Mutimedia Presentations

As you know, this summer you and a classmate will be responsible for a 10-minute multimedia presentation and a class hand-out. On Tuesday, June 11th you will be randomly assigned a partner and topic. You choose your partner choose your date.

Requirements:

• The work distribution is up to each pairing, though it should be somewhat equitable
• The presentation must be approximately 10 minutes in length
• There should be approximately 10 slides, including at least one video clip (no more than 2-3 minutes in length)
• You must provide a handout related to or outlining your presentation (24 copies) 
• On the day of your presentation, email both your presentation (or a link) and handout to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

The best presentations will:

• Have an introductory slide which contextualizes the topic—very important 
• Use words economically 
• Include visually interesting illustrations
• Avoid a heavy use of animation and effects 
• Have a style that complements the subject matter and strikes the appropriate tone
• Engage the class through a conversational style, utilizing questions and/or activities
• Embed a relevant video or audio clip (e.g. YouTube, SoundCloud)*
• Conclude with a slide that summarizes the topic—also very important

Remember, this is an opportunity to be very creative, so feel free to have fun with the visual layout of your presentation.


*If you use PowerPoint 2007, here is a quick video explaining how to embed a YouTube clip into your presentation. Remember, embedding clips can save time during a presentation.

Lower scoring presentations might:

• Begin without an introductory slide and/or fail to offer any context upfront
• Be thinly researched
• Allow visuals to overrun their content
• Not engage the class in any meaningful way
• Fail to incorporate any multimedia
• Lack a concluding slide

Remember, you are responsible for providing your own laptop.

These are the topics available for presentations:

1. The King of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Clark Gable
2. No Laughing Matter: The Fatty Arbuckle Scandal
3. The First Female Directors: Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber
4. Cinema Au Naturel: A History of Nudity on Film
5. The Good, the Bad, and, the Ugly: Spaghetti Westerns
6. To the Moon and Back: The Magic of Georges Méliès
7. In the Dark City: Film Noir's Favorite Setting
8. Hollywood and Gun Violence: The Continuing Debate
9. The Great Debate: Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton
10. A World of Shadows: Inside German Expression
11. FX: From Stop Tricks to CGI
12. Spectacular Spectacular: Musicals in the 21st Century
13. La época de oro: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
14. Fifty Years of Bond, James Bond
15. Prima Famiglia: A History of Italians on Screen
16. Infamous Films: Browning’s Freaks, Damiano’s Deep Throat, and Stone’s Natural Born Killers
17. European Movements: Italian Neorealism, French New Wave, and Dogma 95
18. Bombs Away: Hollywood's Most Infamous Failures
19. Men Who Score: Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, and John Williams
20. Understanding the Hays Code
21. The Tragedy of Francis Farmer
22. I’m No Angel: The Life and Times of Mae West
23. The Littlest Stars: Child Actors and The Coogan Law
24. Bollywood: The World’s Most Prolific Film Industry
25. The Future of Film: Movies in the 21st Century

You may choose from the following dates:

Week 03
Tu 06.18
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Week 04:
Tu 06.25
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Th 06.27
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Week 05
Tu 07.02
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Week 06
Tu 07.09
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Week 07
Tu 07.16
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Th 07.18
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Week 08
Tu 07.23
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Th 07.25
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Week 10
Th 08.08
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