Class today included:Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler): Marvin Gaye (5:46)
Assignment 2
City Images: See student submitted images on Flickr.
City in Cinema (examples):
Who Framed Roger RabbitDrugstore Cowboy
Roger and Me
Do the Right Thing
Bladerunner
Falling Down
Edward Scissorhands
On the Waterfront
Blue Velvet
Assignment 3 – City Sounds (5 pts)
Assigned: January 27, 2011
Due: January 31, 2011 (by 5:00pm)
Find/record a 15 second sound that represents “city” or “urban” to you. Post the file to: http://www.4shared.com/ with the file name as firstname+lastname.wav (or other audio type).
Class Contribution:
ReplyDeleteRyan Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8QaKGSM5M&feature=related
Class Contribution
ReplyDeleteAmy Williamson
Are car horns a form of free speech?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsk8uDCBlIo
Class Contribution
ReplyDeleteCasey Whitehead
Relevant to our last discussion on cities and movies.
http://www.bspcn.com/2007/11/29/top-5-deserted-city-scenes-in-film/
class contribution
ReplyDeleteJacob Bruch
http://mubi.com/topics/1559
class contribution -- Kelley O'Leary
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Class Contribution: Erica Lee
ReplyDeleteAlong with inner cities and cinema and somewhat related to a previous reading, "Tao of Urbanism: Integrating Observation with Action," the movie "Freedom Writers," depicts a teacher, Erin Gruwell, who almost transforms into a community leader. Based on a true story which took place at Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA, Freedom Writers is an inspirational movie about at-risk youth creating a means for themselves in an urban education system which does little to support their success. Inner city education is of the less beautiful side of a city.
Below is an excerpt from a Freedom Writers Foundation webpage that introduces the environment this teacher entered:
"A recent college graduate, Erin landed her first job in Room 203, only to discover many of her students had been written off by the education system and deemed “unteachable.” As teenagers living in a racially divided urban community, they were already hardened by first-hand exposure to gang violence, juvenile detention, and drugs."
This clip from TeacherTube is a scene from the movie, "Toast For Change," where students start off a new semester with change, growth, and progress in mind--silencing any voice "that said they couldn't."
Link: http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Freedom_Writers_Part_8&video_id=88028