Chapter 8 - Movies

Assignments:

Bring to class Tuesday: Quiz 8 (Movies) take-home. 

Reading: Chapter 9 (Television) for Tuesday Oct. 28

Blog 4: Movie or song - new and old favorites

Write 2-3 sentences about your favorite movie of 2013-14 and why you liked it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your all-time favorite movie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first see these movies? Add a user-friendly link to the movie in RottenTomatoes.com. Find and embed a trailer for one or both of the movies.      

OR

Write 2-3 sentences about your favorite sound recording (song) of 2013-2014 and why you like it. Write 1-2 more sentences about your favorite oldie and why you like it. In which format(s) did you first hear these recordings? Add or embed user-friendly links to Amazon.com, YouTube.com or other sites where others can listen to your recordings (or samples).

In class, we discussed:

The history of movies; effects including emotional, imitation and cultural/social; censorship/MPAA ratings, theaters vs. other formats. What I didn't get to show in class: videos about movie cliches and product placement.