Hi Sri, I really enjoyed your presentation. Two things that stood out in particular were your food connection and the interactive activity you conducted with the class. I liked your food connection because the initial link was very easy to understand-- sure, chocolate chip cookies = comfort food, I get it. However you took this connection to a deeper level with the idea of escaping your fears as being detrimental to personal progress much like how comfort food is oftentimes unhealthy. Onto the activity-- at first this struck me as a little intimidating. “Fears? Psh, what fears!?” [said no one ever]. However, I thought it was really bold and, after hearing your conclusion for number9dream, very inspirational. Through the activity that endured throughout your presentation, you had connected your author and your book to the audience and had made it a personal experience. This is something I wish I would have done within my presentation but I couldn’t think of a proper way to tie politics into the daily lives of teenagers. Another thing I liked about your presentation was your response to a question at the very end: When asked what you believed to be the pivotal moment in Eiji’s bildungsroman to be, you said it was the moment he met his father and felt nothing at all. I thought this was really insightful and showed that a pivotal moment doesn’t have to be a huge mind-blowing epiphany but could be something quiet and discreet, almost unnoticed until someone points it out. Overall, I thought your presentation was really great as it personalized the message of number9dream while also addressing the literary aspects of David Mitchell’s writing.
I enjoyed how flashy and eye catching your blog and poster were as a whole. The background on your blog helps to give the viewer the sense that there is something fantastical, perhaps supernatural, going on in your book and in the research that you did of your author. In comparison with the cover of the book, which you so helpfully gave us, the background fits in nicely. I’m curious, is it a picture of Tokyo? The poster is also beautiful. I like how you incorporated this theme of blurred lights in both the poster and the blog. The business cards, handout, and PowerPoint took on a different sort of feel. The disconnect between these two sides is a little distracting when looked at as a whole. Still, I liked the watermark effect you used for the cards and handout. Its blurry, ‘not really there’ sort of presence is reminiscent of dreams which ties well into your book. The PowerPoint, too had a sort of dreamy background with the wispy wings like the wings of imagination that your character often found himself whisked away on (yes, I know that sounds horribly cheesy). Overall, I really enjoyed your design especially considering how it all connected back to the book.
Hi Sri, I really enjoyed your presentation. Two things that stood out in particular were your food connection and the interactive activity you conducted with the class. I liked your food connection because the initial link was very easy to understand-- sure, chocolate chip cookies = comfort food, I get it. However you took this connection to a deeper level with the idea of escaping your fears as being detrimental to personal progress much like how comfort food is oftentimes unhealthy.
ReplyDeleteOnto the activity-- at first this struck me as a little intimidating. “Fears? Psh, what fears!?” [said no one ever]. However, I thought it was really bold and, after hearing your conclusion for number9dream, very inspirational. Through the activity that endured throughout your presentation, you had connected your author and your book to the audience and had made it a personal experience. This is something I wish I would have done within my presentation but I couldn’t think of a proper way to tie politics into the daily lives of teenagers.
Another thing I liked about your presentation was your response to a question at the very end: When asked what you believed to be the pivotal moment in Eiji’s bildungsroman to be, you said it was the moment he met his father and felt nothing at all. I thought this was really insightful and showed that a pivotal moment doesn’t have to be a huge mind-blowing epiphany but could be something quiet and discreet, almost unnoticed until someone points it out. Overall, I thought your presentation was really great as it personalized the message of number9dream while also addressing the literary aspects of David Mitchell’s writing.
I enjoyed how flashy and eye catching your blog and poster were as a whole. The background on your blog helps to give the viewer the sense that there is something fantastical, perhaps supernatural, going on in your book and in the research that you did of your author. In comparison with the cover of the book, which you so helpfully gave us, the background fits in nicely. I’m curious, is it a picture of Tokyo? The poster is also beautiful. I like how you incorporated this theme of blurred lights in both the poster and the blog.
ReplyDeleteThe business cards, handout, and PowerPoint took on a different sort of feel. The disconnect between these two sides is a little distracting when looked at as a whole. Still, I liked the watermark effect you used for the cards and handout. Its blurry, ‘not really there’ sort of presence is reminiscent of dreams which ties well into your book. The PowerPoint, too had a sort of dreamy background with the wispy wings like the wings of imagination that your character often found himself whisked away on (yes, I know that sounds horribly cheesy). Overall, I really enjoyed your design especially considering how it all connected back to the book.