Films and Genre

Middle School 1 Composition

Title of Overall Unit: Writing about Film

Title of this Unit: Classic Hollywood Genres

Films:

1. Horror: Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922)

2. Comedy: Abbott and Costello

3. Adventure: Sea Hawk (Curtiz, 1940)

4. Science Fiction: The Forbidden Planet (Wilcox, 1956)

5. Western: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Ford, 1962)

6. Teenage: Sixteen Candles (Hughes, 1984)

7. Musical: Westside Story (Robbins, 1961)

8. Spellbound (Blitz, 2003)

Activities:

We will learn how to view film for learning purposes as well as entertainment and how to carry on a conversation about film. We will be able to evaluate a film on its merits.

We will have different writing assignments, ranging form summaries to character analysis to reviews, depending upon the film.

Evaluation:1. Viewing of film 10%2. Commentary on film 30%3. Written assignment on film

60%

100%

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