what a novel question. here are my favorite quotes:
"we didn't have to cut school because the school got set on fire."
"because I got engaged on my lunch break."
"do you love school?" "yes." '(how much? enough to go to night school?)' (answer:) "nuh-uh"
interesting music bed... ends with the lyrics "there's gonna be a tragedy"
I think this spot or what I call a montage (mahn-tahj) expresses the attitude of 'we're just social beings being social.' It would be nice to follow-up with a montage that answers the question, what did you learn today?
Ah, cutting class. A time-honored high school tradition that unites us all, ditching has been practiced by pretty much every high school student. "Where Were You Fifth Period" takes a look at the reasons why students cut class, from the ordinary ("I woke up late!" and "The class was boring" have been student excuses since the Stone Age") to the exceptional - one girl didn't go to school for three days in order to attend a concert.
The best part of this piece, though, was the way it exposed a little of the school system's hypocrisy through the casual student responses. Two girls admit that they cut class in order to finish a class project, and another says that since the school wouldn't let her father pick her up (he wasn't on the "emergency contact" list) she had to just leave instead. These responses lent a very interesting light to the piece, making it more than just another humorous montage of teens doing funny things.
The piece would work well in a larger magazine-style show about high school; it might be a little short to stand well on its own.
This piece, was different in the fact that it was the teacher that was asking the questions but this was not made clear untill the middle of the piece. This caused some confusion for me but overall a great piece.
This vox-pop/collage of "excuses" for cutting school is fun to listen to, and it's the right length for what it is-- any longer, and it would have had to dig a bit deeper into the subject. My favorite excuse: I didn't need to cut school because "the school got set on fire". Introduced as a youth-produced piece, this would be a fun break in a magazine show.
This piece is about ditching and the excuses told by the students. A good technique of this review is that the answers are told in a collage format with music in the background. This makes the story more interesting and it really makes you want to hear more. The answers were funny One weak point in the story is that there should have been narration in the beginning about what the story is about and maybe even telling the listeners what inspired her to create this story and how a teacher got the answers out of her students, especially the one who ditched her class.
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Produced by Erika Ortiz, Paul Roldan, Alca Usan for Curie Youth Radio
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Jen Curry
Posted on February 27, 2008 at 04:05 AM | Permalink
Review of Where Were You Fifth Period?
what a novel question. here are my favorite quotes:
"we didn't have to cut school because the school got set on fire."
"because I got engaged on my lunch break."
"do you love school?" "yes." '(how much? enough to go to night school?)' (answer:) "nuh-uh"
interesting music bed... ends with the lyrics "there's gonna be a tragedy"
I think this spot or what I call a montage (mahn-tahj) expresses the attitude of 'we're just social beings being social.' It would be nice to follow-up with a montage that answers the question, what did you learn today?
Emily Raymond
Posted on June 18, 2006 at 09:53 AM | Permalink
Review of Where Were You Fifth Period?
Ah, cutting class. A time-honored high school tradition that unites us all, ditching has been practiced by pretty much every high school student. "Where Were You Fifth Period" takes a look at the reasons why students cut class, from the ordinary ("I woke up late!" and "The class was boring" have been student excuses since the Stone Age") to the exceptional - one girl didn't go to school for three days in order to attend a concert.
The best part of this piece, though, was the way it exposed a little of the school system's hypocrisy through the casual student responses. Two girls admit that they cut class in order to finish a class project, and another says that since the school wouldn't let her father pick her up (he wasn't on the "emergency contact" list) she had to just leave instead. These responses lent a very interesting light to the piece, making it more than just another humorous montage of teens doing funny things.
The piece would work well in a larger magazine-style show about high school; it might be a little short to stand well on its own.
Ernest Bluford
Posted on April 29, 2006 at 11:19 PM | Permalink
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This piece, was different in the fact that it was the teacher that was asking the questions but this was not made clear untill the middle of the piece. This caused some confusion for me but overall a great piece.
Sarah Elzas
Posted on April 19, 2006 at 06:30 AM | Permalink
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This vox-pop/collage of "excuses" for cutting school is fun to listen to, and it's the right length for what it is-- any longer, and it would have had to dig a bit deeper into the subject. My favorite excuse: I didn't need to cut school because "the school got set on fire". Introduced as a youth-produced piece, this would be a fun break in a magazine show.
Traci Tong
Posted on April 17, 2006 at 10:45 AM | Permalink
Review of Where Were You Fifth Period?
Great effort by the students at the Curie Youth Radio.
Needed a set up at the beginning that it was the teacher.
But the answers from the students were great!
Classic:
"Her pants got wet."
"I got engaged on my lunch period."
Answers were layered, vox popped with music woven through -- very humorous.
Would love to hear more from them. They obviously had fun and picked a subject that would be sure to generate great responses.
Janie Shorty
Posted on April 14, 2006 at 12:35 PM | Permalink
Review of Where Were You Fifth Period?
This piece is about ditching and the excuses told by the students. A good technique of this review is that the answers are told in a collage format with music in the background. This makes the story more interesting and it really makes you want to hear more. The answers were funny One weak point in the story is that there should have been narration in the beginning about what the story is about and maybe even telling the listeners what inspired her to create this story and how a teacher got the answers out of her students, especially the one who ditched her class.