Below you will find the Genre Group Presentation Schedule for the coming two weeks. Please carefully read the notes that follow it, since they contain important information about deadlines, submission, and the presentation. The most important detail is that all materials are due on Wed March 5, even if your group is not presenting until Wed March 12 (unless you have been granted an extension on the submission of your object until after your presentation).
GENRE GROUP PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Wednesday March 5
11:30-11:45 Intro and Set-up
MUSICAL
11:45-12:00 The Development of the Musical Joe Burke, Cara McGonagle, Victoria Garrity
WESTERN
12:05-12.15 Cowboys and Cow Skulls: Modernist Art of the American West Melissa Tan
12:15-12:30: The Japanese Western (or TBA): Joey Gonzalez, Michael McCarville, Quinlan Harris
12:30-12:45: Discussion/Group switchover
FILM NOIR TECHNIQUE
1:00-1:15 Noir Lights and Cameras: A Recreation from The Killers, Gabrielle Vella, Quincy O’Connor, Silvana Morra
BREAK: 1:00-1:15
WOMEN IN FILM NOIR
1:15-1:30 Women in Film Noir Gino Siniscalchi, Alana Holbrook
1:30-1:45 Femme Fatale Magazine, Alyssa Carolan, Maria Coluccio, Zac Chapderlane
1:45-2:00 Discussion/Conclusion
Wednesday March 12
MODERNISM AND CINEMA
GENRE GROUP PRESENTATIONS: PART TWO
March 12, 2014
FILM NOIR REDUX
11:30-11:45 Old Time Spree, a satirical Film Noir, Olivia Caponigro, Deirdre Hynes, Kevin Zebroski, Stephen Rubio
11:45-12:00 Four Locations in Double Indemnity Valerie Meyer, Steven Nworjih, Daniel Finnegan
12:00-12:15 What Really Happened in Shanghai? Backstories and alternative plots for women in Noir, Amanda Laboy, Kimberley Mahadeo, Alexandra Russell
12:15-12:25 Young Adult Film Noir Beth Ryder
12:25-12:45(cushion of overflow time for switching between groups, etc)
12:45-1:00 BREAK
SLAPSTICK COMEDY
1:00-1:15 Charlie and Melissa Celia Popescu, Loubriel Ledesma, John Bonazzo
1:15-1:30 Chasing Relevance: The Shift to Sound William Chen, Vincent Daniels, Tom Shetler
1:30-1:45 Title TBA, Kathleen Hughes, Katie Franklin, Brianna Tevnan
1:45-2:00 Overflow time
THE DEADLINE: The deadline for all the objects (essays, blogs, photographs, materials, films) is this week, Wednesday, March 5, whether or not your group is presenting on that day. The only exception to this rule is if you have been given permission to submit your object later (for instance, some of you would like to incorporate a post-presentation revision of a paper or blog, and so you will need a bit of time after the presentation to make these amendments. Some of you have conferred with me about an extension due to technical challenges). To formally “submit” any online material, please simply e-mail it to me (or e-mail a link to it). If you have traditional paper material/art objects to submit, please give these to me in class on March 5.
THE PRESENTATION: I will be in my office tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday from 2 PM – 6 PM) and would be happy to hear practice versions of any group’s presentation. My main tip for your presentation is to keep in mind the excellent advice of Stella Adler (Marlon Brando’s acting teacher): “Shyness is vulgar!” More practically, you have a strict limit of 15 minutes. Most often, the most effective strategy will include a combination of a brief lecture, the display of an artifact (clip, photo, quote), and class discussion of it. Please guard against presentations that are all lecture/no discussion—your goal is to distill the most interesting of your findings into a form that will engage the class in a brief conversation, not to tell us all the data you gathered. Here’s a model of how this might go: project your blog or object on the screen, take a moment to explain what it’s about and how it illuminates the genre, and then takes us to one or two clips, images, or quotes that help us to grasp and discuss the concept.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REFLECTION: No doubt by this stage of the process you have experienced some of the challenges of working in a group. Scheduling, balancing personalities, accommodating different interests, negotiation, etc. can be frustrating, that’s for sure. At the same time, studies perpetually claim that we do our most exciting, memorable, and important learning from our peers. Do you think this is true? Did it accord with your experience? We all know very well what the headaches of Team Projects can be, but I want you to think hard here about what are its potential (or actual) upsides. It may be that you learned a lot about your genre or about film from this experience. But it may also be that you learned most about other things—how to collaborate, how to schedule, how to be diplomatic, how to help your peers learn new skills or how to do new things yourself. When you write the post-project Reflection, I want to hear about any issues that may have arisen in your group (for instance, any issues of labor division that may require consideration in the grading process), but I also really want to hear about how you were active in making your project a successful experience for yourself. You may not have succeeded utterly (one of the features of group projects is that you’re not totally in control), but I want to hear as much about your own problem-solving skills in the group. For instance, you may have faced a technical meltdown with aplomb, you may have found creative strategies for delegation, communication, and working as a team, or you may have been introduced to new theoretical terms or films you hadn’t heard of before, or you may have realized that you are excellent at bringing people together in a meeting. Whatever your experience, please think about learning to work in a creative team as an important part of the course goal in itself, beyond what you may have learned about your genre. The Individual Reflection part of the assignment is due two days after you present your project (so, for those presenting on Wed March 5, it is due on Friday March 7 by midnight by e-mail and for those presenting on Wed March 12, it is due Fri March 14 by midnight by e-mail. Further notes on the Reflection can be found on the Genre Group Assignment page.
GENRE GROUP PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Wednesday March 5
11:30-11:45 Intro and Set-up
MUSICAL
11:45-12:00 The Development of the Musical Joe Burke, Cara McGonagle, Victoria Garrity
WESTERN
12:05-12.15 Cowboys and Cow Skulls: Modernist Art of the American West Melissa Tan
12:15-12:30: The Japanese Western (or TBA): Joey Gonzalez, Michael McCarville, Quinlan Harris
12:30-12:45: Discussion/Group switchover
FILM NOIR TECHNIQUE
1:00-1:15 Noir Lights and Cameras: A Recreation from The Killers, Gabrielle Vella, Quincy O’Connor, Silvana Morra
BREAK: 1:00-1:15
WOMEN IN FILM NOIR
1:15-1:30 Women in Film Noir Gino Siniscalchi, Alana Holbrook
1:30-1:45 Femme Fatale Magazine, Alyssa Carolan, Maria Coluccio, Zac Chapderlane
1:45-2:00 Discussion/Conclusion
Wednesday March 12
MODERNISM AND CINEMA
GENRE GROUP PRESENTATIONS: PART TWO
March 12, 2014
FILM NOIR REDUX
11:30-11:45 Old Time Spree, a satirical Film Noir, Olivia Caponigro, Deirdre Hynes, Kevin Zebroski, Stephen Rubio
11:45-12:00 Four Locations in Double Indemnity Valerie Meyer, Steven Nworjih, Daniel Finnegan
12:00-12:15 What Really Happened in Shanghai? Backstories and alternative plots for women in Noir, Amanda Laboy, Kimberley Mahadeo, Alexandra Russell
12:15-12:25 Young Adult Film Noir Beth Ryder
12:25-12:45(cushion of overflow time for switching between groups, etc)
12:45-1:00 BREAK
SLAPSTICK COMEDY
1:00-1:15 Charlie and Melissa Celia Popescu, Loubriel Ledesma, John Bonazzo
1:15-1:30 Chasing Relevance: The Shift to Sound William Chen, Vincent Daniels, Tom Shetler
1:30-1:45 Title TBA, Kathleen Hughes, Katie Franklin, Brianna Tevnan
1:45-2:00 Overflow time
THE DEADLINE: The deadline for all the objects (essays, blogs, photographs, materials, films) is this week, Wednesday, March 5, whether or not your group is presenting on that day. The only exception to this rule is if you have been given permission to submit your object later (for instance, some of you would like to incorporate a post-presentation revision of a paper or blog, and so you will need a bit of time after the presentation to make these amendments. Some of you have conferred with me about an extension due to technical challenges). To formally “submit” any online material, please simply e-mail it to me (or e-mail a link to it). If you have traditional paper material/art objects to submit, please give these to me in class on March 5.
THE PRESENTATION: I will be in my office tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday from 2 PM – 6 PM) and would be happy to hear practice versions of any group’s presentation. My main tip for your presentation is to keep in mind the excellent advice of Stella Adler (Marlon Brando’s acting teacher): “Shyness is vulgar!” More practically, you have a strict limit of 15 minutes. Most often, the most effective strategy will include a combination of a brief lecture, the display of an artifact (clip, photo, quote), and class discussion of it. Please guard against presentations that are all lecture/no discussion—your goal is to distill the most interesting of your findings into a form that will engage the class in a brief conversation, not to tell us all the data you gathered. Here’s a model of how this might go: project your blog or object on the screen, take a moment to explain what it’s about and how it illuminates the genre, and then takes us to one or two clips, images, or quotes that help us to grasp and discuss the concept.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE REFLECTION: No doubt by this stage of the process you have experienced some of the challenges of working in a group. Scheduling, balancing personalities, accommodating different interests, negotiation, etc. can be frustrating, that’s for sure. At the same time, studies perpetually claim that we do our most exciting, memorable, and important learning from our peers. Do you think this is true? Did it accord with your experience? We all know very well what the headaches of Team Projects can be, but I want you to think hard here about what are its potential (or actual) upsides. It may be that you learned a lot about your genre or about film from this experience. But it may also be that you learned most about other things—how to collaborate, how to schedule, how to be diplomatic, how to help your peers learn new skills or how to do new things yourself. When you write the post-project Reflection, I want to hear about any issues that may have arisen in your group (for instance, any issues of labor division that may require consideration in the grading process), but I also really want to hear about how you were active in making your project a successful experience for yourself. You may not have succeeded utterly (one of the features of group projects is that you’re not totally in control), but I want to hear as much about your own problem-solving skills in the group. For instance, you may have faced a technical meltdown with aplomb, you may have found creative strategies for delegation, communication, and working as a team, or you may have been introduced to new theoretical terms or films you hadn’t heard of before, or you may have realized that you are excellent at bringing people together in a meeting. Whatever your experience, please think about learning to work in a creative team as an important part of the course goal in itself, beyond what you may have learned about your genre. The Individual Reflection part of the assignment is due two days after you present your project (so, for those presenting on Wed March 5, it is due on Friday March 7 by midnight by e-mail and for those presenting on Wed March 12, it is due Fri March 14 by midnight by e-mail. Further notes on the Reflection can be found on the Genre Group Assignment page.