WINGS the science of language arts
observing: - who speaks most often ?
- are speaking parts one or two or three sentences ?
- is the dialog "paired" ? e.g. joe / helen; brian / alex
estimate: how many speaking "parts" there will be in the show.
collecting data: speaking frequency; what are Nilsen ratings ?
graphing: the frequency of each character's speaking parts (below)
interpreting data: what do Nilsen ratings mean ?
communicating:
- why do like or do you not like this series / episode ?
- what kind of commercials are there ?
- cost / minute ?
measuring: time ---the prologue; commercials (freq/length); actual "show"
infer: why is this show so popular ?
hypothesizing: "Is this show the favorite ages 13-16; or 17-20 ?"
cooperative writing:
- how is a script "put together" --
- what is the
- division of labor ( who does what ) --
- how much "give" and "take" is
- there for each writer ?
- How would it feel to have your "best gag" or
- scenario rejected by the other writers ?
graph the number of times each character speaks
joe ------- brian ------- helen ------- alex ------- antonio ------- lowell ------- roy ------- faye
- do this with your favorite Saturday morning cartoon show.
- the evening news: how many different reporters get "on camera" ?
- a full length movie ?
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