TOP DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS & FILM REVIEW!

This blog post will be broken down into two parts:

Top Directors/Producers

1. You will each research one of the following directors/producers: Steven Spielberg (E.T.), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now), George Lucas (American Graffiti), Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver).  Students must each choose a different director and directors will be chosen in class.  You will each be creating a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation about your director.  You will include the life of your director, achievements, movies directed, film style, awards, brief movie clips, etc.  Your movie clips must be no longer than five minutes in total.  You will also create a one-page handout which includes the most important information and images that relate to your director.  The only thing you will actually post in this part of your blog will be the director you have chosen.  You are required to have one slide in your PowerPoint that cites all resources you used.

Class presentations: Monday March 25!

Film Review

2.  After our lesson about how to write a film review, you will use critical analysis to review a film directed by the director you completed your presentation about.  Suggested movies are in brackets above or can be found on IMDB.com.  You will submit a 2 page double spaced film review.  Your film review will be posted on your blog site and a hard copy will be submitted to me.

Due: Tuesday April 2!

FILM TERMINOLOGY!

In this blog post, you will explore critical terminology of the film industry!

1. You will define ALL of the terms listed below IN YOUR OWN WORDS

2. You will provide a visual example of TEN of the terms

·      animation

·      auteur

·      background music

·      boom

·      cinematographer

·      clip

·      commentator

·      composition

·      continuity

·      cut

·      depth of field

·      director

·      dolly shot

·      dubbing

·      editing

·      fade

·      fast motion

·      fish eye

·      flash forward

·      focal length

·      frame

·      intercutting

·      key light

·      location

·      long lense

·      mask

·      mise en scene

·      out take

·      pan

·      perspective

·      pixilation

·      producer

·      sequence

·      shooting

·      slow motion

·      still

·      storyboard

·      subjective camera

·      take

·      trailer

·      zoom shot

Due: Thursday March 21 AT THE END OF CLASS

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FILM GENRE!

To prepare for our third unit, you will be examining the following film genres:

 Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime & Gangster

Epics & Historical

Horror 

 Musicals & Dance

 Science Fiction

War

Western

Documentary

1. For each genre, you will summarize the genre, list 3 films that belong to each genre, including famous actors and an image of the movie poster.

2. You will list your favourite film from 3 of the genres listed above.  For each genre, you will include movie posters and explain how this film fits the genre and why it is your favourite film.

3. Finally, you will write ten sentences about your favourite movie of all time.  You will include: title, genre, date of film, actors, plot and explain why this is your all time favourite film.

Due: Monday March 19, 2013 at the end of class!

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THE POWER OF ADVERTISING!

In this blog post, you will discuss the power of advertising.

1. You will write TEN sentences defining the term advertising in YOUR OWN words.  This can be advertising on telelvision, in newspapers, in magazines, on billboards, etc.

2. In your opinion, what does a successful advertisement entail.  Write TEN sentences.

3. Find FIVE examples of successful advertisements.  These should be products that you have or would purchase.  For each image, write SEVEN sentences about why this advertisement is successful and powerful.  Discuss aspects we have discussed in class which include: colour, layout, text, images, etc.

DUE at the end of class TUESDAY MARCH 5, 2013

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