Thursday, February 18, 2016

Seventh Graders Perform "Invasion from Mars"

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Check out our live audio recording of "Invasion from Mars!" Our selected excerpt from Orson Welles' original 1938 radio play was recorded live in our classroom. Leave a comment about what you think of Welles' play. Would you have panicked if you had heard this play on the radio?

Click this link to listen to our recording!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEybIF2M8CU&feature=youtu.be

Watch an old movie! "Invasion from Mars" from 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyDITlXCU3Y&feature=youtu.be#t=29.841
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14 comments:

  1. AshmawiFebruary 18, 2016 at 7:17 AM

    great job everyone it sounds extremely real and great job with the pictures Khala Kim! It looks awesome! Increadible work I can't wait till I show this to my parents I know that they will like it. Great teamwork guys ;)

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  2. ZaidFebruary 18, 2016 at 5:59 PM

    It sounds very realistic! Great job everyone. And the music Khala Kim added made it sound really professional.

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  3. MisbahFebruary 18, 2016 at 6:54 PM

    Our live recording seems like a success! Everyone did amazing, and the music, Khala Kim, added drama and suspense, and seemed fitting for this type of literature. I can’t wait till we do it again!

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  4. Eman AFebruary 19, 2016 at 6:49 PM

    Wow. It sounds really good.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 20, 2016 at 7:37 PM

    You guys did a great job! It sounds really good. Great job everyone!

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    1. AshmawiFebruary 21, 2016 at 10:04 PM

      Thank You Abia but most of the work was done by our great language arts techer. I can't wait to see what you guys can do.

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  6. D40127_AmatKFebruary 22, 2016 at 2:29 PM

    Awesome jobs peeps!
    Great realistic ideas in there, more like an old radio play.
    This scene provides everyone with a role. Good, good.

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    1. D40127_AmatKFebruary 22, 2016 at 2:30 PM

      If a radio play were to be wired today, I think less people will believe it (because inevitably some will believe it) because people are more used to things like aliens from outer space as a cause of the numerous T.V. shows about aliens today.I believe that since children have more imagination, they will be less prone to panic resulting from, this.

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    2. D40127_AmatKFebruary 22, 2016 at 2:35 PM

      About Orson Wells' Invasion from Mars, I don't think he did the story, War of the Worlds, justice enough. I prefer the book to the radio play because of the extra details.

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  7. Umayrah SyedFebruary 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM

    The recording sounds great, especially how the frequency levels are different and the audio is crackling a few times. I can't wait till we try it with Hamlet but that would probably be a little harder because you have to say it in old English.

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  8. Hala FathimaFebruary 22, 2016 at 6:23 PM

    Kudos to everyone who read the play! It sounded very lifelike! I thoroughly enjoyed the reading of the play. I am a bit disappointed that I could not read along with you guys, but it still sounded really great. I think that if something like this aired on the radio, people would not even tend to react even as much as the people back then.

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  9. Zeeshan AliFebruary 22, 2016 at 6:28 PM

    The recording sounds awesome. Especially because of the special effects. The sound sometimes crackles and it sounds just like the real thing. Everybody put their best to do this project,that too in one period!The music was another great factor that Khala Kim added. The frequency levels were also good. Overall, it was great teamwork. We should do this again with Hamlet later on.

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  10. UnknownFebruary 23, 2016 at 8:30 PM

    Thank you for all your comments so far, everyone! I enjoyed working on this with you. Hopefully everyone will practice their "Hamlet" reading so we can do another one with the rest of the class!

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