Potential+Essay+Topics

**Topics**

 * 1) **Film History**
 * 2) Director
 * 3) Genre
 * 4) Style
 * 5) Landmarks of Film
 * 6) Theme
 * 7) Method Acting
 * 8) **Acting in Film versus Acting in Theatre**
 * 9) **Media Education**
 * 10) Censorship
 * 11) Is it effective?
 * 12) How is it dealt with in Canada vs US?
 * 13) Gender
 * 14) Portrayal
 * 15) Racial
 * 16) Advertising(Barry Duncum)
 * 17) Pornography, sex and how to handle it?
 * 18) Violence
 * 19) Bullying(Teachers and Students)
 * 20) [|Culture Jamming]
 * 21) Adbusters.org
 * 22) Connecting to ELA, SS, Health, Literacy with ICT, Visual Arts
 * 23) How would you teach culture jamming?
 * 24) Copyright Issues
 * 25) Music in relation to video/film
 * 26) Video possibilities for the Internet
 * 27) Film festivals and its importance for students
 * 28) Instructional videos within schools
 * 29) YouTube as a teaching tool
 * 30) iPod usage

**Teaching Units**

 * 1) Video and Social Studies in the early years
 * 2) Acting for film
 * 3) Lighting for video/film
 * 4) Preparing for portfolios
 * 5) Digital storytelling using tableaux
 * 6) Digital storytelling using Web 2.0 tools - PhotoStory 3, Voice Threads
 * 7) Sex in the city in grade 11??
 * 8) Reenactment of historical events - Winnipeg Strike
 * 9) Tips on going green
 * 10) Dissing fast food - culture jamming the fast food industry for grade 10