Wed. 11-23: What we did in class today

We talked about what makes a good introduction to your presentation.

A good introduction gives the basic details about your subject: person's name, their field, their medium, the work you are going to analyze, and the date that the word was created.
It's also good to use an attention-getting technique in your introduction. An attention-getting technique is anything that makes your audience listen and be interested.

Today we practiced using this attention-getting technique: tell a short story of how you first became interested in your subject. For example, Kelly first became interested in the film director Michaelangelo Antonini in 2004, when she saw a famous film by Antonini that had been banned in China since he made it in 1972. 2004 was the first time that anybody could see this film in China, and it was exciting to finally be able to see this famous, controversial film that the rest of the world had seen 32 years earlier.

You also practiced saying your key words. Key words are the words that are most important for your presentation. For example:

documentary
vision
inspiration
black-and-white
character
one-point perspective
Guggenheim

It's important to make sure you can pronounce these words clearly, so your audience can follow along with your presentation. Also, you should write your key words where the audience can see them, for example in a power point, in a handout, or on the board.