{"id":217,"date":"2019-03-31T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/?p=217"},"modified":"2019-04-14T23:27:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:27:47","slug":"w7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/2019\/03\/31\/w7\/","title":{"rendered":"W7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>STRATEGIES &amp; PLANNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WE finalized our ideas and decided to use unity to align with story. \u00a0also we did a pre- act to clear and the story characters and what everybody should do. milo as the leader of the kids team from LCSS in charging of the story coherency and other kids and making tiny elements like text for &#8220;protestors&#8221; etc. It was a productive day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STORYLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Farmer John wakes up goes through a brief morning routine.<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a little off-color. John swings his leg over the bed and lumbers to the sink. He brushes his teeth and wakes up. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foley: Running water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cut to chickens clucking, in cages, by the thousands, stretching back into a warehouse- John checks water and we see a chicken with a pink, irritated, underbelly. From the outside, the space is gray. The leaves are kind of greenish-gray, and there is a brown pond close to the warehouse. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From a close-up of a sign for Happy Acres farms, we see protestors picketing with signs like \u201cPRACTICE SUSTAINABLE FARMING\u201d and \u201cSTOP TORTURING ANIMALS\u201d<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protesters are waving signs up and down and marching around, chanting slogans like \u201c Factory farming is murder,\u201d etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John is poring over documents which are revealed to be tax forms.<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He seems worried. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the same room, John calls a friend who suggests he give into the protests and try sustainable farming. <\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cIt\u2019s just, with these new protests, the numbers aren\u2019t working out.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Friend<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cOn Facebook, I saw a story about this farm. It\u2019s like the most sustainable one on the planet. They even rotate chickens out to help the soil. Besides, the protesters are kinda right. Your farm really messes up the river. Maybe you should take a look. But remember, if things go South, I\u2019m here for you. \u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAll right. I\u2019ll take a look. And thanks. Seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Googles \u201cSustainable farming,\u201d and a name comes up: Wilfred Stephens. <\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foley: Keyboards clacking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He calls Stephens and asks to visit his farm. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cHello?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Stephens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cHello. This is Wilfred Stephens.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: \u201cHi Mr. Stephens. I\u2019m a farmer, although I can\u2019t claim mine is anywhere near as environmentally friendly as yours.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Stephens:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThank you. It\u2019s been a long fight to make my farm sustainable.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThe reason I\u2019m calling, anyways, is that I\u2019d like to visit your farm. With the new protests and awareness, I\u2019m getting chewed out.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Stephens:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cI absolutely understand. Does next Saturday work?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>John: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDefinitely. Hang up.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John drives down and sees the grass getting greener as he leaves his farm. A river running next to the road starts brownish and ends up crystal clear and blue. He arrives at Stephens\u2019s farm and <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tour time! Stephens leads John around and he sees the chickens, 10 to a small coop, strutting around, and the cows, large and docile, grazing on grass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John speaks to the same friend, and describes his dilemma. He wants to make profits, but he\u2019s not sure if he can continue having seen the better way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014SoPHIA:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c1 year later\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We see the same \u201cHappy Acres\u201d sign, and pan down in the same way to a line of trucks waiting to get their food.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We see an ending sequence mirroring the opening one. John\u2019s legs swing off of the bed and he brushes his teeth. Cheery music is playing in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chicken warehouse is gone. Instead, small coops of happy, healthy chickens take their place. John looks out on to his farm and the grass is vibrant. The trees are fuller, and there is a small pond, and everyone looks happier.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STRATEGIES &amp; PLANNING WE finalized our ideas and decided to use unity to align with story. \u00a0also we did a pre- act to clear and the story characters and what everybody should do. milo as the leader of the kids team from LCSS in charging of the story coherency and other kids and making tiny &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/2019\/03\/31\/w7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">W7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/immersive.parsons.edu\/edtech2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}