Genre WebQuest'

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Genre WebQuest.

• You can print off these instructions, or ask for
  a paper copy from your teacher.
• Please read all the instructions on each page
  then
• Follow the links by right clicking the mouse
  and selecting
• Open in New Window.

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Genre WebQuest.

• Help on getting around the WebQuest Tip!
• We will start the WebQuest by using Google to
  find some definitions of Genre. You should follow
  a link like this to enter your definition on-line
  or you can write them on paper.

• First, make sure you select Web pages from the
  UK, then type A Definition of Genre in the
  search field
• www.google.co.uk.

• Follow this link to start your search

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Genre WebQuest.
You need to look through the search results to
find these websites

• Activity.
• Introduction to Genre Theory to find the things
  used to define genre, click on Text and then
  Appendix 2. Type answers here.
• Genre to find a definition of genre and how
  comedy should be seen. Type answers here.
• Then, for fun, you could try the activities on
  the AS Guru section of BBC Education!

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Genre WebQuest.
Next, we need to look on the Film Education
Homepage.

• Activity
• Follow these three steps
• Find Free Resources,
• Scroll down to Film Concepts Online Guide and
  click on more info.
• Finally, use the link to Genre and find a
  definition of genre in The Introduction.

Type that definition here.
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Genre WebQuest.

• Activity
• Now, Enter the Genre section.
• There are 7 tasks to complete based on your
  reading of the pages within.
• You will find those questions here.

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Genre WebQuest.
The key things that these activities have
addressed are specific ideas about the meaning
and use of the term Genre in media and film.

• A Genre is not just a list of ingredients or a
  set of similarities that every film in a genre
  must share.
• Genres are flexible and changing combinations of
  elements.
• These are recognised and understood by audiences
  in ways that guide their choices and influence
  their pleasures.
• Genres are used by the industry to make
  decisions about finance, production schedules and
  advertising strategies.

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Genre WebQuest.
Food for thought We also need to think about the
fact that media producers, audiences and critics
do not always agree about genre. This is
particularly about whether films can be easily
classified into one genre rather than another,
whether they stay in that same genre for ever,
and whether all films in a genre always share all
of the same ingredients. Thank you very much for
completing this Genre WebQuest. We hope you found
it useful. If you have any comments or feedback,
please contact alex.macdonald_at_ncn.ac.uk