We looked at your fairytales and decided that a few of the rules we had previously created for the genre could be broken. We believed that the evildoer doesn't have to die, they just have to lose. And the good character doesn't always have to triumph as long as a lesson is still taught. The one thing we couldn't part with though was magic or some sort of fantastical element in the piece. Without that it's a just a regular old children's story. Remember knowing how to follow the rules makes you a good writer,but knowing when you can break them makes you a better one.
Project 3
You guys were introduced to Project 3 (See Project 3 Assignment Sheet). You will be researching, analyzing, and observing a genre of writing that is unfamiliar to you and then creating your own example of the genre. You observations will be recorded in reading/viewing journals. We will discuss these in more detail in a later class.
The Teen Vampire Romance Genre
We watched two examples of the teen vampire romance genre, Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. You took notes on the audience and the purpose of the two pieces and the pieces similarities and differences. We will discuss these more in class Tuesday.
Homework
- Decide which genre you would like to write in for Project 3. (Due before class Tues. Nov 13)
- For the two clips we watched in class, Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, tell me the audience of each clip and the purpose of it. How does the piece aim to appeal to that audience and what does it use to achieve it's purpose? Then create a checklist of five things you feel are essential to the teen vampire romance drama based on what you saw. Then give 3 significant differences you saw between the pieces and think about why those differences occur. Why did the writers and/or directors choose to go that way. (Due Tues. Nov 13)
- Final Draft of Project 2, via email- micealaya.moses@gmail.com (Due Thurs Nov. 15 by 9am)
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