RUN+Strategies+OJ2

1. First complete the ** chart below ** comparing the narratives of the two stories. How does the story start? || Gus and his classmates must bring in pictures of what they are thankful of. || There's a sanctuary for elephants, and stray dogs or people are considered and assigned partners || of how many things he's thankful for || Bella, an elephant's partner who's a stray dog, suffered a spinal cord injury and was immobile for an amount of time || older kid creates problems and buts in or stops the fun between the two protagonists. || The elephant misses the dog, and each day she suffers from the spinal cord injury, the elephant would wait outside || Mr. T(urkey), who then defends Gus when the older kid makes fun of them and chases them. || Bella soon recovered after 3 months, but in the meanwhile, the owner of the dog brought her down to the elephant and they had interacted after the dog being partially paralyzed || What has changed? || Gus had taken a picture with Mr.T to turn into his teacher, along with other pictures that he took with his friend and with what they had created and worked on on the farm. || Bella and the elephant return to being connected at the knee, and all is good || How is this achieved? || The Gus is the main character, though there is a narrator, but it's taking sides with Gus. The 'camera's' height is equal to Gus and his friend, there's "little kid" words and the complication of the pictures is low. || The reporter of the news station tells the story because he's talking in third person and also describing the relationship between the dog and the elephant with certain words. ||
 * || **Happy Thanksgiving Gus ...** || **Assignment America ...** ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus doesn't know what to takes pictures of, because
 * How does this create conflict between characters? || Gus visits a farm that's owned by a friend, and an
 * How is this resolved? || Gus then develops a friendship with a turkey called
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view?

2. Then, by paying particular attention to the visual images in the stories and the ways in which these provide clues to the meaning of the stories, write a paragraph explaining how you "read" the stories to get the full meaning of each of the stories. You may find it useful to consider some of these factors:
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text (or voice)

// **Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!** // ** Paragraph Here ** : In // Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!, // you can basically tell what the story is, except for the fact that they have to bring in a picture of what they're thankful for. This is possible by the way the characters are drawn, their gestures and their facial expressions. The way the 'camera' is set, its at level with the character, instead of 'looking down' onto the character and their surroundings. But when it is looking down at the character, it signifies that there's an adult or an older person is looking down at them to speak. The exact same thing happens when the kids are talking to the older person, but it looks up at them, and what seems to be behind them. You can tell not only on how the character are illustrated, but the words used in the story. The illustrations are like large and sort of not proportional, not to mention that the characters are animals.

In //Assignment America//, the story isn't as clear as it is in the Gus book. The first thing is that they provide the setting, with 'supporting characters' (caretakers), and then the main characters, the elephant and her dog. There's then some back story on how the two met, then their current relationship, then the major problem that happened to them. Color, framing, composition, etc., isn't the strongest factors in the story, but the tone is the major thing here. It starts out all interesting, then when the problem was provided, it instantly sunk all the hearts of all the viewers.
 * //Assignment America// Paragraph Here ** :


 * Note: The camera angle and distance (type of shot) help to tell the story, to frame the images on the screen, and to organize the composition.**