1. Grade 10 Academic: Media Studies Movie Trailer Genre Study
Overall Expectations
1. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques
2. Creating Media Texts
3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

2. Specific Expectations
Media Studies Strand
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions and Techniques
2.2 Identify conventions and/or techniques used in a variety of media forms and explain how they convey meaning and influence their audience.
Creating Media Texts
3.4 Produce media texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
Reflecting On Skills and Strategies
4.1 Describe a variety of strategies they used in interpreting and creating media texts, explain which ones they found most helpful, and identify appropriate steps they can take to improve as media interpreters and producers.
Oral Communication Strand
Speaking To Communicate
2.4 Use appropriate words, phrases, and terminology, and several different stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning and engage their intended audience.
2.5 Identify a variety of vocal strategies, including tone, pace, pitch, and volume, and use them appropriately and with sensitivity to audience needs and cultural differences.

3. The Shining

4. What do you notice about this trailer?
What is the overall tone and pacing of the trailer?
What elements are present in the sound and score?
What do you notice about the editing techniques?

5. The Shining Recut

6. Discussion Identify conventions/techniques used in video clip
Explain how the genre is changed from the previous trailer?
How do these conventions/techniques influence the audience?
How are elements such as pitch, tone, sound and voice-over utilized?

7. Group Activity Each group is given a genre
New trailer is shown without audio
Students must craft a voice-over specific to their genre for this trailer
Group will present voice-over to the class

8. Assessment Tools
Assessment as Learning: Class and Group Brainstorming Checklist for student knowledge and understanding Assessment of Learning: Final Project Rubric Reflective Paper

10. Reflection Describe the strategies used in your voice-over
Identify ways in which you could improve your voice over
What stylistic devices did you use to engage your intended audience?
What vocal strategies did you use to convey your genre and engage your audience?