Chopin and Welty

Questions about “The Story of an Hour”:

1. What is Louise’s conflict before she receives the report of her husband’s death?
2. How does the setting help us understand the internal changes Louise is going through?
3. What examples of irony does the story contain? (See the Reader’s Guide to the Short Story.)

Questions about “A Worn Path”:

1. Why is the trek along the “worn path” apparently easy for such an old woman?
2. Do you think the grandson is alive or dead? Why? Does it really matter?

Links to this Week’s Stories

• Link to “The Story of an Hour” (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Link to “A Worn Path” (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Chapter 5 My Movie Log #2: My Movie in Three Scenes – Exploring Narrative and Mise-en-Scene

Two of this unit’s My Movie Logs are designed to help you develop your proposal for a short film which you will be sharing in the Unit 03 Group Discussion. Feel free to read the Group Discussion guidelines before working on this My Movie Log.

You will complete your My Movie Log work here, and then you can take this work into your Group Discussion for the proposal you’ll post for your peers.

The Objective:

For the Group Discussion forum, you’ll be proposing an original short film (a short film idea you’re developing on your own) that can be told in three scenes (a beginning, a middle, and an end). By “short” film, envision it running anywhere between 2 to 5 minutes in length. Consider, Pixar’s “One Man Band” is 4 minutes.

Our textbook defines “scene” as: “a complete unit of plot action taking place in a continuous time frame in a single location”. Using this definition, a scene has a single location. With a three-scene story, you could have three different locations. You could also reuse a location if that best fits the story you’re telling. A scene can be composed of several shots.

You are not making the actual film for this Group Discussion forum – you’ll be posting a proposal to share with your peers. (Yes, the intention is that you couldmake this film on your own at some point outside of this course, so keep that in mind during these development exercises.)

For this My Movie Log, you’re going to explore the following three parts of your short film development:

Part #1: My Movie’s Narrative

Based on the guidelines above, what is your original short film’s narrative. To help your development, who’s the main character or characters in your short? What is the goal they need to achieve or problem that needs to be solved? What obstacles get in the way, raising the stakes and making it difficult for your protagonist? Focus the narrative into three key scenes: one scene representing the beginning (the narrative’s setup), one scene representing the middle (the confrontation, rising action), one scene representing the end (the climax or final test and resolution).

Take this development work and craft it into a description of your short film’s narrative structure in 3-4 sentences. This description should include the following: Who are the main characters? What’s driving the story (goal and obstacles)? What’s the beginning? The middle? The end?

Here’s an example:

Beginning: A man swims alone in the surf at dusk, he’s heading seaward. Struggling, he turns back, barely making it to shore and collapses next to his abandoned flip-flops and wallet. He looks like death. Middle: Later, he awakens with a start and finds himself near a campfire. A woman tends the fire, keeping it between her and the stranger. Both are uneasy but she wants to help him; he too is cautious but finally gives in to the fire’s warmth. End: That evening, two pairs of flip-flops abandoned at the surf, in the distance we see the pair walking along shoreline.

Target: 150 words, try to keep it focused within 250 words maximum.

Part #2: My Movie’s Theme

Briefly describe your short film’s theme or idea, feel free to include recurring imagery, motifs and implicit meaning.

Here’s an example:

My short is about finding purpose and how love and acceptance can grant new perspective on life.

Target: 25 words, try to keep it focused within 50 words maximum.

Part #3: My Movie’s Mise-en-Scène

In this unit, we’re learning about mise-en-scene… which can be seen as the “look and feel” of the movie. Describe the look and feel of your short film as you envision it. If you wish, you can take inspiration from German Expressionism or Italian Neorealism (explored in our reading), or perhaps the use of mise-en-scene in Rear Window or another one of our movies…

Describe in a few sentences the elements of the design and composition, including lighting, that contribute to the look and feel you want to capture in your film. We’re not exploring specific shots or camera work in this log (you’ll explore the Cinematography in Chapter 6 My Movie Log #2)

Here’s an example:

My short film will take inspiration from Italian Neorealism or Fruitvale Station, using actual beach locations and natural lighting. I want my three scenes to show three distinct areas of the beach: the roiling surf, the campfire high on the beach near beach homes, and calm shoreline. The man’s flip-flops are well-worn, almost ragged. The woman’s flip-flops are also worn, but the texture and design (perhaps beading) suggests comfort and strength.

This description is a start… other elements of mise-en-scene can be added.

Target: 150 words, try to keep it focused within 250 words maximum.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Review the video link on the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. For this discussion board, what lessons can be learned regarding project management leadership? Risk management? There is a lot of research regarding this tragedy, so be sure that you use additional (minimum of 2) external cited research from both the Challenger investigation and Project/Risk Management to support your considerations.

As a newly elected prosecutor, you are responsible for prosecuting Mr. James. You announce your decision not to seek the death penalty in this case, but under your state’s (Ohio)law, the offense charged is considered special circumstances, which would qualify as a death penalty case. Your decision does not sit well with the law enforcement community.

Address the following questions in 900-1200 words:

1.List the various hearings that will typically occur and how the case is affected by each event.

2.Provide an overview of the various courts in the typical state system where Mr. James will appear and why he is appearing there, from arraignment to trial and the various levels of appeal. Be sure to provide specific information as it relates to any constitutional issues that may be raised at each stage in the process.

3. What are the potential hearings that might be involved in this case? Be sure to describe them from the time of arrest through appeal.

4. What are the relevant civil liberties issues pertaining to the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th amendments present in this case?

Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

“Discretionary and Legally Required Benefits” Please respond to the following:

• Discuss whether or not you believe that discretionary employee benefits should be an entitlement or earned based on performance. Justify your response.
• Select two (2) legally required benefits and explain why it is necessary for the law to require these benefits for employees. Next, debate whether or not you believe these laws are fair for both employers and employees. Provide support for your response.

Legally Required Benefits

Social Security and Medicare

Social Security established a system to provide old-age, survivor’s, disability, and retirement benefits. Medicare was implemented to provide medical care for people over the age of 65.

Social Security is paid for by employees and employers through a tax on employees’ wages or salaries. Retirement age has increased __________________

Medicare is a government-operated health insurance program for Americans age 65 and above. It is funded by a tax on employers and employees.

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation is security benefits provided to workers who are injured on the job.

Employers are required to provide cash benefits, medical care, and rehabilitation to employees injured on the job.

No-fault insurance means that an injured worker receives benefits even if the accident was the employee’s fault.

Exclusive remedy means that workers’ compensation benefits are the only benefits injured workers may receive from the employer to compensate for work-related injuries.

Unemployment Compensation

Unemployment compensation provides a minimum level of benefits for workers who are out of work.

Additional Legally Required Benefits

Additional required benefits include COBRA, health care portability, and medical information privacy under HIPAA.