Assignment One - Quia



Assignment One

|Duration |Topic |

|5 weeks |Film Genres |

Part A: Research.

To meet the objectives of the research component of this assignment you are required to complete this booklet. This booklet will make up 30% of your mark for this assignment.

Conditions: You are to complete this booklet as a group. Each group member must complete and hand in their completed booklet by the due date.

Due Date: Period 6 Week 3

Mark: □

Comment:

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|Criteria |A |B |C |

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|Booklet is complete. | | | |

|Answers to questions inform the reader | | | |

|about the genre. | | | |

|Appropriate elements of genre have been | | | |

|researched. | | | |

|Appropriate elements of genre have been | | | |

|identified. | | | |

|Extended research is evident in your | | | |

|answers. | | | |

|*completing this criteria will enable you | | | |

|to get a rating of “A” or “B” | | | |

|An annotated bibliography has been | | | |

|recorded in the appropriate section | | | |

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Name:___________________

Date handed in: _____________

Teacher’s signature: ______________

The genre that my group has chosen is:

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Film Genre Vocabulary

1. Complete the definition for the vocabulary.

2. * Find 5 words that are specific to your chosen genre.

|Word |Description (what is it?) |

|features or elements | |

|cross-over potential | |

|genre-hybrids | |

|box-office | |

|Academy awards | |

|Ad lib | |

|director's cut | |

|animation | |

|antagonist | |

|climax | |

|anti-climax | |

|director | |

|cast | |

|characters | |

|censorship | |

|choreographer | |

|cinematographer | |

|close-up | |

|credits | |

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Research Genre One:

Genre:______________________________

Describe the genre?

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What features or elements make up this genre? Eg. plot, the types of characters in the film eg. Heroes or villains, life threatening circumstances, problem-resolution etc.

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What cross-over potential does this genre have? What other genres could be included with this genre?

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What special effects could be included in the making of a film in this genre?

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What type of energy does this genre generate in the viewer?

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Is this genre well-represented at the box office? Why or why not? You will need to review the types of movies that have been at the box-office for the past two years in Australia to come to this conclusion. Write your findings in the lines below.

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What is the history behind this genre? –

When was this type of film first created?

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Name some of the first films?

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Who wrote them?

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Who acted in them?

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What impact did they have on audiences and the film industry?

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What influences occurred to make this film genre what it is today?

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List 10 well-known films of this genre from the early movies to the present.

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Describe a movie from the beginning of this film genre’s history.

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Describe a movie from the present?

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How have these movies changed?

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Research in detail the top three actors in this film genre. (what characters did they play, roles, impact on film industry etc.) Write each actor in the lined boxes provided.

Annotated Bibliography (The websites I viewed in my research)

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