Visual Values
In film, this refers to the position or height from which the shot is taken, such as looking down or looking up.
What is camera angle?
Dr. Seuss’s stubborn Sam-I-Am obsessively tries to convince a cynical, black-clad Prince of Denmark to try a questionable dish of emerald-colored breakfast food. The prince, however, is far too busy delivering moody soliloquies, contemplating existence ("To eat, or not to eat?"), and investigating the mysterious murder of his father, the King, to care about poultry products.
What is Green Eggs and Hamlet?
The name of this large room, where students eat, is slightly different than you'd usually expect.
What is the cafetorium?
This color, which does not correspond to a single wavelength of light but instead is a mix of short and long-wavelength colors, happens to be my favorite.
What is purple?
"University life was the open ocean, and my experience navigating the gentle lakes of my hometown had not prepared me for it" would be an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
The art and science of how hues work together, how humans see them, and the feelings or messages they create, such as the association between blue and sadness or red and passion.
What is color theory?
Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic about a mysterious new-money millionaire if it featured a meme-worthy animated insect seeking to sue humanity for exploiting his fellow workers.
What is The Great Gatsbee Movie
This subject, offered to current DP students in Japanese and English, will be replaced by Economics in 2027.
What is History?
After English, this is the 2nd language I learned as a child, and features the characters ä, ö, and ü as well as 3 grammatical genders.
What is German?
This rhetorical device involves making yourself appear worthy of trust to your intended audience in order to convince them, often by listing your credentials or showing that you are like them.
What is (appeal to) ethos?
A visual composition guide that splits an image into a 3x3 grid. Placing subjects or focal points along these lines makes the image feel more balanced and interesting than dead-center placement.
What is the rule of thirds?
Our lightning-scarred protagonist aces his 6th year in Potions class with the help of a pre-owned book. Meanwhile Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy return to Narnia to help a young heir claim the throne.
What is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Caspian?
This combination of grade level designations that you will be in January 2027 is a result of the conflicting schedules of the IB, which begins in January, and Japanese school, which begins in April.
What is Grade 10 DP1 (or vice versa)
This role, which involves overseeing advisors who oversee DP students as they spend roughly a year on a long writing task, is currently my other responsibility besides teaching English.
What is EE coordinator?
The association of white doves with peace is a real-life example of this literary device, where a certain (often physical) thing represents an idea.
What is symbolism?
Audible dialogue, music, or effects that originate from inside the story world of a film, show, or game and can be heard by the characters, not just by the audience.
What is diegetic sound?
George Milton and Lennie Small's dream of owning a farm with rabbits comes to a tragic end, and a pair of secret agents in suits are dispatched to hunt down the rogue aliens responsible, wiping the memories of any innocent bystanders.
What is Of Mice and Men In Black
These three elements of what the IB calls the "Core" of the Diploma Programme are mandatory for graduating but are not graded like your 6 subjects.
What are CAS, EE, and TOK? You get a bonus star if you can say what they stand for.
This number, which may or may not be my age, is the atomic number of Germanium. It can be represented as 11 + 22 + 33, which is pretty cool.
What is 32?
When a non-human thing is described with a human action or characteristic, such as "a babbling brook," this device is in use.
What is personification?
The visual heaviness, darkness, or thickness of a line in traditional or digital art.
What is line weight or stroke weight?
Hemingway's aging fisherman is pushed to the limits of his strength when he is encouraged to train and ride an undersized and unpopular racehorse, winning against all odds.
What is The Old Man and the Seabiscuit?
Used to stand in for a person or thing previously mentioned, this category of word includes the first word in the school anthem, despite there being no such previously mention thing it's referring to, a fact that drives me crazy.
What is a pronoun?
My favorite anime, this 6-episode series from the year 2000 was produced by Gainax and features a young boy who, after being whacked with a bass guitar, is troubled by alien robots emerging from his head (among other things).
What is FLCL?
The line "I can resist anything but temptation," from one of Oscar Wilde's plays, is an example of this device.
What is (a) paradox?