{"id":246,"date":"2025-02-04T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/villainize-yourself\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:18:20","slug":"villainize-yourself","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringstudent\/chapter\/villainize-yourself\/","title":{"raw":"Villainize Yourself!","rendered":"Villainize Yourself!"},"content":{"raw":"Ask students if they know what a [pb_glossary id=\"777\"]photo filter [\/pb_glossary]is. 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Explain to students that they will be designing a filter that you can use in a photo or video to make someone look more like a media villain.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If you want, you can download the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1WmONucXKZqIlV-DnUsWiAl-kgihbIhyG\/view?usp=sharing\">printable version<\/a> of the Villainize Yourself! activity and distribute it to students.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBased on your conversation in class, they should think of at least three things the filter will let you <strong>add<\/strong> on top of the image and three things the filter will let you <strong>change<\/strong> about the image.\r\n\r\nHave students draw and label icons representing these.\r\n\r\nYounger students can explain their choices to you or the class or using the <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discovering\/chapter\/reflection-recorder-2\/\">Reflection Recorder<\/a>; older students can write a short explanation of their choices.\r\n\r\nIf you wish, you can have students create a before\/after artwork where they take a photo or another image and show what it would look like .\r\n\r\nReflection: Have students reflect on the following questions, either in class discussion or in writing as an exit ticket:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Many of the more recent Disney movies, such as <em>Moana<\/em> and <em>Encanto<\/em>, do not have characters who are clear villains. 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