The Project Path
Crazy? I was crazy once. I did PLP. A PLP project. A PLP project with memorization. And memorization makes me crazy.
Welcome to Cray Cray Yay Yay, the project where we delve into the world of presentations and writing and, as my hook hinted at, memorization. This project was all about the Apple “Crazy Ones” campaign which was a part of the “Think Different” series of the late 90s. We made use of storyboards and storytelling features to make our presentation more guided, natural, smoother, and less robotic. We worked with many teachers over the course of the month and a half project, and one of the teachers, Ms. Madsen, helped us work on inflection, projection, and all the other “tions” to make our presentations pop. This was a long journey, and it may or may not have driven me, dare I say, crazy.
Without further ado, welcome to the crazy world of Pikachu- I mean PechaKuchas. Enjoy.
My Learning Adventure
I wasn’t on the PLP trip, which unfortunately left me out of a lot of the learning. The kids in Seattle learned about tons of different buildings and people, like Frank Gehry and the MoPOP. The students that stayed at Seycove didn’t learn any of this, and were expected to either research on their own, or just know. It’s not like we were given time for it either. We were kept busy learning about local “crazy” people and how they change the community around them. (see “My Work” section).
Now let’s reflect on how everything went. The preparation could have been better for sure, but everything’s always better with more practice. The performance ended up going well after all, though I had to do my part with a cue card of sorts due to being very nervous and forgetting lines. During the presentation, due to how I was holding the cue card when not in use, when I needed to use it to refer to a topic, I’d have to bring it from my side up to my face view. I realized that this would draw too much attention to it, so I just improv-ed as best I could. I’d say it turned out well, but could’ve gone better! (Granted, we were missing a group member.)
My Work
Charlie Chaplin Presentation
Local Cray Cray Yay Yay Response
Architectural Wonders Craft Space
PechaKucha Storyboard
Photo Gallery
Driving Question and Answer
“Why does it take a crazy person to change the world?”
A crazy person changing the world is an important idea. Someone with unique thoughts and a perception of how the world should be or can be that differs from others truly stands out. Like they say, however, knowing (or in this case believing) is only have the battle. All the people we studied in the project like Einstein, Ghandi, and even Charlie Chaplin changed the world in some way by going out there and pursuing their own crazy ideas and ideals. This is exactly what the “Crazy Ones” campaign was all about.
All in all, it takes a crazy person to change the world because they’re the ones that pursue the ideas they have, and act on their inspirations and aspirations.
Thanks for reading, and stay Cray Cray!