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- 1. 1 HUMANS And NATURE FINDING YOURSELF NAME:__________________________________ Create a title page: What does the concept of humans and nature mean to you? Illustrate it...
- 2. 2 HUMANSandNATURE-FINDINGYOURSELF METALANGUAGE Complete the definitions for each of the terms below: Adventure Ascend Awe Conquer Culture Concept Context Composition Discovery Destination Experience Frontier (re final) Hostile
- 3. 3 Ideology Journey Naturalism Ourselves or The Self Philosophy Quest Reflection Rhetoric Representation Rebirth Reality Transcend Transform Symbolic Sensory Seeking
- 4. 4 Visualisation Wonder FILM TECHNIQUES long shot close up extreme close up point of view cutaway or jump cut low camera angle high camera angle panning zooming Setting Lighting Soundtrack Sound effects Special Effects Animation
- 5. 5 Soft Focus Mis-en-scene Mind Maptheconcept of FINDINGYOURSELFINNATURE:as a classor inpairs Answerthe followingQuestions: 1. Why dowe “pit” ourselvesagainstnaturetochallengeortransformourselves? _______________________________________________________________________________________ FINDING YOURSELF IN NATURE
- 6. 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why doyou thinkit is appealingtousashumanstobealwaystrying tochallengeor transformourselves? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why doyou thinkwe tell storiesofourhumanchallengesandtriumphs? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Whatmakes onestorymorevaluable than anothertobetextualisedin filmornovel foralargeraudience?Justifyyouranswer _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 7. 7 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Doyou thinkit isthe journeyorthedestinationthatismostimportant?Justifyyouranswer. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why doyou thinkthe conceptofjourneysisimportanttothehumanpshyce/soul/body? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Whatare thewaysin whichwe‘find ourselves’innature?List asmanyasyou canthink of. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 8. 8 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. ‘Finding Yourself’in natureisbothan oldanda newconcept.Nametwo ofbothofthe categories;historicalandpresentday.(as eitherachallengeto overcome,totransformthebodyorsoulortotranscendthenorm) Historical _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Presentday _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Howdodirectorsandfilmeditorsusefilmtechniquestopromoteafilm asatrailer? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Dofilm trailersalwayslive uptothefilm theyare promoting?Considerthisquestionbeforeanswering... List 3 filmsyou havewatchedthathavenotlived uptothetrailerwhichpromotedthem. 1._____________________________________________________________________________________
- 9. 9 2.____________________________________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________________________________ List 3 filmsyou havewatchedthathavelivedupto thetrailerwhichpromotedthefilm. 1._____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.____________________________________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________________________________ Now reflectandanswertheabovequestion:Justifyyouranswer. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PREDICT THE TRAILER Watchthe trailerforthefilm“Tracks’: Now predictwhatyouthinkare the: THEMES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PLOT:_________________________________________________________________________________
- 10. 10 ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Looking atthepromotionalPosterabovedescribethevisualtechniquesoccurring: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ RewatchtheTrailer:List 5 filmtechniquesthey haveusedinproductionofthetrailertopromoteit? Explaintheeffectofeachtechniquewithinthe trailer. 1._____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.____________________________________________________________________________________
- 11. 11 3._____________________________________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________________________________________ Explainif thefollowingplaya partinthe promotionaltrailer: Colour:_______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ TimingofScenes:_______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ SoundandSpecialEffects:_________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Write amock filmreview forthe‘Tracks”trailer:whatdoyou thinkit will be about?,Wouldyourecommendit?Etc. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 12. 12 PREDICT THE TRAILER Watchthe trailerforthefilm“Intothe Wild’: Nowpredictwhatyouthink arethe: THEMES:_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PLOT:_________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Looking atthepromotionalPosterabovedescribethevisualtechniques occurring: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 13. 13 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ RewatchtheTrailer:List 5 filmtechniquesthey haveusedinproductionofthetrailertopromoteit? Explaintheeffectofeachtechniquewithinthe trailer. 1._____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.____________________________________________________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________________________________________________ 4._____________________________________________________________________________________ 5._____________________________________________________________________________________ Explainif thefollowingplaya partinthe promotionaltrailer: Colour:_______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ TimingofScenes:_______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ SoundandSpecialEffects:_________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Write amock filmreview forthe‘Tracks”trailer:whatdoyou thinkit will be about?,Wouldyourecommendit?Etc. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 14. 14 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ComparetheRealStoryversustheFilmedstoryforeachofthetrailers? Usethesymbaloo siteforthisunitforresearchingthestories: http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13ePQL0KJc TRACKS –RobynDavidsonStory FILM STORY REALSTORY Reflectiononthedifferencesorsimilarities INTO THEWILD –Christopher McCandless story FILM STORY REALSTORY
- 15. 15 Reflectiononthedifferencesorsimilarities 11. Isareal storyportrayedbetterasa:Documentary,anonfictionorfictionalfilmnarrative,orasarealitytv series?Explainandjustify youranswer. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Whatmakes oneparticularformatoffilm(documentary,narrative,orrealitytv) moreauthenticthananother? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 16. 16 13. Doyou thinktrueorreal storiesareportrayedauthenticallywhenwrittenorfilmed? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Explainthedifferencesbetweenthefollowinggenreoffilm: writea definitionforeach. Documentary:___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ NarrativeFeatureFilm:___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ RealityTV:_____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ REALITYTELEVISION
- 17. 17 WatchanepisodeofManversusWildwithBearGrylls:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RoJ- tPt1bY&index=3&list=PLEsXVCaSUg95dVkpvzBOxMe0TYnafGSzA 15. Doyou thinkthereality tv showdepictsanauthenticrepresentationofBearGryllssurvivialagainstnature? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16. When filmingdoyou thinkBear Gryllssurvivalis accentuatedfortheaudience? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Inediting whatkindoftechniqueshasthefilm editorusedtocreate;drama,suspense,excitement,throughthefilmtechniques used? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 18. BearGrylls hasbeen commentedonasbeing afake becauseofhiscameracrew,whatdoyouthink? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ COMPARISONS - IntheVen Diagramcomparethedifferencesbetweenthegenres:
- 19. 19 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ TRACKSthestoryofRobynDavidson ‘I didnotperceiveat thattimethatI wasallowingmyselfto get moreinvolved with writing aboutthetripthanthe tripitself. Itdidnotdawnon me thatalreadyI wasbeginning to see it asastoryforotherpeople,withabeginning andan ending.’ SaidRobynDavidsonofher writtenmemoires. 1. Consideringthequoteabove:Doesit revealanythingaboutthe wayRobyn Davidsonthoughtaboutheradventure.Doestherecordingofitforothersmakeitlessofa selfdiscovery? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 20. 20 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Film Synopsis: In1977, RobynDavidsonsuccessfullytravelledfromAlice Springs across2,700kilometres(1,700 miles)of Australian deserts totheIndianOcean withher dogandfour camels. Rick Smolan documented herjourney. Shealsobecame aninternationalphenomenonasthe‘camellady’.And the rest,astheysay,washistory. Robyn Davidson set out in 1975 for Alice Springs with a dream to traversethe continent with only a few camels for company. At that stage, though,she had never even handled a camel, and so set about finding people toteachher. Shealsohadnomoneytofundthetrip,sohadtorely onlocal casualworktosupporther trainingandlaterpurchaseofanimals.Sheinitiallyvisited threecameleersinordertofinda personwillingtotrainherin camel management: anold Afghan trader named Sally Mahomet, a tourism operator, and Kurt Posel. She began herapprenticeship with the latter who proved to be both a cruel taskmaster, and an Indian giver, and sheeventuallyfoundhersaviourinSally,whoofferedher twomonthsworkin returnfortwocamelsforherproposed trek. But this was only the beginning of an arduous process of nearly two years tending twoanimals,oneofwhicheventuallyhadtobeput down,andduringwhichshealmostgaveupthechallenge. Her real saviour, though, arrived in the person ofNational Geographic photographer Rick Smolan whosuggestedshewritetohisemployerforfinancialsupport.Herletterwasunexpectedlysuccessfulsothatshe foundherselfwiththewherewithaltoembarkonthejourney,butalsovexed by theneedto submittotheprying eye ofRick’s cameraforsome partsof thejourney,andeventuallytotheneed to writeherstory,aswell. Answer the follow questions about the film “Tracks”: 1. Davidson is appalled by the brutal treatment of his camels by Kurt, but later she bemoans some of the treatments she sees administered such as castration withoutanaesthetic.Arecameleersunnecessarily crueltotheiranimalsinyour opinion? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 21. 21 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Alice Springsisdescribedas ‘Itis afrontiertown,characterizedbyanaggressivemasculineethicandsevereracialtensions.’ Doyou thinkthe filmdepictsthisrepresentation? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ‘It issaidthatanyonewhoseestheToddRiverflowthreetimesfalls inlove withtheAlice. ‘ Usingthe filmsrepresentationas inspirationWhatdoyouthink makestheAlice soappealingtobothvisitorsandinhabitants? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 22. 22 4. Studythemapat thefront aboveandtracethe journeywhichDavidsonmade throughthiscountry. Listwhatyouwouldhave taken onthe journey: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. List thetownsshegoesthrough: _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 23. 23 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Robyn Davidsonsays, ‘Onedoes nothave todelve toodeeplyto discoverwhysomeoftheworld’sangriestfeminists breathed crisp blue Australian air during their formative years, beforepacking their kangaroo -skinbags...I mean.’IsAustraliastilllike Davidsondescribesorhasfeminismsuccessfullychallenged thestereotypicalmachoAustralian dominated cultureinrecentyears? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Davidson maintains that her fame grew from an out of date concept of what awomaniscapableof.Herdescriptionasthe ‘camel lady’ becamea burdentoher. Thinkaboutthe mythologisingofherrolein thisjourneysfilmnarration. Discusswhatyou thinkthis reveals aboutattitudestowomen? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 24. 24 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Considertherepresentationofthe conditionsinAboriginalcamps withinthefilm,aretheyanybetter today? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Davidsondescribestouristsinveryunflatteringtermswithinthefilm. Issherightaboutthis?And what would she make of the sophisticated equipment that people take withthemthesedays? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What are the necessary qualities for survival? Read the following two quotes andthendiscussthisquestion. ‘Thereisnothingsorealas havingtothink aboutsurvival.Believing inomensis allright aslongasyou knowexactly what youare doing.’and
- 25. 25 ‘And my fearhadadifferentqualitynowtoo.Itwasdirect and useful.Itdidnotincapacitatemeorinterferewithmycompetence.Itwasthe naturalhealthyfearoneneedsforsurvival.’ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Whattypes ofpersonalitytraitswouldyouneedtosurvivein thewild ofnature? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 26. 26 12. Davidsonsaid‘Thetripwaseasy.Itwasnomoredangerousthancrossingthestreet,ordrivingtothebeach,oreatingpeanuts...the mostdifficultpartofanyendeavouristaking thefirststep,makingthefirstdecision.‘Doyouthink survivalisasmuchaboutthe powerothermindasit isthebody? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Davidsonobviouslytestedherownhealthin thisjourney.Despiteherclaimthatshebecameextremelyfit andhealthy,what permanentdamagemightshehavedonetoherself? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 27. 27 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Considerthis:Somenon -fictionmemoirwritershavebeen challengedabouttheveracityof theirachievements.Inthetimeofthis story,mediacoverage(apartfromphotos) wasrareintheremoteareasinwhichshetravelled. Discusstheissueofpersonal ownershipofastory.HowmightRick’sversionoftheseeventshave differedfromRobyn’s,forexample? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Peopleinsociety,Davidsonsuggests,playrolestohidetheiruncertainties.‘Backthere,therewasnonakedness,noonecouldafford it.Everyone hadtheirsocialpersonaewell -fortified...’Do youthinkweall pretendtobe somethingwe’renot? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Theethicsofphotojournalismisatopicshereturnstoconstantly.SheresentsbeingmadetolookbeautifulinRick’s earlyphotos andclaimsthatthecameralies.Later when he takes picture of Aboriginal peopleshe is even moreuncomfortablewiththe invasionoftheirprivacy.Isa cameraathreattoveracityortruth? _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 28. 28 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Robyn Davidsondescribesthesettinginevocativelanguage:‘Toenterthatcountryis tobe chokedwithdust,...moonlight.’ And‘It wasoneofthosebrittle brightdays...Australianafternoons.’AnalyseavisualscenefromtheTracksfilm in termsof howtheuseof languagewoulddescribetheAustralian landscape.Nowdescribeitbelow; _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Whatcameratechniquesorsoundarebeing usedinthesceneyou havechosen:
- 29. 29 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Write ashortsynopsisfortheTracksfilm:Inyourownwords. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 20. CreativelyRe writetheending forTracks: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 30. 30 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ The ‘Ultimate Extreme Tourism’ will be thetickets to the moon which are said to be planned by SirRichard Branson. Researchthebusinessof‘ExtremeTourism’. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_tourism or‘AdventureTourismProducts’byR.Buckley http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/handle/10072/17265/47330_1.pdf?sequence=1 Wouldyou goon this ‘ExtremeTourism’trip?Justifyyouranswer. _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Whattype of ‘Extreme Tourism’canyouimaginebeing popularinthefuture? _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 32. 32 AssociatedPresswriterBridgetMurphyinBostoncontributedtothisreport. Inearly March2013, 17-year-oldNicholasJoyofMedford,Mass.,triedtofindashortcutthroughthewoodswhileskiingandbecamelostwest ofSugarloafMountaininMaine. CARRABASSETTVALLEY,Maine -A 17-year-oldskierwhotriedtotake abackcountryshortcutsurvivedtwo nightsinthewild by building a shelter,drinkingfromastreamandwalkingtowardthesoundofsnowmobilesduringtheday,officialssaidTuesday. A snowmobilerwhowasnotpartofanofficialsearchpartyfoundNicholasJoy,ofMedford,Mass.,atabout 9a.m.TuesdaywestofSugarloaf Mountain,theMaineWarden Servicesaid.JoywastakentoFranklin MemorialHospitalinFarmington. "I said,`A lotof peoplearelookingforyou,'"snowmobilerJosephPaulrecalledtellingthe17-year-oldwhentheymet up."Hesaid,`I bet. I've been outherefortwonights.'" Paul,a44-year-old volunteerfirecaptainfromWarwick,Mass.,saidJoytoldhimheknew howtostayalive fromwatchingasurvivalshowon TV. The17-year-oldtoldhisrescuerhedrankfroma streamandusedhemlockbranchesina shelterhebuilt.Theteenageralsosaidhetriedto lighta fireby rubbing stickstogether,butwasn'tsuccessful. Paulsaidhegave theskier somepeanutsandcrackerstoeatandcalled911beforewhiskinghim about 4 milesdowna mountaintrailtoan ambulance. "Other thancold,heseemedtobe in really goodshape,"Paulsaid. Joytold hisrescuerhegotlostaftercuttingthroughthewoodstotrytosavetime afterabackcountryski trailended.He'dhadnothingtoeat sincehe gotlost,andit wasarareoccasioninwhichhedidn't havehiscellphonewithhim,theskier toldhisrescuer. Theteenager'sparents,RobertandDonnaJoy,releasedastatementthroughthehospitalthankingthosewhosearchedfortheir sonand prayedforhisrecovery. "Thereisgreatrelief andhappinessthatNicholashasmadeitthroughthisdifficultordeal,"itsaid. Latein theafternoon,DonnaJoyheaded outofthehospitaltoget hersonacheeseburgerandfriesthatherequested.
- 33. 33 "He hasn'teatenfortwodays,sohowwouldyoufeel?" shetoldreporters. Shesaidhersonhadn'tsufferedanyfrostbiteorotherinjuries,butwouldspendthenightatthehospital. TheweatherconditionsSundaynightandMondaynightwerebadenoughthat thesearchhadtobe suspended,andJoysurvivedbybuildinga moundofsnowthathefashionedintoashelterthathecouldcrawlinto,saidLt.Kevin Adam,thesearchcoordinator. Joywasin "remarkably goodshape,"andithelpedthatthewindsweren'tas strongin thevalley wherehewasfoundastheywere uponthe mountain,Adamsaid. "Hedid therightthingin building asnowcave,andobviously he'sstill alive totalk aboutit,sohe madesomegood decisions,"Adamsaid. Joyandhis fathersplituponSundayaftertakingachairlifttothetopofthe mountain,andtheytookseparatetrailsdowninwhatwasgoing tobe the lastrunoftheday, officialssaid.Theyplannedtomeetina parkinglot,andthefathercalledforhelpwhenhis sondidn'tshowup. Thewardenservice,theSugarloafskipatrol,theMaineForestService,theU.S.BorderPatrol,arearescuesquads,CarrabassettValleyAcademy ski volunteersandothershadbeensearchingforJoyonskis,snowshoesandsnowmobiles,officialssaid. Paulwasnotpartoftheofficialsearchteam,buthadseenthestoryon thenewsanddecidedtoconductanimpromptusearchon atrail knownasthe CaribouPondRoad.HeownspropertynearbyandwasoutlookingforJoyforabout90 minutesbeforetheskier flaggedhim down. "I know thatarea,soI figuredI'dheadthatwayon asnowmobile,"Paulsaidlater."I thoughtthatifI couldhelpout,I wouldtry." When Paul broughtJoytothe ambulance,theboy hadatearfulreunionwithhisparents.DavidLeaming, aphotographerfortheMorningSentinel newspaper,heardJoysaytohisfather:"I'mOK.I'mjusttired." SugarloafskiresortGeneralManagerJohnDillersaidhecriedwhenheheardJoywasfound."Itwasalmostlikea miracle,"hesaid. One ortwo skiersgetlostandare reportedmissingatSugarloafmostwinters,withskierssometimesspendinganightintheoutdoorsbefore being found.Inahighlypublicized casethreeyearsago,fourteenagesnowboardersgotlostaftergoingoutofboundsintoungroomedexpert terrain,butthey survivedacoldnight indensewoodsanddeepsnowby continuallymoving aroundtostaywarm. Creativelywriteanarrativeofthestoryaboveinone ofthefilm genresstudiedinclass: (Documentary,featurefilmnarrativeorRealityTelevisionshow) _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
- 36. 36 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Activity:Short‘True Story’Film Review Chooseashort“True”storythathasbeenmadeintoshortfilmof whenahumanhasgoneintonatureandtriumphedagainstor been transformedbyit. Analysethe filmforfilm techniquesandwriteafilm review. (Long response) Film chosen____________________________________________________________________________ Foundat_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________