Year 12 Presentation Task

The History of Western Cinema

As a class, we will help to ensure that everyone in the class has a rounded knowledge of the history of Western cinema from its beginnings to some of its modern developments.

Topics covered will be:

·         Film: How it all started

·         The Early Days of Film

·         Sound and the Studio System

·         ‘Scandals, Undershirts and the Depression’

·         The End of the Studio System

·         ‘Indies’ and Film Ratings

·         Appealing to the Box Office

TASK: Working in groups of twos or threes you will have one of the topics to cover. You will be given a rather uninspiring looking pack of notes and it is your job to summarise the information, locate the most important and interesting pieces and turn them into a fabulous presentation.

How you present the information is up to you but you will need to have following:

·         A PowerPoint display to support your presentation
·         Movie clips – usually hyperlinked from YouTube or similar
·         A one page handout that summarises the information from your presentation
·         And everyone must have a speaking part in the presentation

Presentations will be given on Thursday 27th September in our Period 4 lesson in G9.

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