Semester 1 Exam

Your Semester Exam is simply a review of the film and movie terminology you have studied during the first two quarters of this school year. You will retake each of the quizzes listed below and write down your answers on the provided answer sheet. The quizzes are now enabled to allow you to view your score and resubmit until you have all the answers correct.  Feel free to look back at any of the articles but it is not necessary.

Links to 1st Semester Quizzes

Q1 - Quiz 1

Q1 - Quiz 2

Q1 - Quiz 3

Q1 – Quiz 4

Q1 - Quiz 5

Q1 - Quiz 6

Q1 - Quiz 7


Q2 - Quiz 1

Q2 - Quiz 2

Q2 - Quiz 3

Q2 - Quiz 4


Once you have completed filling out your entire answer sheet, you will then submit all 120 answers into the Semester Exam Link Below.

Semester Exam

After submitting you final answers, you can see me to find out your score.

Q2 - Weeks 7 and 8 Assignments

Due 12/20

During these last two weeks of the quarter, you view movie openings from different genres, see the observations and comments made by others, take quizzes on these and your own observations, create two movie opening observations of your own, then finally make a decision about your own movie opener genre and partners.

1) Quizzes - View these four movie openings along with the comments and observations made by an unknown observer on the first two. During these viewings you should open the corresponding quizzes which will help guide you through the information.


Forrest Gump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMEzKl6tFu4
Q2 Quiz 5 Forrest Gump

Psycho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLOGM_NyCkk
Q2 Quiz 8 Psycho


Saving Private Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr8q0WwQ9yU&t=160s
Q2 Quiz 6 Saving Private Ryan

Scream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdKi-FxYscU
Q2 Quiz 7 Scream

2) Blog Posts - Film Opening Research (2) - Now you will choose two movies to observe and write about the opening elements. Each movie should be chosen from two of your favorite genres.
You do not need to write these observations in essay form. You can copy and paste the questions below into your blog and answer them as you observe the opening scene of each movie.

Title each blog entry as “Film Opening Research #1 - Movie Title” and
                                       "Film Opening Research #2 - Movie Title"

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
What connotations do the images carry?
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.

3) Blog Post - Finally, you will make a decision about the genre you wish to represent in your own movie opening project. This project will encompass a great deal, but not all, of the work you will complete during the 3rd quarter. You can choose to create this movie opening as an individual, with one partner, or as a group. (limit 4 members) Keep in mind that during the creation of this film, every group member will blog on a weekly basis about the progress of the film, and your individual part in making the film.

Now make your final post for this semester and title it: "My Film Opening Project - Genre & Group Members". In this post list the genre of your future project and all the members of this class that will be working on the film with you. Please spend your Winter Break thinking about your film project.

Q2 - Week 6 Assignments

Due 12/06

1)  This week you will create your 2nd Genre PowerPoint.  This is an individual assignment and each of you will create your own PowerPoint on a genre which is different from your 1st genre PowerPoint assignment.  This PowerPoint should cover the genre thoroughly and should include but not be limited to: An Explanation of the genre on several slides, Examples (classic, modern, award winning) with an explanation of why this example fits the genre, A few of your Favorite movies in this genre and Images from the movies you chose to talk about.  This PowerPoint will not be presented so include any information about the genre on the slides since there will be no script.  The website with the genre information is below:

 Film Genres Origins and Types http://www.filmsite.org/filmgenres.html

4)  Blog - Export your powerpoint to JPEGS and imbed the slides into your blog.  Label this blog post "Genre Research #2 - PowerPoint".