FINAL

OUR FINAL!

Exemplary Student Created Viewing Guides, using Jaws: HERE and HERE

JAWS

Take Notes!
Write Questions!

The Godfather

Is this the greatest film of all time?

Godfather Scene Study

12 Monkeys

Terry Gilliam!
12 Monkeys Guide
List of Dystopian Films

Romantic Comedy Assessment

Everyone has to fill out a plotline (here is an explanation, here is a blank sheet to hand in)
From there, you can write a short scene (screenplay) OR create a storyboard

DUE WEDNESDAY

500 Days of Summer

As we continue with our unit on Romantic Comedy, here are some things about When Harry Met Sally:
Notes on how it fits into the "romantic comedy mold"
7 Ways When Harry Met Sally Would be Different Today
Time article on the relevance of the film

Moving on, let's look at 500 Days of Summer (our Viewing Guide) and how that film both fits into AND breaks the conventions of the "Romantic Comedy."

Romantic Comedy

• What films do you consider "Romantic Comedy?"
• What quality do many of these films possess that make them “Romantic Comedies?”
• What things show up again and again?
• What kinds of characters do we see? How do they interact with each other?
• What happens in the plots?
• What are the settings?

Here are some notes on tropes and cliches of the genre, as well as the "meet cute."

Other fun stuff...

• Here's a great video that counts down the top 10 Romance Cliches
• Every best friend cliche rolled into one scene (from the romantic comedy parody They Came Together)
• How do men talk about relationships in Rom-Coms? Over sports...