This document provides guidance on researching film genres for a media studies coursework. It instructs students to:
1) Choose a genre and research its history, key texts, themes.
2) Analyze the openings of 5 films in that genre by comparing events, characters, dialogue, and technical elements.
3) Derive a list of conventions to follow and one to adapt for their own work.
4) Develop opening scenes for their film incorporating researched genre conventions.
5) Present their ideas to peers for feedback on adherence to conventions.
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Film Genre Convention Research: Learning Objectives
This document provides guidance on researching film genres for a media studies coursework. It instructs students to:
1) Choose a genre and research its history, key texts, themes.
2) Analyze the openings of 5 films in that genre by comparing events, characters, dialogue, and technical elements.
3) Derive a list of conventions to follow and one to adapt for their own work.
4) Develop opening scenes for their film incorporating researched genre conventions.
5) Present their ideas to peers for feedback on adherence to conventions.
This document provides guidance on researching film genres for a media studies coursework. It instructs students to:
1) Choose a genre and research its history, key texts, themes.
2) Analyze the openings of 5 films in that genre by comparing events, characters, dialogue, and technical elements.
3) Derive a list of conventions to follow and one to adapt for their own work.
4) Develop opening scenes for their film incorporating researched genre conventions.
5) Present their ideas to peers for feedback on adherence to conventions.
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Film Genre Convention Research: Learning Objectives
This document provides guidance on researching film genres for a media studies coursework. It instructs students to:
1) Choose a genre and research its history, key texts, themes.
2) Analyze the openings of 5 films in that genre by comparing events, characters, dialogue, and technical elements.
3) Derive a list of conventions to follow and one to adapt for their own work.
4) Develop opening scenes for their film incorporating researched genre conventions.
5) Present their ideas to peers for feedback on adherence to conventions.
Copyright:
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Yr 12 OCR Media Studies
Film Genre Convention
Research
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the steps to be taken in researching
genre for coursework. 2. To understand how to use researched conventions to plan coursework. Starter Think of a movie you have seen recently:
1. What genre could you describe this
movie as? 2. What happens in the first two or three minutes? 3. Is the opening few minutes like other movies you have seen? How? Steps in research 1. Choose the genre of movie you will make, and do some background research into it. 2. Watch at least five opening sequences from this genre. 3. Take notes, comparing: a) What happens; b) What kinds of characters there are; c) What the dialogue is like; d) How camera / mise-en-scene / editing / sound are used. 4. Come up with a list of ten things which you will do in your coursework to keep within the genre; 5. Come up with one way in which your coursework will deviate from the conventions of the genre. Background Research • When did this genre come about, and where did it evolve from? • What are the key texts in this genre? When were they made, and by whom? • What are the themes and ideas often explored in these genres? • How has the genre been changed or adapted in the past? Gangster Movies
A short case study
(lowercase) a Background renewal of life, vigour, interest; • Originated in 1930s rebirth; revival. • Early gangster (in the arts, movies criticised for glamorising violence (Scarface, architecture, etc) The Public Enemy) cutting-edge, • 1960s saw emergence characteristic of a of British gangster movies (Get Carter) style and school of • thought 1980s that rejects saw a renaissance (The Godfather, Scarface), the dogma and and new practices ‘urban’ of any form takes on the genre (Boys ‘n’ the Hood) of modernism. • The 1990s saw postmodern directors tackle the genre (Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Lock Stock…), as well as forays into TV (Sopranos) and comedy (Analyse This). Themes and Ideas • The American Dream
• “Does a violent society make violent
people?”
• Vengeance and Justice
Textual Analysis 1. What happens in the opening sequence?
2. 4 key areas: Camera, mise-en-scene,
sound, editing
3. What kind of characters appear?
4. What is the dialogue like?
Gangster Movies 1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
3. Casino (1995)
4. Donnie Brasco (1997)
5. The Departed (2006)
Practical Application 1. Come up with an idea for a gangster movie which is based on one of the openings we have watched. 2. What five things will you need to do to keep within the genre? 3. What one thing will you do to change or adapt the genre? 4. Come up with three possible opening scenes for a film in this genre. Peer Assessment 1. Present your idea to your coursework group. 2. For each idea: • Identify what worked well (WWW) in terms of using genre conventions. • Identify how it could be even better (EBI) in terms of using genre conventions.
3. Write your peer assessment feedback in a blog
post entitled: Genre Convention Research: Peer Assessment Feedback