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Complete the following questions/activities on Genres
Read the following overview of different genres and in your own words provide a summary of what is meant by a genre on your blog.
An overview of different Genres
Genre is a French word meaning “type” or “style”. Genre refers to the way a particular film can be categorised through its use of a standard technique or well-used style or plot. A genre is like a recipe, certain things will happen in certain genres. You know that in a Western genre film, there will be cowboys on horses, good guys and bad guys, the setting will be the American West of about 100 years ago or more. However in a Romantic genre film, a man and a woman will meet and fall in love, and despite all sorts of misunderstandings, they will end up together and happy at the end. These regularities or conventions within genres are called genre identifiers.
Genre identifiers are not only found within the story and setting but are woven into the very production of a film as each genre has its own technical conventions too. For example, in a horror film, high camera angles are used to create a sense of characters vulnerability and scary music is used to build tension. Conversely, in a romantic comedy most camera angles will be eye level and the lighting will be bright and the focus soft making it seem a bit dreamy. Gangster movies often have a reduced palette of colours, focusing on blue and grey and lots of shadows and darkness. Sports movies have lots of colour and movement and usually have rock music.
Complete the following questions/activities on Genres
1. Using the list of genres at the following website http://www.imdb.com/genre/ create a wordle http://www.wordle.net/ picture of differnt genres and place the picture on your blog. See the example below.
2. Have you heard of the following two genres? Why don’t you check them out and provide a overview below
a) Manga
b) Machinima
a) Manga
b) Machinima
3. Using the following word document on Google Drive (Genre Choice.docx) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9I2zJsrxUvDbmpsX3hyN2I4cXc/edit, complete the table (example below) outlining three genres you are thinking of using. Print screen and add to your blog.
4. Based on your research of genres, select a genre, or combination that you will use for your animation and include in your design brief. Justify your reasons for your choice.
5. If you need to, update your Design Brief to ensure it reflects your choice of genre.
Complete the following questions/activities on Story
Structure
1. Review the following website http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/storytelling.htm and provide an overview of the 3 components of a story. That is, the Beginning, Middle and End.
2. Time to come up with 3 ideas for your animation. Using the Beginning, Middle and End components that you just learnt about, provide a brief overview of each story idea that you have come up with.... so in summary, you should add three story outlines to your blog...
STORY 1
4. Based on your research of genres, select a genre, or combination that you will use for your animation and include in your design brief. Justify your reasons for your choice.
5. If you need to, update your Design Brief to ensure it reflects your choice of genre.
Complete the following questions/activities on Story
Structure
1. Review the following website http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/storytelling.htm and provide an overview of the 3 components of a story. That is, the Beginning, Middle and End.
2. Time to come up with 3 ideas for your animation. Using the Beginning, Middle and End components that you just learnt about, provide a brief overview of each story idea that you have come up with.... so in summary, you should add three story outlines to your blog...
STORY 1
- Beginning
- Middle
- End
- Beginning
- Middle
- End
- Beginning
- Middle
- End
What is a story board?
You will find various Storyboard resources, including definitions templates and examples on Google Drive in the following location; https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9I2zJsrxUvDcVdsVV9RSlhjS0U&usp=sharing
1. Define what a story board is. See http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/storyboarding.htm for an overview of Storyboarding. There is also a document on Google Drive on Storyboarding in the above location.
2. Place an example of a story board below.
3. Create your own story board (following your script/story) and place a copy below. See the templates in the Google Drive on Storyboarding in the above location.
You will find various Storyboard resources, including definitions templates and examples on Google Drive in the following location; https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9I2zJsrxUvDcVdsVV9RSlhjS0U&usp=sharing
1. Define what a story board is. See http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/rollermache/storyboarding.htm for an overview of Storyboarding. There is also a document on Google Drive on Storyboarding in the above location.
2. Place an example of a story board below.
3. Create your own story board (following your script/story) and place a copy below. See the templates in the Google Drive on Storyboarding in the above location.
