Research
Lines of Inquiry 1
- Genre of movies
Questions
- What are the genre of movies?
- What is the favorite genre of the children in our grade?
A genre means a certain type of something. For example a genre of dance is hip hop. This information is going to talk about the genres of movies. Sometimes certain movies are classified under 2 things like the avengers which is action, adventure and fantasy
1. Action
An action is a movie which is thrilling it can sometimes have comedy in it but is commonly related to crime
The Avengers
2. Animation
This specific type although requiring actors is made through putting picture after picture good animations can be as high as 60 fps/frames per second.
Steven Universe
3. Comedy
This type has always high amount of humour in it.
Minions
4. Documentary
This is where people document the information inside a video and can sometimes be turned into a movie and shared with the public.
In the year of the pig
5. Family
This type is suitable for a whole family even the young children so it is age appropriate for a whole family
The Muppets
6. Film-noir
A dark black and white movie
Sunset Boulevard
7. Horror
This one is a scary movie meant to put fear in the viewers
Krampus
8. Musical
Has lots of music and dancing and acting and is seen live
Shrek the Musical
9. Romance
It is about love
Cinderella
10. Sport
It shows some sort of sport or physical health exercise
Million Dollar Baby
11. War
It shows or has a relation with war or high violence battles between armies
300
12. Adventure
It is done in an adventurous scenario
Star Wars the Force Awakens
13. Biography
This shows lots of detailed information about one specific person. It also shows the life story
Ip Man
14. Crime
This type usually shows a crime being committed and stopped
Fast & Furious 6(and 7)
15. Drama
It's about a serious subject and not meant to make the audience laugh.
Annie
16. Fantasy
It shows things which are entirely fictional and will almost never be seen in reality.
The Hobbit
17. History
Shows information about history
American Sniper
18. Music
This genre often has a lot of music in the actual movie
The Sound of Music
19. Mystery
It shows the viewers clues of solving an unsolved mystery. The movies usually reveal the answer to the mystery at the end of the movie or in an upcoming sequel to the movie
The Maze Runner
20. Sci-fi
Science fiction movies
E.T (Extra-Terrestrial)
21. Thriller
The movies which are part of this genre are always very thrilling
The Dark Knight Rises
22. Western
This type of movie often originates and is related to the western countries and cities of the world like Texas
a million ways to Die in the West
Based on the surveys we gave out to the grade 5 students, their favorite genre is comedy.
Lines of Inquiry 2
- Development of movies
Questions
- How has movies change over time?
Development of Movies
The first movie started on 1889. The movie was about a horse running. Long ago movie didn't have any sound, but it had different techniques that made it entertaining and not boring. The first movie was made by Edison and Dickson and it was presented in their first studio/ first studio in the world.
In the 1890s, the Americans made a silent cinema right after world war 1, the inventor of movies is Edweard Muybridge, there is also a man named George Eastman who made the plastic base with stripes that can hold several pictures to make a movie, in the 1900s, they made a lantern slides to make colors in the movie rather than the common colors in the 1890s black and white screen.
Also in the 1900 they added sounds and music for the movie to add more expression and in the 2000s they started to improve a lot better they started to add effects and subtitles and even voices from the actors till the present day they started to build cinemas like for example 21, and etc in a humongous screen.
Lines of Inquiry 3
- Techniques of movie making
Questions
- How can movies spread powerful information?
Dissemination
Long ago people spread information or advertisements through posters and televisions, but now we can spread information through movies, smart phones and many more. Now there are applications to share and spread movies such as, Facebook and Instagram. Now we can spread information faster because we have new technologies such as movies and smartphones.
- Genre of movies
Questions
- What are the genre of movies?
- What is the favorite genre of the children in our grade?
A genre means a certain type of something. For example a genre of dance is hip hop. This information is going to talk about the genres of movies. Sometimes certain movies are classified under 2 things like the avengers which is action, adventure and fantasy
1. Action
An action is a movie which is thrilling it can sometimes have comedy in it but is commonly related to crime
The Avengers
2. Animation
This specific type although requiring actors is made through putting picture after picture good animations can be as high as 60 fps/frames per second.
Steven Universe
3. Comedy
This type has always high amount of humour in it.
Minions
4. Documentary
This is where people document the information inside a video and can sometimes be turned into a movie and shared with the public.
In the year of the pig
5. Family
This type is suitable for a whole family even the young children so it is age appropriate for a whole family
The Muppets
6. Film-noir
A dark black and white movie
Sunset Boulevard
7. Horror
This one is a scary movie meant to put fear in the viewers
Krampus
8. Musical
Has lots of music and dancing and acting and is seen live
Shrek the Musical
9. Romance
It is about love
Cinderella
10. Sport
It shows some sort of sport or physical health exercise
Million Dollar Baby
11. War
It shows or has a relation with war or high violence battles between armies
300
12. Adventure
It is done in an adventurous scenario
Star Wars the Force Awakens
13. Biography
This shows lots of detailed information about one specific person. It also shows the life story
Ip Man
14. Crime
This type usually shows a crime being committed and stopped
Fast & Furious 6(and 7)
15. Drama
It's about a serious subject and not meant to make the audience laugh.
Annie
16. Fantasy
It shows things which are entirely fictional and will almost never be seen in reality.
The Hobbit
17. History
Shows information about history
American Sniper
18. Music
This genre often has a lot of music in the actual movie
The Sound of Music
19. Mystery
It shows the viewers clues of solving an unsolved mystery. The movies usually reveal the answer to the mystery at the end of the movie or in an upcoming sequel to the movie
The Maze Runner
20. Sci-fi
Science fiction movies
E.T (Extra-Terrestrial)
21. Thriller
The movies which are part of this genre are always very thrilling
The Dark Knight Rises
22. Western
This type of movie often originates and is related to the western countries and cities of the world like Texas
a million ways to Die in the West
Based on the surveys we gave out to the grade 5 students, their favorite genre is comedy.
Lines of Inquiry 2
- Development of movies
Questions
- How has movies change over time?
Development of Movies
The first movie started on 1889. The movie was about a horse running. Long ago movie didn't have any sound, but it had different techniques that made it entertaining and not boring. The first movie was made by Edison and Dickson and it was presented in their first studio/ first studio in the world.
In the 1890s, the Americans made a silent cinema right after world war 1, the inventor of movies is Edweard Muybridge, there is also a man named George Eastman who made the plastic base with stripes that can hold several pictures to make a movie, in the 1900s, they made a lantern slides to make colors in the movie rather than the common colors in the 1890s black and white screen.
Also in the 1900 they added sounds and music for the movie to add more expression and in the 2000s they started to improve a lot better they started to add effects and subtitles and even voices from the actors till the present day they started to build cinemas like for example 21, and etc in a humongous screen.
Lines of Inquiry 3
- Techniques of movie making
Questions
- How can movies spread powerful information?
Dissemination
Long ago people spread information or advertisements through posters and televisions, but now we can spread information through movies, smart phones and many more. Now there are applications to share and spread movies such as, Facebook and Instagram. Now we can spread information faster because we have new technologies such as movies and smartphones.