In case you didn't know, only a few of you did, I've started teaching high school English. For my Language Arts II class one of the items in my curriculum map is to study non-verbal communication. For this I had them act in a skit. After that I wanted them to watch a silent film, so I chose Charlie Chaplin's City Lights.
I was very pleased that they enjoyed it. They went into the film thinking it would be horrible because not only was it in black and white, but also it was silent!!
Fortunately they really got into it and I commented on things throughout the film and had them write their essays. Right now I'm taking a break from grading to post on MoFo, but I was pleased with how they turned out. I had them revolved their thesis on how Chaplin non-verbally interacts with characters within the film, while reaching out to his audience.
City Lights is of course a great film and I don't really need to comment on the ending. Any other fans of it here? I know there's at least one because of the "look" thread.
Also www.moviejustice.com is closed down permanently. We simply didn't have the involvement level or activity on the forums like we needed. This is very ironic because traffic was at an all time high. Fortunately the webmaster, 10k, isn't scraping the site, but revamping and revisioning it to be more of a social network type of a deal. More Myspace and less Rottentomatoes. IT will be over at www.justiceave.com for anyone who's interested. It probably won't open until January. Just a heads up. I know several of you on here posted there including mark f, Holden, and rufnek.
SO yes I'll be over here at MoFo more than I have traditionally been and make this my home for movie talk needs. Glad to be here. Of course I have been here for many years. Five or so, but have posted off and on.
But back to City Lights...
I was very pleased that they enjoyed it. They went into the film thinking it would be horrible because not only was it in black and white, but also it was silent!!
Fortunately they really got into it and I commented on things throughout the film and had them write their essays. Right now I'm taking a break from grading to post on MoFo, but I was pleased with how they turned out. I had them revolved their thesis on how Chaplin non-verbally interacts with characters within the film, while reaching out to his audience.
City Lights is of course a great film and I don't really need to comment on the ending. Any other fans of it here? I know there's at least one because of the "look" thread.
Also www.moviejustice.com is closed down permanently. We simply didn't have the involvement level or activity on the forums like we needed. This is very ironic because traffic was at an all time high. Fortunately the webmaster, 10k, isn't scraping the site, but revamping and revisioning it to be more of a social network type of a deal. More Myspace and less Rottentomatoes. IT will be over at www.justiceave.com for anyone who's interested. It probably won't open until January. Just a heads up. I know several of you on here posted there including mark f, Holden, and rufnek.
SO yes I'll be over here at MoFo more than I have traditionally been and make this my home for movie talk needs. Glad to be here. Of course I have been here for many years. Five or so, but have posted off and on.
But back to City Lights...
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