10/24- Amanda Scully

Today in class we started off by looking at a schedule that Mr. Rivers posted. The schedule contains due dates in November and December. Such due dates include, Podcasts for Ready Player One, Mini Film club chats/ podcasts, etc. You can access this schedule from google classroom, we will be using this to check due dates throughout the year.

We then started to discuss podcasts. Today we recorded our very first podcasts within our groups! We has the option of using Vocaroo or the Voice Memos on a smart phone. The goal was to try and discuss setting or climate fiction for both Ready Player One and Wall-E. My group focused on climate fiction. We first started talking about how many authors are using climate fiction to alert the audience that the events that are happening in the book or movie may become reality in a few years. In the next ten years, probably not, but withing the next hundred years, there could definitely be a issue with climate. We then started discussing how Ready Player One and Wall-E are aimed at different audiences. Ready Player One is aimed at young teens, because of the language, characters, and the style. Wall-E is aimed towards children and adults, this may seem like a huge age gap, but it makes sense. When the movie was in theaters it is aimed at children because of the animations, but the moral of the movie is aimed at adults. This topic eventually ended our practice podcast.
At the end of class Mr. Rivers mentioned to bring head phones to class tomorrow, because we will be listening to our own podcasts, and reflecting on them, whether it be how can we make it longer, or how can we make it better.