Introduction | Internet Activities | Conclusion | HyperText Dictionary
We are about to embark on a journey of discovery. The websites we are about to see are designed by real people who have a love for animation and cartooning. Try to have a go at all the sites and answer each of the questions by yourself in your Theme book. You'll be working in your groups again, so make sure you still help each other out, and share what you all find.
Mr Tom March explains the following about a subject sampler:
"Part of what makes the Internet so great is the quirky, passionate, real stuff that many people and organizations post there. You'll find things on the Web that you'd never find on TV, the newspapers, or magazines. Subject Samplers tap into this vibrant vein in order to connect students to the chosen topic. Specifically, Samplers work like those chocolate samplers: you open the box, look things over, think you see something you'd like, then poke your finger into it. If you like it, you eat it. If you don't, you leave it pre-poked for someone else's taste."
The following website shows attitudes and feelings of the creators behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Have a read of the whole thing and them come back to answer the questions.
The following text describes a boost in morale. Can you explain a situation in a paragraph where you had a similar feeling. Give all the relevant background information.
"As the budget climbed higher and higher, I began to have some doubts, too, wondering if we could ever get our investment back. Just at this critical period, a great showman named W.G. Van Schmus, general manager of Radio City Music Hall in New York, came to the studio and saw some bits and pieces we had finished. Right on the spot he booked the picture -- months before the film would be completed. It gave us all a terrific boost in morale."
Have you ever had the situation where you can see the rewards and benefits from doing something (you have a clear vision or goal) and you have had to convince someone else of its importance? Explain the frustrations and strategies you would use.
"Then came a shocker. My brother Roy told me that we would have to borrow another quarter of a million dollars to finish the movie. I had to take those same bits and pieces to show the bankers as collateral and I was sure, being bankers, they wouldn't view the footage with the same vision Mr. Van Schmus did. I was plenty worried."
"On the appointed day, I sat alone with Joe Rosenberg of the Bank of America, watching those bits and pieces on a screen, trying to sell him a quarter of a million dollars worth of faith."
How do you think the producers of Snow White felt once they released the movie to the public? Have you ever felt so proud of your work that you'd love to share it with anyone who could see it? We hope you start feeling that way once your group start their webquest to produce your own short animated film.
By Steve Hardingham & Larni Retallack
qbstheme@lycos.com
Last updated
February 26, 2003
https://qbstheme.tripod.com/
Have a read of this website by Tom March. He has some great research telling you all about the different activities we are doing here.