Research Report: Write a 500-word research report on a genre of your choosing.

• Choose a genre

• Research the generic conventions and characteristics (expected settings, characters, events or scenes, themes)

• Outline the history/evolution of the genre. Find out when the genre has been popular and when the genre’s popularity has changed  - use link above.

• Describe three significant films that best reflect or typify the genre.

Film script.  Use film scriptwriting features to compose a script of about 100-250 words for an imagined opening scene of a film.

Profile of a Director: Write a 350-word profile of a director considered to be an auteur.

Film Festival proposal: Write a 350-word proposal for a film festival of your own design.

The LOST THING - discursive: Write a 250 word discursive response to the film version of The Lost Thing, exploring the way the film influenced their own thoughts, feelings and attitudes.