Week Three Film List
Resources: University of Phoenix: Week Three Film List; Week Three Electronic Reserve Readings; Ch. 6 of Film; and Microsoft® PowerPoint® Tutorial
Watch your selected comedy, horror, or science fiction film, viewing one film from one of the three genres.
Create a 4- to 7-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation describing your selected genre and how your chosen film fits or does not fit the standard model of the genre.
Include the following:
- Description of your selected genre
- Description of the film’s following components:
- Summary of the film’s story
- Setting & lighting
- Makeup & costumes
- Music & sound
- Discussion of the film as either typical or atypical of its respective genre and how each film’s components support your view
Address fictional aspects of film as discussed in Ch. 6 of Filmby writing the following for inclusion on one Microsoft® PowerPoint® slide:
- Create your own genre movie character and write a goal for your character, a conflict he or she encounters, and how he or she resolves the conflict and achieves the goal.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Present your Week Three Genre Presentation.
- For Local Campus students, these are oral presentations accompanied by Microsoft®PowerPoint® presentations.
- For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentations with notes.
# of Slides (at least 4) …………. /1
Description of Genre ………….. /2
Typical/Atypical Genre ……….. /2
Summary of Story……………… /1
Setting & Lighting………………. /2
Makeup & Costumes …………….. /2
Music & Sound ……………….. /2
Character Creation …………….. /2
Mechanics/Grammar/Citation ………….. /1
