fandomhigh | Documentaries 101 (Workshop #2)

Silent Bob is doing something complicated-looking with wires and a sautering iron while Jay stays a very safe distance away. He puts this all away when people arrive, beaming around at everyone with his usual good cheer.

Jay looks disgusted. And a little sullen as he lurks at the back of the classroom with his arms folded and not even trying to see down shirts or up skirts.

Bob has found a whiteboard somewhere and will be using it ruthlessly. He writes in large letters, "Purpose of a Documentary", then, underneath it,

Inform
Entertain
Instruct
Persuade

He moves over to the TV lurking in the corner and begins fiddling with the controls before looking up and glaring at Jay, who jerks upright with an, "Oh! Shit, yeah." Jay hands out a sheet of paper - handwritten and photocopied - with definitions and information on each one.

Silent Bob points at the screen, then points at the list on the board, and then points at the class. Time for a little identify and explain. He plays a two-minute clip from four different documentaries before turning to the class and leaning back with his arms folded, waiting for some input.

That covered, he moved on to

Topic Selection

Below that, he wrote, "JAY". Jay jerked up again with a growl. "Hey, tubby!" Silent Bob just snickered and kept going, holding up his hands about two feet apart and shaking his head. He crossed out "JAY" and wrote, "JAY'S ISSUES WITH INTIMACY"

"I am going to fuck you up so bad . . ." Jay threatened.

Silent Bob snickered again before bringing his hands to an inch apart and shaking his head again. He crossed out "JAY'S ISSUES WITH INTIMACY" and wrote "JAY AND WOMEN".

"Fuck yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about," Jay nodded, pleased. Silent Bob rolled his eyes and moved his hands to a half a foot apart before giving the thumbs up. He turned back to the board and continued writing.

JAY AND WOMEN
- intimacy issues
- bad past relationship(s)
- closeted?

"You are gonna die for this, lunchbox!"

Silent Bob ignored him and kept going.

Purpose + Audience + Broad Topic = Topic

He turned back to the class and held up a topic sign-up sheet before putting it on the table and making the internationally recognised sign for 'Talk amongst yourselves'.

[[~~Please to be waiting for OCD.~~ OCD away! I'll be gone most of the day, but I'll pick up pings when I can.]]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Clip 1: Fahrenheit 911
Clip 2: A Mighty Wind
Clip 3: Winning Paintball (http://www.epinions.com/mvie_mu-1069236)
Clip 4: Celtic Waves (http://www2.bc.edu/~michalcj/celticwaves.html)

[[And if it wasn't clear, he wants you to identify which clip was which purpose.]]

Clip 1- Persuade
Clip 2- Entertain
Clip 3- Instruct
Clip 4- INform

But all documentaries should entertain in some way, or why would you bother watching them.

((I'm totally guessing here btw, I've never heard of A Mighty Wind))

[[ooc: Mighty Wind is essentially a sequel to This Is Spinal Tap. Except that it's a bout a folk trio instead of a rock group.]]

((ah thank you, I have heard of that actually, I just had no idea what it was called!))

Chewing on the end of her pen as she thinks and struggles (damn writing English, still so difficult), her mind is very busy both translating the words and tranlating the information in her head. She never was a very good student at anything that isn't swordplay, either, so it takes her a while, and she tenatively approaches the answers, scribbling them down messily.

Clip 1: persaude.
Clip 2: enterian.
Clip 3: instruct.
Clip 4: inform.

[[OOC: yes, spelling mistakes are intentional. heee]]

Clip 1: Persuade (Or possibly just piss off his subjects.)
Clip 2: Entertain
Clip 3: Instruct
Clip 4: Inform

Discuss potential topics, Jay's intimacy issues, the chickpea is neither a chick nor a pea . . .

Sakurazaki has a hand cradled in her forehead, muttering to her classmates, because she knows that Paige-san and Pippi-san are very helpful and kind. "I still have no idea what to do for a topic."

"Well, what do you like to do?"

"Swords, training..." she only comes up with those two things after a moment of thought. "But...doesn't seem like I could make a very interesting documentary about those. I could do something on the Shinmei Ryuu, but then I'd have assassins coming to kill me in the night. Can't have that." There's a soft smile on her face; she's not joking about the assassins, but it is said in a playful manner.

"Yes, that would be inconvenient." Pippi nodded. "There's lots of different styles of using swords and training. Why don't you think that wouldn't make a good documentary?"

She blushes slightly. "Well, just because I like something doesn't mean everyone else will. I'm trying to separate myself from that sort of stuff and appeal to a broader population. In more than just documentaries."

Sakurazaki ponders briefly. "Maybe if I opened it up a bit to more than just swords. There are all sorts of different weapons; I've noticed a lot of people around here with different affiliations. Maybe there's something there..."

"Wull, I figured that the idea behind a documentary was to share something you were passionate about or interested in with the world. But talking about more then just swords sounds really interesting too!"

Sakurazaki nods, slipping into deep-thinking mode. "Yes," she says, sort of drawing it out as the wheels in her head turn. "Yes, definately. Thank you for your insight, Pippi-san."

Pippi tilted her head at the other girl.

"You're quite welcome." she said smiling. "And just Pippi is fine. No need to stand on formality."

She smiles back. "Sorry," --pause for effect-- "Pippi. Old habits are hard to break."

"No problem Setsuna."

Questions? Comments? Mockery?

Pippi takes notes on everything Bob "says".

Just to keep everything straight.

Pippi has decided to do a documentary about the flora and fauna of Fandom Island.

Paige has decided to do her documentary about Jude and his extreme skating.

After serious consideration ~~and mind-wandering at work~~, Sakurazaki decides that her documentary will be about weaponry and the personal connections that warriors have with their weapons.

Just in case.

Is everyone understanding Bob alright? Does he have to speak more?

*is hypnotised by Buttercup dancing icon*

Yay Bob!

Speak more? Perish the thought.

Documentaries 101 (Workshop #2) - A/V Room, Tuesday Morning

Purpose Exercise

Re: Purpose Exercise

Re: Purpose Exercise

Re: Purpose Exercise

Re: Purpose Exercise

Re: Purpose Exercise

Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Re: Talk amongst yourselves

Talk to the boys

Re: Talk to the boys

Topic Sign-up

Re: Topic Sign-up

Re: Topic Sign-up

Re: Topic Sign-up

OOC

Re: OOC

Re: OOC