Films

We are going to learn about Cinematography History through the analysis of some of the better films of 20th century. Each one will chose a film and made an analysis following next instructions:

Fim Analysis 

If you need something more specific next questions could help you:
Questions about the film

1. A trip to the Moon, Georges Melies 1902
2. The Cabinet of the Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920
3. Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925
4. The General, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926
5. Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927 
6. An Andalusian Dog, Luis Buñuel, 1929
7. City Lights, Charlie Chaplin, 1931 
8. Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs, Willian Cottrell et al., 1937
9. Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941 
10. Casablanca,  Michael Curtiz, 1942
11. Bicycle Thieves, Vittoria De Sica, 1948 
12. Singin’ in the Rain, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly,1952
13. Seven Samurai, Kurosawa Akira, 1954 
14. The 400 Blows, François Truffaut, 1959 
15. Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder, 1959 
16. Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960 
17. La dolce vita, Federico Fellini, 1960
18. The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966 
19. A Space Odissey, Stanley Kubrick 1968
20. The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972
21. Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976 
22. Monthy Pyton and the Holy Grial, Terry Gilliam et al., 1975
23. Annie Hall, Woody Allen, 1977 
24. Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford, 1979
25. Blade Runner, Riddle Scott, 1987

Once you have completed the essay you need;
- to write the PITCH of your film
- to apply the model proposed in "Every story is the same" to your film.
- Prepare an oral presentation of the film for the rest of the students supported by a scene of the film to point out its merits.
Here you have an example with Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI
The Pitch could be something like that:
- A 16th cetury japanese village is terrorized by bandits-
- Local farmers look fo the help of a group of Samurais.
- Seven Samurais trained and leaded the farmers to fight the bandits,

The Story Pattern 

1.  YOU: Japanese village peasents live from their Rice Fileds
2. NEED: Finish with the bandits attacks and raids.
3. GO: Look for the help of hungry Samurais
4. SEARCH: Peasents are trained by Seven Samurais.
5. FIND: All together defeat the bandits.
6. TAKE: Some farmers and Samurais die in the battle.
7. RETURN: The peasents return to the rice fields and samurais leave the town
8. CHANGE:: The village can live in peace.

An example with a brief scheme of the work
: 
SEVEN SAMURAIS

Data Sheet:
Influential Japanese film from 1954. ("The magnificents Seven", "Bugs"...)
Long film of 207 minutes, 3h27' by Akira Kurosawa.

Plot:
- A 16th cetury japanese village is terrorized by bandits.
- Local farmers look fo the help of a group of Samurais.
- Seven Samurais trained and leaded the farmers to fight the bandits.

Interesting points of the film which created a pattern for future movies:

• Differentiated characters: so the spectator is atached to them.
• Plot ideas: Reluctant heroe, the recruitment of the heroes, the romance between the younster and the local girl.
• Action scenes: Innovative use of cameras, General and "Guerrilla Unit".

So it is a classic film about Honnor and Duty with memorable characters and stunning action!

Berlin 2018

Eleanitza 2. Batxiler group went to Berlin with the History of Art and German students the first week of December.
If you are interested here you can find more information:

Berlin Fieldtrip 2018

A picture

You need to take a picture on the neighbourhood of the school, applying the tips you learnt last term. Then publish itin the blog and add commentaries of its characteristics.
If you like the result you can enter the contest, here are the bases:
Bases

The Final Presentation

We finished with the presentations of the Challenge to the company and Fomento of San Sebastian.
In this entry we are going to answer some questions about the project and
add our final presentation. To finish with our personal evaluation on the project.

Here the questions (go into details, long answers):
1. Detail your idea:
2. Two virtues
3. Two problems and your response
4. How to make it real? What do you need to make it possible.
5. Which points of the challenge do you address with your proposition.
6. Which technical help do you need
7. Why is your project the best possible?

 This is the final version for the Challenge in one class
(team name: menbers and the link):

Kris and Sia: Aitana, Irati, Aitziber and Irati

http://iratiusandi.blogspot.com/2018/12/krissia-challenge_11.html

Divines: Enara, Ane, Joane and Lierni

http://avclierni.blogspot.com/2019/01/final-presentation.html

Bobby & Tobby: Jon, Aiert, Unai and Jhose

http://avjhose.blogspot.com/2018/12/our-project-for-challenge.html

Gigy, Mutti and Egi: Jone, Garazi and Monica

http://avcmonica.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-final-presentation.html

Mo Salah: Patxi, Manex, Lide and Nerea

http://patxiikuperretxiku.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-final-presentation.html

Crunchis: Joseba, Elsa, Leire and Saioa

http://sayoyiglez.blogspot.com/2019/01/our-project-for-challenge.html

 And this one in the other class
(team name: menbers and the link:

Mariñe and Nahiatarrak: Mariñe, Nahia, Nahia
http://marineaudiovisual.blogspot.com/2018/12/our-reflection-about-challenge.html

Krissiolis:Maddi, Felix, Maddi and Irati
 http://maddiavc.blogspot.com/2018/12/our-project-for-challenge.html

Chipssia: Maider, Itziar, Leire and Garazi
http://itziaaralonsoo.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-final-idea.html

Bocakriss: Aitor, Izaro, June and Usoa
 http://audiovisualcultureluberri.blogspot.com/2018/12/our-project.html

The Book of Krissia: June, Unai, Lideand Martin

Visual Thinking

We are going to publish our own work of "Visual Thinking"
Try to value the work Javier De Miguel did in his master class in Visual Thinking
What did you learnt about Visual Thinking? How useful could it be for your everyday?
Here you have a document on the subject:
Pentsamendu Visuala Pilula

Challenge Work

We'll be doing a new entry explaining our idea, plus some visual adds to concrete it ( a presentation, a poster, pictures, drawings...)
We will do an analysis of the interesting points about Iñigo and Ainhoa's advice. How they helped us to the development of our idea.
And the analysis  of our work with the AGINAGA company during the contrast.

We are going to add the tools Iñigo gave us to develop them: the Canvas (HOW- WHAT- WHOM- How much) and the SWOT.

Intro to the Challenge

You will make an entry where you will be commenting on your general impression on the challege, your group characteristics and personal expectations.
For the challage we will work on entrepreneurship and advertising a new product with the company "Angulas Aguinaga" in a project proposed by the Promotion Area of the City of San Sebastian.
The challenge that the company proposes is how to encourage the consumption of fish among children and young people. More specifically, we can present one of its flagship products, "Krissia", in different forms or recipes for what is more attractive for that sector of the population.

The sessions would go as follows:
1st session: Thursday 8 November from 9am to 11am: Presentation FSS + Aguinaga
2nd session: Monday 12 November from 8h to 12h: Research + valuable proposals (canvas)
3rd session: Thursday 22 November from 9 am to 11 am: Attitudinal skills.
4th session: Thursday 29 November from 9am to 11am: Contrast the idea with the company
5th session: Monday 3 December from 8am to 10am: Visual Thinking
6th session: Monday 17 December from 8h to 10h: Final presentations

Second Term

We will start a new term, you will do an entry where you can be adding a general evaluation on the subject.  What do you think about it? Did it fill your expectations? What could be improved? Any idea for next Term?
We will be working on Advertisments and  Films.

My Photographer

Upload the presentation you made about one famous photographer and add a detail analysis of one of the pictures you took "alla maniera di" your author.

To embed your presentation follow next indications:

- Once uploaded the presentation in Drive, open the FILE tab and click in the "Publish to the web"

- There instead of the "link" you click the EMBED tab:

- Then go to the blue PUBLISHED tab and copy that long link:

- Finally you edit the entry where you want to embed the presentation and click the HTML tab and paste the long link:

You Actualize the page and should be done.

Gestalt Theory

  We are going to work on Gestalt Theory:
Gestalt is an important trend in psychology,it was born in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century with Christian von Ehrenfels. 
The translation of the term “gestalt”would come close to “totality" or "unify whole". 
“The whole is more than the sum of its parts” 

Here you have some basics on the Laws they developed: 

-SIMILARITY 
-CONTINUATION 
-CLOSURE 
-PROXIMITY 
-FIGURE & GROUND 

Gestalt Laws and Design from chelsc

Task: Find and take a couple of pictures of examples, you found in your everyday life.
 
-Have a look to a presentation on diferent Examples!

World Café

Some students of Antigua Luberri we went to Lakua, Gasteiz on October 17 to participate in an activity organized by the ELOS programme.
We took part in a "World Cafe" to debate about the European Union and its future. We wanted to know the youngsters point of view. 
Our representants were two students from Batx. 1st level: Maddi Lopez and Maddi Arotzena and another two from DBH 4th level: Iker Altuna and Aitor Pamies.First of all congratulations to all four for their excellent performance.
Thank you very much!!!
In the World Cafe we worked with Aniturri, Botikazar, Ekialde and Azkoitia BHIs and it was a wonderful experience!
Here the questions we answered and the results with our points of view will be published in Elos Basque Country Blog

Photographers Presentation

You have to do a presentation on one of the following photographers:
 (5 slides of his/her life, 5 slides of photographies and other 5 of your own pics following the example of the master)

Adams, Ansel.

Arbus, Diane.
Avendon, Richard.
Brassaï.
Cartier-Breson, Henri.
Capa, Robert.
Doisneau, Robert.
Lange, Dorothea.
Lachapelle, David.
Leibovitch, Annie.
Madoz, Chema.
Ouka Leele.
Ray, Man.
Salgado, Sebastiao.

Photographer's Tips

We have read and listen to different phographers tips on their job.

- Plus you need to choose some tips from the following videos:
Indian photographer
Australian photographer
Here you have some of the tips:
- rule of third
- check the background
- get close
- framing
- leadind lines
- rule of odds
- panning

rule of odds

leadind lines

Symmetry

Repetition

Framed

Close up

leading lines

Surprise

Humor

Golden hour

Basic Photography

We've watched some videos on basic photography.
We are going to add a couple of pictures we took.
- One with a small Depth of Field:
In this picture we can see some blackberrys in the foreground and blurring the background I try to concentrate the attention on them, giving an impression of proximity.


















 

















- Another with a slow Shutter Speed:
With the one of the speed, in this quiet image of La Concha at sunset the blurry image give us the impression of movement, addind a point of contrast to it.

slow shutter speed

LETTERING

WE are going to work a bit with hand lettering.
You have an exercise to do on the issue: write in different FONTS the word WELCOME in different languages. Once you finished your drawing you take a picture of it and upload it to the blog. Explaining the process.

-Then you add three pics you took in the street about the use of different types of Lettering and its importance in marketing the product, your impression or its interest.

MASS MEDIA

You will make a new entry with a brief introduction about Mass Media (what is it and its importance in our society). You will add three examples of Mass media you do consume at home, with a brief explanation on them.
Then will add a reflection on political biases and "Fake News".
Here we have some links to youtube:

Defining the Mass Media

https://youtu.be/8rEmAuRZhAk
Evolution of Mass Media 

https://youtu.be/EC2zfQ9Rb1s

Fake News:
https://youtu.be/4pzZvMzotMc
https://youtu.be/FOZ0irgLwxU
History of visual communication
https://www.historyofvisualcommunication.com/

School Exchange

We had our German partners in San Sebastian for a week!
It was a great opportunity to show them around. We had a beautiful weather and we presume they enyojed it as much as we did.
See you soon!
School page link

European Day of languages

We celebrated the European Day of Languages.
We want to encourage people to learn other languages, it is not only a way to understand each other but also a way to open our minds to a different way to understand the world.
We decided to make different activities related with the Languages we speak:

we made a grid with some simple questions on to subject to give away during the break among the youngsters.

We made a couple of quizzes in French and English to propose in other classes, we made some posters for the ocassion and we are also recording a video with the different languages that are spoken in our school. We will upload them when they are finished!

T-Shirt Design

Using the tools we have we will design a T-shirt image for the European day of Languages.

Here you have the bases of the Contest:

1. Please keep in mind that the design should be about languages, not countries. So please don't use flags or similar.
2. You can use up to 3 colours.
3. If you have versions using different colours, send all of them in one email, we will select the ones that we like the most.
4. Keep in mind that we need a simple design that is not too complex or that has small details. This will increase printing quality.
5. The design cannot go over the seams of the t-shirt, it must be placed on the front. Keep in mind that the maximum printing surface is 30 cm x 30 cm
6. The design cannot contain third party copyright logos or material.
7. Send your design to christian.friedrich@ecml.at
8. By sending us the design you agree that we can use it free of charge on our websites, on the t-shirts and on promotional media (such as Facebook or flyers). Of course we will always add your name to it.
9. Submission deadline: 31 December 2018.
10. European Day of Languages Web 

Our Team

Here there are the blogs of our teams:
Audio Visual Culture A:
Manex
Aiert
Joseba
Jon
Jhose
Unai
Patxi 
Lide
Aitana
Elsa
Nerea
Leire
Saioa
Garazi
Aitziber
Monica
Lierni
Joane
Jone
Enara
Irati U
Ane 
Irati F

WELCOME

Here we are with a new school year!!!

AUDIO-VISUAL CULTURE is our subject.

What's up?
We will work on the relevance of audio-visuals in our everyday life.
We will learn about AV evolution and importance.
We will practice on different ITC techniques.
Students will be the main characters in this film.

Here you have a brief presentation of the subject:

Programme