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- 24. “It's very importantthat you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you're going to have to devote a lot of your life to it. And you're going to have to really be focused on it, overcome a lot of hurdles, such as people saying you can't do it. And of course take a lot of risks.” - George Lucas Interview by Academy of Achievement, October 2010
- 25. Passion is morethan exploring something because your curiosity about it. But than passion originates “in compassion, or love -- a source celebrated not in our intellectual tradition but in our spiritual heritage” - Parker Palmer
Editor's Notes
- #3 George Lucas He is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director Throughout his career, he set a new standards for animated films and making motion picture history ever since. He’s created many of the most popular films in motion picture history.... including....
- #4 and also this one...
- #6 We know his films
- #8 George Lucas was born in Modesto , California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas (née Bomberger; 1913-1989) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. (1913–1991), who owned a stationery store.
- #10 This is what he looked like...
- #11 Growing up...he didn’t like school.. it was boring! He felt forced into classes he had to be taking & didn’t know why he was learning the content He had no passion for learning the content in the classroom But you know what he did have a passion for?
- #12 He developed a passion for cars and motor racing which inspired him to add this into his movie... He wanted to be racer car driver, but was in a near fatal car accident...so he changed his mind.
- #13 you see several examples of racing in the Star Wars films and Indiana Jones movies He studied cinematography at the University of Southern CA. He also enjoyed studying other subjects including anthropology, sociology, and literature...he enjoyed learning why people do the things they do... analyzing human behavior ... that passion and understanding of human development translated on-screen and developing characters in his movies. After graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in film in 1967, he tried joining the United States Air Force as an officer, but he was immediately turned down because of his numerous speeding tickets .
- #14 His first film flopped terribly in 1971.
- #15 American Graffiti was a great hit! The film was nominate in five categories including ....
- #16 Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director The film featured some great talent. Can you name these individuals?
- #17 Ron Howard
- #18 Richard Dreyfuss
- #19 Harrison Ford
- #20 So let’s talk about the decision-making point. George Lucas is the co-founder of a non-profit organization called...
- #21 In the late 1980, Steve Arnold, general manager at Lucasfilm’s Game and Learning divisions, had discussions with George Lucas about his interest in education. George didn’t love his education growing as a child...no connectedness with curriculum..what he was learning, with the teachers... George wanted to provide hands-on experiences for students, he saw and understood the value of relationships and working in teams in projects, and the role technology would play in student learning. They believed the personal computer could be used to develop an immersive world for students to learn...like it was changing the world of filmmaking
- #24 Mission Statement: a place where schools provide rigorous project-based learning, social-emotional learning, and access to new technology; a place where innovation is the rule, not the exception; a place where students become lifelong learners and develop 21st-century skills, especially three fundamental skills He describes edutopia has a supermarket... “ you can walk down the aisles and say why don’t we do this? This looks good, let’s try it.”
- #25 It’s this passion that drove George to study sociology, anthropology, and literature To create great movies... he faced a lot of challenges in creating those films.
- #26 Educators are the same in this... - that we have a love for our students - a love for learning - we are passionate about developing leaders...and everything