-Narrative+and+Genre+GK

Background Information
A **genre** is a type or category. Some of the classic genres of literature are Television and movies have genre also. Some of these are:
 * drama
 * romance
 * satire
 * tragedy
 * comedy
 * television news
 * sitcoms
 * talk shows
 * talent shows
 * documentaries
 * science fiction drama


 * Imagine the following situation:**
 * Boy arranges to meet girl outside the movie the theater at 7:30 PM.
 * Girl arrives early and waits.
 * Boy is walking through the park to the theater when he is abducted by alien life forms.
 * Girls gets tired of waiting and goes home.
 * Think about** **how each of these stories would be told, and identify key features and styles if the story were told as**
 * 1) a television news story
 * 2) a sitcom
 * 3) a pop video
 * 4) talk-show

**Assignment**:

 * Go back to MyON to view the cover of **Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!. T**hen go back to view the first scene in **Assignment America.**
 * Think about what the cover of a book or CD might be if each was recreated as another genre. **Guiding Questions:** What color background would you use? What text? What style font and what color for the text would you use? Where would the text be placed? What would be the subject matter of any pictures and what style pictures would you need to use? What would be the setting for the picture? What size would the picture be compared to the text? You might want to go to Amazon.com to look at book covers and CD covers for ideas.
 * Genre Examples**:
 * = **Gus** ||= **America** ||
 * = television news story ... ||= children's story book ... ||
 * = situation comedy ... ||= situation comedy ... ||
 * = detective/mystery drama ... ||= detective/mystery drama ... ||
 * = martial arts film ... ||= martial arts film ... ||
 * 1) Use pixlr.com or Open office Draw of Tux Paint to **create a cover** **for one of the stories** retold as a different genre:
 * 2) Use images from Flickr commons or from search.creativecommons.org
 * 3) Use the same title and a picture representing at least one of the characters from the original story.
 * 4) Create a new wiki page called **Genres //yourinitials//**.
 * 5) Save the graphic document as a j**peg and upload it to new wiki page**.
 * 6) **Write a paragraph** explaining the design for the cover. how you used the graphic elements: contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity to create the cover. Also, explain how you used the following to provide clues to the story
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter, including people
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text
 * Cover Paragraph Design Des****cription Here**


 * I made "Assignment America" all over again but, with two different animals. I used a Cheetah and a Pigeon named Kevin. It is supposed to be a**


 * I like the book cover but you didn't complete the paragraph assignment.**