Rick Mercer Challenge Activity

Take a Rick Mercer Photo Challenge. The challenge is simple:

In this assignment you will brush up on your Photoshop skills. I would like you to download the following image and save it to your computer(H:drive). Create a political spoof by manipulating the photograph.

Write a 500 word essay explaining what the image represents, how and why you changed the image. Also explain the meaning of the image.

Rick Mercer posts these photos on his website: http://www.rickmercer.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.gallery&challengeId=84&seasonId=2. Consult this website to see images made by others.

Click here to download the image

Digital Photography Unit

Using the lighting kit

sample 1
Sample 2 (Portrait Definition)

NFB Animation Workshop

Is "Fahrenheit 9/11" a Documentary Film, or What is a Documentary Film? Tuesday Oct 9th Assignment

Read the following article and answer the following questions: Click here for the article

1) How do you define the term "documentary film"?
2) Is "Fahrenheit 9/11" a Documentary?
3) How has the definition of documentary changed in recent years, if at all?
4) Can or should documentaries have a point of view and if so, are they still called documentaries?

Fast Food Documentary

This is a good example of a high school student documentary project on Fast Food.

Fahrenheit 9/11