Thursday, May 24, 2012Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Purpose/Goals of the Project

Identify genres of film Apply knowledge of conventions of film

content and form to genres of film Analyze the conventions of that genre within a

selected film Demonstrate that knowledge through a group

presentation Develop public speaking skills

1. Genre presentation example2. Finish3. Take notes as you watch4. Pause for screen captures (snipping tool)

to put still images in to presentation5. Select and use brief clips

Today’s Activities

Historical: D205 Gangster: D204-Nasby’s room Sci-Fi: D206 mini-lab Musical: D206 mini-lab Horror: library editing room (upstairs) Action-adventure: library editing room Western: Macchiarella’s mini-lab Romantic Comedy: Devidal’s mini-lab

Viewing locations

Sources

1. Genre analysis research Use the text (pages 78-103) http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html www.imdb.com/genre http://classicfilm.about.com/od/classicmov

iereviews/a/GenreGuide.htm