Lesson 1
First of all – try and write a definition of Genre in one sentence. This could be your opening sentence for your concepts essay, if Genre comes up. Share your ideas with the class.
Just to recap – how much can you remember about Genre and the theories, theorists that accompany this concept? Take the quiz.
Big Fat Genre Quiz – to recap on structure and basic theories
Revisit Genre
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Read this presentation on your own for 10 minutes & familiarise yourself with its contents.
It has everything you need in it for the Concepts section of the exam.
Genre Framework – you can use your magazine, music video, digipak or website. Perhaps opt for your Magazine? Clearly defined conventions of genre, not only for the technical conventions of layout and form but the conventions for the genre of music you were conveying?
- Think about all the work you have recently done on Conventions for your Evaluation Questions.
- The answers and ideas are all in there.
- So revisit your blog posts about Genre.
And now revisit the quiz. How much more do you remember, know now than at the beginning of the lesson?
Lesson 2
Now that you have revisited and refreshed your memories about Concepts and in particular Genre, you will write up an essay in this class. You can use your notes or refer to the blog for ideas but you will only have the allocated 25 minutes.
The question will be:
- Apply the concept of genre to one of your coursework productions. – June 2014