Genre Conventions and Signifiers

Lesson Objectives:

• To understand the key word GENRE




• To be able to identify films of different genres just from their posters




• To be able to understand the conventions of different genres




• To be able to apply the knowledge of these conventions by creating a blog post and finding your own examples
  

Success Criteria:


C - You manage to identify at least 3 different types of film at the beginning. During the sorting task you work SENSIBLY with your team members, and manage to work out SOME of the right posters for the different genres. During the last task you are able to create a blog post that shows some knowledge of the genre you choose and at least two pictures / examples.

B: You manage to identify at least 5 different types of film at the beginning. During the sorting task you work WELL with your team members, and manage to work out LOTS of the right posters for the different genres. During the last task you are able to use create a blog post that shows good knowledge of the genre you choose and at least 4 pictures / examples.

A: You manage to identify at least 6 different types of film at the beginning. During the sorting task you work excellently with your team members, and manage to work out NEARLY ALL or ALL of the right film posters for the different genres. During the last task you are create a blog post that shows excellent knowledge of the genre you choose and at least 6 pictures / examples


LESSON PLAN

Starter

Students to work in pairs to try and come up with as many different types of film as they can think of. Discuss as group and enforce the meaning of the word "genre."

Main Task 1


Students to work in tables and each table to be given a range of different film posters (see resources below). They must work to sort the posters initially into different genres of

• Action


• War


• Romance


• Sci-Fi


• Horror

Main Task 2

Students to work in pairs to complete the worksheet filling in the different conventions of each genre. eg how do they KNOW it is from that genre etc..

Plenary

Students to demonstrate their knowledge by creating a blog post about a genre of their choice from horror / action / romance discussing all the conventions they have learned about and including examples from real films / pictures / posters etc..

Genre Posters Worksheet Final

POSTERS OF DIFFERENT GENRES