Unit 71

If you finish the unit work early, here are some links to some televised courtroom dramas.

These are not scripted scenarios with actors, but real people in small claims court, a court in which the cost of the settlement is too small for a lawyer to trouble with. So the plaintiffs and defendants handle their own cases before a judge and all the folks in TV-Land.

http://peoplescourt.warnerbros.com/

http://www.judgejudy.com/

http://www.judgejoebrown.com/

http://judgemathistv.warnerbros.com/

http://www.judgehatchett.com/

Unit 70, Web Pages

Hello, Class.

Here are links to web pages to organizations in San Diego. I would like you to critique them.

Consider the following:
1. Is it easy find the information you are looking for?
2. Is it visually interesting?
3. Is it too plain or too busy? (By "busy" I mean too much for your eyes to take in at one time.)
4. Do you want to explore it further?
5. If you wanted to remember the url, would you be able to remember the name and find it again easily?

http://www.sdmaritime.org

http://www.ieallaboard.org

http://www.sdrep.org

Once you have perused these web pages, add your comments on the blog.

Unit 69- Plastic Surgery

This week, we're talking about plastic surgery -among other things. So I thought I'd give you a link to some images of someone who has definitely had too much work done. Her name is Joan Rivers, and she's a very witty comediane.

new inventions

When you finish i-lab for this week, here is a little internet field trip that you may go on. The inventor is Ron Popeil and he peddles a wide variety of products on his infomercials. Check out his products on this link:

www.popeilfamilystore.com

Check out his infomercials on YouTube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDl3-S3aAzQ

There is also a parody-song of him by satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g2AhIKyIGc

Enjoy.

phobias

Here is a link to a site about phobias and how to get help with them.

http://phobias.about.com/

Opening Scenes

Write the opening scene of a film, one that you would like to write, not a movie already made.
It can be any genre or style. Pay attention to the following:

Lighting (light or dark, soft or harsh. What is the light source? Are there shadows? ...etc.)
Sound (traffic? sirens? crickets? breathing?)
Music (What kind of feeling do you want in the music? What kind of instruments?)
Color (If we see green, is it bright emerald, dark pine or like a swamp.)
People (What do they look like? What are they doing?)
Place (Where are we? Is it clean or dirty, city or country, safe or dangerous...etc.)
Time (What do you use to indicate the time? Cars, clothing, newspaper headlines, weapons)