Students share their lists of quintessential films from each genre. Compare their lists to those of their parents.
Break down the conventions of a genre into categories such as:
1. Visuals (camera aspect)
2. Setting
3. Costumes
4. Trappings (props and things)
5. Sounds (diegetic and non-diegetic, orchestration, etc)
6. Plot expectations and conventions
7. Gender roles
8. Race
9. Protagonist/Antagonist
Go through the Western genre with the class for each category. Then, each group in the class is assigned another primary genre. They discuss the conventions of th
Break down the conventions of a genre into categories such as:
1. Visuals (camera aspect)
2. Setting
3. Costumes
4. Trappings (props and things)
5. Sounds (diegetic and non-diegetic, orchestration, etc)
6. Plot expectations and conventions
7. Gender roles
8. Race
9. Protagonist/Antagonist
Go through the Western genre with the class for each category. Then, each group in the class is assigned another primary genre. They discuss the conventions of th