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 .
- 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 your group outlined.
- 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
- Group 1: Decline of Hollywood Classicism, Rise of the Independents
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012, 94 mins.)
- Group 2: Genre and Authorship: Film Noir and Hawks (+ Group 7)
- The Big Sleep (1946, 114 mins)
- Group 3: Stardom and Celebrity (Tina Fey)
- Various Tina Fey videos--including 30 Rock
- Group 4: Representation 1: Race / Ethnicity / Class
- Girlfriends (2000–2008), Fresh Off the Boat (2015– )
- Group 5: Representation 2: Gender
- Juno (Reitman, 2007)
- Group 6: Classical Film Theory: Formalism vs. Realism
- Miscellaneous examples of formalism and realism
- No Group: Media Stylistics
- Miami Vice (Glaser, 1984)
- Group 8: Realism 2: Documentary and News Media
- Various documentary films
- Group 9: Convergence Culture / Transmedia / Video Games
- The Matrix (Wachowskis, 1999)