Genre WebQuest.:
Genre WebQuest. First, make sure you select ‘Web pages from the UK’, then type ‘A Definition of Genre’ in the search field
www.google.co.uk. 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. Follow this link to start your search:
Genre WebQuest.:
Genre WebQuest. 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!
You need to look through the search results to find these websites:
Genre WebQuest.:
Genre WebQuest. 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. Next, we need to look on the Film Education Homepage. Type that definition here.
Genre WebQuest.:
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.
Genre WebQuest.:
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.
Genre WebQuest.:
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@ncn.ac.uk