine (Researcher) : To research about the task and people’s background.
Wei Lian (Assistant Researcher ) : To help out in the researching and work together with Madeleine.
Dawn (Secretary) : To type out important message and tell us if there are any problems or we are behind of deadline.
Qi Hui (Assistant Secretary ) : To help out Dawn and work together with her in case she forget some stuffs.
Brandon (IT head) : To upload all the important videos and set-up the IT stuffs.
Roles and Responsibilities for Documentary:
Ayuni : Group Leader (in charge of overall ) – Ensure every members did their task correctly and no mistakes should happen.
Dawn : Director - Direct the Documentary and to make sure all to go as plan.
Madeleine : Propsmaster - Make sure all the props are brought.
Wei Lian : Photographer - Take interesting and useful photos to put in the documentary.
Qi Hui : Videographer - Take the clips and make sure the clips are not choppy.
Brandon : Producer - Produce the documentary and make sure all the actors or important people know their lines.
That should be it. If got anything, then please comment. Thanks.
My task. July 3, 2008
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What were the roles and responsibilities of each member (posted) and what was done to ensure that everyone contributed? What problems were encountered and how did you solve these as a group? (posted)
- What was done to ensure that everyone contributed ? We would always sms/call our group members so that they can hand in their task on time. We would always ensure that we kept on reminding them the deadline on each tasks.
Explain your concept of the documentary and how does this documentary answer the project task focus or question. Explain clearly why you have chosen to present the documentary in this way.
- The concept of the documentary is to show what a true hero is like. Our documentary is about Heroisms. Thus, we have researched about different people that shows heroism. So, after our researched, we would want to share what we know to everybody. Therefore, our concept of the documentary is to show what we have found out about the what heroisms really mean.
- This documentary answer the task question as, our task is to show what heroisms are and show examples of it. Our task : from the perspective of the POWs or a local hero/heroine like Elizabeth Choy / Lim Bo Seng and Force 136 or Lt Adnan Saidi and the Malay Regiment or civilian who experienced the war years. Thus, we had talked about heroes or heroines like Lim Bo Seng and Elizabeth Choy. But, our documentary is mainly on Elizabeth Choy. We had also explain about what Elizabeth Choy had done that makes her well-known.
- We have chosen to present the documentary this way as it is more smooth and all the clips are linked together. We do not have a messy documentary and we had add in subtitles to those clips that are not clear and/or very soft. Thus,it would make the documentary look more better and not messy.We also, introduced our topic in the first clip and after that, we started with asking a Caucasian guy, about what he things that makes a hero, a hero. Thus, people will know what some people think of what a hero should have. After that we explained more about Elizabeth Choy. You would see the documentary later on.
I have done my task, and thus, you should do your too. Your tasks are not that hard, so please, post it, so that Brandon, can put it in the powerpoint slides. Thank You.
ps: Brandon, please post the powerpoint slide, so we can make it better and rearrange the slides. We need to know what we will be presenting so we can get ready. Remove the slides about the Elizabeth Choy and Lim Bo Seng questions. That is not needed. Just upload it, Thanks !
What we need to do. July 3, 2008
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This is the thing that we needed to do to fulfill Ms Lim’s standard on our presentation.
a) What’s your project question /task and what is your understanding of this question? How have you managed to answer this project question through the project research and work you have done? ( All members )
b) What were the roles and responsibilities of each member and what was done to ensure that everyone contributed? What problems were encountered and how did you solve these as a group? ( Madeleine, Ayuni )
[ Explain your concept of the documentary and how does this documentary answer the project task focus or question. Explain clearly why you have chosen to present the documentary in this way ] - Ayuni.
[ Explain the ideas behind the way you plan the storyboard. the different scenes and why certain scenes are chosen and what you intend to show with these ] - Dawn.
[ camera angles/shot types, music, narration text, sequence of scenes, focus of video and what is the message you wish to communicate ] – weilian.
d) Reflection on Learning – must be specific in terms of what skills esp thinking skills, analysis skills, planning skills, team management skills, visual skills, history skills, language related like writing skills, presenting information etc ( Qi Hui )
Checklist for Powerpoint Slides. July 2, 2008
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I have seen the powerpoint slides that Brandon did. It is good. But, we can make it better. There is one slide about the Lim Bo Seng letter, maybe we can add his picture so they know what Lim Bo Seng, looks like. So, brandon, can help because the powerpoint is with you. Brandon, after you have added in the picture of Lim Bo Seng, can upload the powerpoint slide in this pw blog. I want to see it again. Thanks.
We will also be showing our documentary at the end of the presentation to summarise what we have presented. So, the documentary is with Madeleine, so, Madeleine, please remember to bring your thumbdrive. Thanks.
So, yeah, that is about it. Any enquiries or doubt about anything please comment.
This is the paper Ms Lim had given us. After Brandon upload the powerpoint slide, maybe you can see if our powerpoint is ok.
Checklist for the Powerpoint Slide Presentation
1. Font Size – Is the font size big enough for the people in the back row to see ? – Is the choice of the font type appropriate to the purpose and audience ?
2. Number of Words per slide – Are our slides too crowded with words ? – Is the information in point form ? ( Ask yourselves: Would we want to read long sentences in our friends’ slides ? )
3. Emphasis – How can our group ensure important words or points are noticed ?
4. Colour – Are the background colour and the font colour well matched ? – Are the slides too colourful ? – is it all right for the slides to be colourful ?
5. Sound – Are the sound effects ( if any ) appropriate ?
That was the checklist. Please commment. Thanks.
lim bo seng (pictures) July 2, 2008
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these are the pictures of lim bo seng for our documentary.
Video of Elizabeth Choy July 1, 2008
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Problems Encountered. July 1, 2008
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Brandon please put this and the EC video in the powerpoint slides. Thank You.
Problems Encountered:
We have some problems when doing the discussions.
- We do not have the time to discuss after school as we have many homeworks and we always end school late. How we solve : We chat through the internet and give out roles or questions through the pw blog.
- Sometimes some of us never do some work by deadline. How we solve : Some members keep frequent posts to remind to hand in tasks by deadline. We will also sms the person to post their task.
- We had little information of the different people we were suppose to do about. How we solve : We will try to go library to borrow some books, and we also try and dig out info through the internet.
- We are rushing against the time to finish assignments. How we solve : We will always cooperate with each other to help members to finish some tasks. We will also ask some teacher whether we could have some extra time to finish it.
Discussion: Madeleine, Dawn & Weilian July 1, 2008
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The 3 of us will be discussing about what a “hero” is supposed to have, or rather what are the qualities. Firstly, I think that a “hero” can be any one because someone who has good qualities and have shown values in our everyday lives, values that all of us can learn from (Or call it Role Model), like being brave or being humble. In this case, we are talking about in times of war. In war, good people will “show” us their good side. Like helping one another, being brave, regardless of punishment, torture or starvation. Elizabeth Choy, as all of you know, used to be a Prisoner Of War. She went through a grueling 200 days of countless torturing and starvation in prison along with the others captured and put in jail. When she was freed, she was invited to England as a celebrated local war heroine that was locked up for so long and could survive the whole thing.
To me, Elizabeth Choy is a true heroine, as she had to be brave and endure the punishment/ torture given by the Kempetai.
Please comment, if you have your own views or anything that you want to ask.
Storyboard of Documentary. July 1, 2008
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These is the storyboard documentary. i do not know if we need it in the presentation, but if you all think that it is needed, then maybe we can use it. But, i am not sure.
This is the storyboard. I kind of forget some of the scenes. Thats all. Thanks.
Storyboard of Heroisms July 1, 2008
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This is the storyboard of heroisms. Please comment. I will post a few more. But, i just want you all to see if it is ok. Thanks.
Roles for Presentation tommorow. July 1, 2008
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This are the roles that you must do by today. Sorry i posted it late, my schedule is really packed and i have no time to do this as there are so many projects that re not finished. So, this are the roles. Please complete it by today.
Ayuni : Do storyboard of Documentary and Heroisms.
Dawn, Madeleine and Wei Lian : post a discussion of heroisms between the three of you. You can include any videos or pictures that you think could help. ( if the rest want to help, you are welcome )
Qi Hui : upload videos or pictures that you think may be helpful for the presentation explaining about Heroisms.
Brandon : Improve on the powerpoint slides that you did last time and also add in the relevant things we will be posting today.
Please do this by today. Preferably by 8pm. Sorry for the late notice. If you think i should add anything that is important to the presentation please comment.In fact, please co-operate with me. The presentation tomorrow is also your marks, not mine only. So, please help me any way you can. Thank You.
Setting for maycomb June 30, 2008
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I choose this picture for the setting of Maycomb because it represents the setting in chapter one. It is just a house in a big and empty land. During the olden days, there is alot of land so their house is one house with a big space of an empty land.
Setting of Maycomb Town. June 30, 2008
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This is the picture i think is suitable for the setting of the Maycomb town in To Kill A Mockingbird.
This pictures shows that the houses are near together. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, it says that the houses are close together and they knew everybody there. Thus, since they knew everybody, their houses should be near together. Thus, i think this picture suits the text.
