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c favorite movies representing one of the six genres, uncover/analyze one set of genre conventions present in your movie, and post an image from that movie representing the genre convention.

Procedure:

1. Review the Six Major American Genres (Gangster, Film Noir, Science Fiction, Horror, Western, Musical) and the six sets of genre conventions (Story Formulas, Theme, Character Types, Setting, Presentation, Stars) characterizing each genre, explored in your reading (Chapter 3 “Types of Movies”).
2. Choose one of the Six Major American Genres and one of your favorite movies (one we haven’t explored in class) having characteristics in whole or in part with the genre you’ve selected. For example, if you choose the Horror Genre, your favorite movie could fit completely within that genre, representing many if not all of the genre conventions.  Or you could choose a favorite movie that’s a hybrid or mash-up of genres, for example a romantic comedy-adventure with elements of horror.  If you choose a hybrid or mash-up, you’ll focus on the specific set of conventions representing your chosen Genre present in your movie.
3. Explore the reading’s sets of genre conventions present in your favorite movie.  Select one genre convention you believe was significant in your movie.
4. Find/create one (1) media image from your favorite movie representing the genre convention you’ve chosen.  You can create/select any image from your favorite movie (capture a still, find it on the internet) but it needs to visually represent one convention from the genre you’ve chosen.  Make sure you insert the image in your Blog Post so your blog group members can see it (without having to click to reveal it).  Use the instructions provided below.
5. For the written portion of your Blog Post, briefly analyze the specific genre convention present in your movie and justify the image you’ve chosen. (What is the set of genre conventions you’ve selected? How is the genre convention used in your movie? In what ways does your posted image represent that genre convention?)  Be sure to include the name of the genre and the title of the favorite movie you’ve chosen.  (target 250 words)

Part 2:  Comment to a Peer’s Blog Post (target 150 words) — DUE BY 11:59 PM (SD TIME) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH

Read through your peers’ posts and select one to comment upon (try to select a peer who hasn’t received a comment).  Use your comment to analyze their posted image using a different connection to the course material than the one used by your peer.  For the comment, you are free to use any concept/term/approach we’ve explored since the beginning of our course.

For example, a student may post their Blog with an image from their favorite Science Fiction movie and connect it to the theme of anxiety of science/technology.  Your comment could then analyze that same posted image connecting it to explicit/implicit meaning.

What if you post your comment at the same time as someone else?

This happens.  If it does, you can keep your posted comment and receive credit, as long as you make sure your comment is not using the same connection/term/approach used by the other peer who posted their comment before yours.  If your comment uses the same connection as the other comment, then you’ll need to edit or repost with a different connection.  Post early and you’re less likely to run into this obstacle.