My Movie

Plot, Character, Setting and Mood

Finding the characters “identity”: The authors writing style is very descriptive. He only adds what is necessary to the plot, and the way he describes the people and places is helpful for this assignment. Usually at the beginning of the story, it describes how the character looks, and some peculiar traits they have. However, these stories are shorter because they are a fairytale, so not much is known about the characters past. Overall, I could find a satisfying amount of information from each fairytale.

Choosing plot points: to find good plot points, you have to be able to read them to someone and they would understand the story. It’s like a summary in point form, and is easy to use if you need many people to comprehend your information. Making plot points is practical because you don’t have to think about how to connect each sentence, and is easier for the writer. It gets the ideas straight down without any unnecessary words blocking the way.

Determining the setting: setting is important to the plot because they relate to each other. An example in my story was the balcony (The Dwarf-1904) because the characters told stories and held important conversations there. I was able to imagine the balcony thoroughly because the it was mentioned a lot. Also, the characters do many things that are connected to the setting, so if the setting isn’t mentioned, it should be easy to find out where it’s happening.

The word mood: it’s the tone/theme that the story gives off. It can also be used for the characters current feelings, and is important to describe in books since there are no pictures. I picked my song because it felt classical and slightly dark, which matches my stories because they both ended in a sad way and anything other than classical would not fit these tales.

Core Competency Reflection

1. Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in the setting slides because I have a quote to go with each picture, and highlighted sections for the parts I will read out loud. I also added the page number in case anyone would like to read that specific part of the book for more details. The points after the quote helped connect each setting slide together, and is a good style of summarizing instead of writing a huge, boring paragraph.
2. When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I… whenever I needed to boost my mood during this project, I would re-read important pages, or pause and go to another fairytale. This was helpful because it would bring me interest and I would get my motivation back and start working again. These tales help me be more aware, which helps with me controlling my feelings. This brings my mood to a neutral/calm level, which I work best at.
3. I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in this… my movie shows many citations and quotes, which is enough evidence to support my judgements. If there wasn’t any evidence, I would not be confident in my decision, therefore I would not add it to the movie. I always make sure I have evidence proving what I say is right because I have a cautious mindset.