Author Study Project
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Presented by Seniors in The Great Books (ADV English) class at Cary Academy. Click on the Author's Portrait to view a one-minute streaming video designed to portray the essence of an author's life and work.
To prepare for this project students read a biography of a favorite writer, choosing from a master List and a major work by that writer. (Read the Project Description.) Students chose a key passage from the work that typifies the writer's interests and style, and also found or wrote themselves a short passage that helps to explain the author's passion. They viewed a Demo video prepared by our Media Technology teacher, Mr. Hamilton, to get video design ideas. Then they incorporated their ideas and passages into a one-minute video using a variety of state-of-the-art computer technologies, including digital image processing (using Adobe Photoshop), sound effects and music (using Acid Music), voiceover recording (using Sound Forge), and video image processing (using Adobe Premiere). The projects were graded on how well the short videos communicate the essence of the author the student studied.

Go to Class of 2004 Student Videos
Go to Class of 2005 Student Videos
Got to Alpha List of Authors