Difference between revisions of "JCM212/Final Exam Review"
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#Each student will outline a single lecture--noting its key points. See below for lecture assignments. You may confer with other group members about the points. Email that to me, jbutler@ua.edu . | #Each student will outline a single lecture--noting its key points. See below for lecture assignments. You may confer with other group members about the points. Email that to me, jbutler@ua.edu . | ||
| + | #*The best lecture outlines will be posted on Blackboard. | ||
#The group as a whole will create a 90-second video lecture. No longer! | #The group as a whole will create a 90-second video lecture. No longer! | ||
#*Choose ''three'' essential points from the lecture. | #*Choose ''three'' essential points from the lecture. | ||
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#*Either email it to me (jbutler@ua.edu); or put it in UA Box; or post it on YouTube/Vimeo/etc. If online somewhere, email me the link. Remember: these videos will be made public. | #*Either email it to me (jbutler@ua.edu); or put it in UA Box; or post it on YouTube/Vimeo/etc. If online somewhere, email me the link. Remember: these videos will be made public. | ||
#*The best 90-second video will earn its group members 5 bonus points on the final exam. | #*The best 90-second video will earn its group members 5 bonus points on the final exam. | ||
| + | #One last meme? | ||
| + | #*[https://makeameme.org/ Create a meme] that sums up JCM 212 and email it to jgbutler@ua.edu . The five best memes (in my subjective judgment) will earn the creator 3 bonus points on the final exam. | ||
==Group assignments== | ==Group assignments== | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 25 April 2018
Collective intelligence in action!
- Each student will outline a single lecture--noting its key points. See below for lecture assignments. You may confer with other group members about the points. Email that to me, jbutler@ua.edu .
- The best lecture outlines will be posted on Blackboard.
- The group as a whole will create a 90-second video lecture. No longer!
- Choose three essential points from the lecture.
- Briefly explain each in 30 seconds or less. Try to connect it to something we watched.
- One group member may be your lecturer or you may spread the points among several students.
- Find a quiet spot and record your lecture.
- Either email it to me (jbutler@ua.edu); or put it in UA Box; or post it on YouTube/Vimeo/etc. If online somewhere, email me the link. Remember: these videos will be made public.
- The best 90-second video will earn its group members 5 bonus points on the final exam.
- One last meme?
- Create a meme that sums up JCM 212 and email it to jgbutler@ua.edu . The five best memes (in my subjective judgment) will earn the creator 3 bonus points on the final exam.
Group assignments
- Decline of Hollywood Classicism, Rise of the Independents
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012, 94 mins.)
- Genre and Authorship: Film Noir and Hawks
- The Big Sleep (1946, 114 mins)
- Stardom and Celebrity (Tina Fey)
- Various Tina Fey videos--including 30 Rock
- Representation 1: Race / Ethnicity / Class
- Girlfriends (2000–2008), Fresh Off the Boat (2015– )
- Representation 2: Gender
- Juno (Reitman, 2007)
- Classical Film Theory: Formalism vs. Realism
- Miscellaneous examples of formalism and realism
- Media Stylistics
- Miami Vice (Glaser, 1984)
- Realism 2: Documentary and News Media
- Various documentary films
- Convergence Culture / Transmedia / Video Games
- The Matrix (Wachowskis, 1999)
