Building a Curation: Visual Persuasive Compositions

While we put the final touches on Project #1, I want to go ahead and set up the requirements for the upcoming Project #2.

For Project #2, you are required to write a 1,500 word genre analysis. Before then, you must curate a collection of compositions which best represent a narrative sub-genre. A curation is a carefully selected collection. You see curations everywhere, like Pinterest Boards, Best of Lists, or Instagram which is a curation of the images of your life. For THIS ASSIGNMENT, you are putting together a curation of narrative compositions - movies, stories, books, etc. - all under the same subgenre.

For Short Assignment #1 which is due FEBRUARY 22 before 11:59 pm, you must select a subgenre of the narrative genre (Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, etc,). When you decide which subgenre you want to work with, remember that you will eventually be asked to write an original narrative in that subgenre. So if you hate mysteries, don't assemble a mystery curation. Then, define the conventions of that narrative subgenre. Conventions are the expectations of that subgenre, like what are the rules of that subgenre to make it fall into that category. Provide at least 10 conventions. Next, provide 10 examples of narratives which can be classified into that sub-genre. Include images, links to how someone might view the example (or the IMDB link), and 50 words each on why that example fulfills the conventions of that subgenre. Your purpose is to persuade viewers to think this subgenre is awesome and want to engage with these narratives.

You will be graded on

• Understanding of Conventions of the narrative subgenre (are your convention definitions accurate? Are your examples plausible?) and your understanding of the persuasive genre (Do your 50 persuasive words for each example convince the reader?)

• Style and Design (Is it pleasing to look at?)

• Accessibility (Do the link buttons work? Is it easy to find everything? Is it easy to read?)

• Whether the curation fulfills the prompt (Do you meet the word counts? Do you have all 10 definitions of the sub-genre conventions? Do you have all 10 examples on the page?)

You are building this on your Project #2 page, and it should be visually appealing and accessible. Your page should have dominant art on the page. The Conventions should be listed together in at least 14 pt font. Your collection of narratives should include images of book covers or movie posters and buttons to access the film.

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Don't Forget:

Classmate Edits are due FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 before 11:59 pm

Classmate Evaluations are due FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 before 11:59 pm

Draft 3 - which will be reviewed for your grade on Project #1 - is due on MONDAY FEBRUARY 18 before 11:59 pm