I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others. An example of where I built upon someone else ideas is… The over arching idea for the script came from one of my partners before all three of us fleshed it out together. One specific idea I remember being mine is the Cook being interrupted in the middle of his spiel about how to cook the steak and fries.
I can work with others to achieve a goal. I am clear on the difference between simple “group work” and collaboration as evidenced by… This script. Rather than all of us simply writing our parts and having done with it, we worked together brainstorming, writing, working on grammar, to produce the final product. The script was partially written by all of us, but even the parts we didn’t write personally we were still involved in and collaborating on.
I can describe how the concept of defamiliarization relates to the experience I had where I broke my finger in my work above. The shock and adrenaline that happened during this event made it seem very similar to what Mr. Wallace described as an example of defamiliarization. Nothing in that moment seemed real.
I appreciate feedback on the structure of my writing and prefer it comes in the form of either a face to face conversation or a detailed paragraph of what I did wrong and how to fix it for my next piece. Mr. Wallace’s feedback on my defamiliarization piece was only partially helpful because I didn’t understand parts of the feedback and how to apply it to my Parallel Universion writing.
I solved problems by talking to people who might be able to help me and by trying to imagine how the instructions would work out in my head. Being able to construct things in 3D in your brain is a very helpful skill. If I did it again I would make sure to not rush with the hems. I did rush a little bit and they didn’t come out as well as they could have.
I figured out how my character looked by reading over the descriptions of her on pages 54 , 80 and 81. I combined the three descriptions to figure roughly what my character looked like. “Her outward appearance was sun-bronzed skin.” on pg. 81 and “But Nausicaa was blond and sun-tanned gold.” of pg. 54. I choose the plot points based on how much the characters learned. There were a few fights I left completely out of the story because they were just fights, not anything with any important information about the plot. To figure out the setting I looked at the landmarks they mention as there are a few times when they teleport and its not explicitly clear were they end up. I also looked at the technology and references they made to figure out the year it was set in as that was not clearly stated either. “She nursed her brightly coloured drink and passed the time on her massive teal smartphone.” pg. 301. The word “mood” in literature refers to the general theme of the story. Meaning whether its a dark and depressing story or a light hearted one that would be considered the mood. I choose the song for my story because the overall events seemed quite somber and dark even if the characters don’t act like it.
Core Competency Reflection
I use evidence to make judgments or decisions as demonstrated in this…
This is demonstrated in my building of the characters avatar. I had descriptions of one person from 3 others. Two in the beginning and another in the middle of the book. With three different people describing one, all from different perspectives it was necessary to choose what was common in all three and build my character from that.
I seek, develop and weigh options as demonstrated by…
Almost the same thing as the first reflection but not limited to character descriptions. As a book with five different perspectives I needed to decide which one held the most relevant information in the situation. I couldn’t include all but each one had something a little different about it. I also needed to decide which of the characters to introduce in my movie. I ended up choosing the two in Toronto as they had most of the relevant information between them.
When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I…
If I got stuck in the middle of the movie I would try reading a few pages ahead in my book. If I was tired of my book as well than I would switch to reading a different one on my phone to re-focus after 5 min. I would be able to focus much better.
