Taylor Jornigan

Text Vs. Media

Instructions: Please click on each link in the order in which they appear and answer the questions that follow. Please use complete sentences to answer each question.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Text

1. What literary devices ( similies, metaphors, alliteration, imagery, setting, theme, etc.) make this text an effective story in your opinion?

2. What could Edgar Allen Poe have done to make this a better story?

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Short Film

3. What film techniques (lighting, camera angles, color scheme, setting, audio, etc.) does this filmmaker use that makes this an effective film in your opinion?

4. What would make this a better film?

5. How does this short film differ from the text version of the "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Storyboard

6. How does this storyboard differ from the previous two representations of "The Tell-Tale Heart"? What does it lack or what is added?

7. Do you feel that this form of media is as effective as the text or the short film? Why or Why not?

"Sick" Text

8. What poetic devices (rhyme, point of view, form, imagery, tone) does this poem use to make it effective?

9. What suggestions do you have for the author that could have made this a better poem?

"Sick" Audio

10. What makes this recorded audio different from the text version of the poem?

11. Do you like this recorded version of the poem or the text version better? Why or why not?

Project Details

Now that you have seen the different ways in which media and text can tell a story you will now be asked to create a media and text version of a poem, script, or short story.

1. Create an original text verison of a poem, short story or script.

2. Create a media version of your text. You may choose from making a storyboard, short film, or recorded audio.

3. When creating the media version of your text please consider what makes your form of media effective.

If creating a storyboard consider:

Are your illustrations effective in conveying your poem, story or script?
If not should you use text to clarify what is going on?
Will you use color or black and white, which do you feel works better?
What makes your storyboard different from your text version?

If creating a short film consider:

Is your film effective in conveying your poem, story or script?
If not what film techniques (lighting, camera angles, audio, dialogue, setting, costumes) can you use to make it more effective?
Will you shoot your film in color or black and white, which do you feel works better?
How does your film differ from your text version?

If creating recorded audio consider:

Is your recording effective in conveying your poem, story or script?
If not what techniques (voice inflection, background music, sound effects) can you use to make it more effective?
Will you use your voice or someone else's voice, which will make it more effective?
How does your recording differ from your text version?

This investigation targets 7th grade Language Arts students.

Ohio Academic Common Core Standard

Domain:	Reading:Literature
Cluster:	Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard:	CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film)

Last Updated On: Thursday, December 5, 2013