WEEK 14 -- APR 22

Popular Wildlife Movies, late twentieth century

Lecture: Outrage and Outrageous wildlife movies, E. Pullins
Ecovengence, killer creatures, and other popular movie themes about wildlife heroes, villains and monstrosities of nature
Opportunities and drawbacks of popular fictional wildlife movies
Trends by decade in popular wildlife films (70's to now)
SCREENING: King Kong (1933)
Piranha (1978)
Beasts (1983)

ACTIVITY: Peer review of THREE sections of your paper in class. Your peer reviewer will help you to identify the most important information to include in your presentation at the film festival. You will then do a first run of presenting your introduction in the auditorium. Write up of your assignment due in class.

ACTIVITY DUE APR 29:

1. Turn in your written film introduction

2. Review an educational plan online, and write an educational plan for your film. Click here to get details for this assginment.

APR 26 -- SATURDAY FILM FESTIVAL

Present a five-minute introduction to your selected IWFF award-winning documentary to the audience at the Bell Museum film festival based on your final paper. A written copy of this brief presentation is due APR 29. Final five page paper is due MAY 6.

International Wildlife Film Festival