Movie Flyer

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Objective: Students will create three rating flyers for movies, TV, and games in Microsoft Word. Flyer examples (click on "Ratings Posters"): http://www.filmratings.com/

Students will learn to insert clip art, Word Art, fill color, font/color, font size, and use APA style references. Students will also find movies, TV shows, and games that match each rating.

Step I.

Open Microsoft Word and create three different flyers for movies, TV shows, and games. Use the following rating systems as a guide:

Movie Rating System

http://www.mpaa.org/FlmRat_Ratings.asp

Rated G - General Audiences
This is a film that contains nothing in theme, language, bareness, violence, etc. that would, in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to parents whose younger children view the film.
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Rated PG - Parental Guidance Suggested
This is a film that clearly needs to be examined by parents before they let their children view it. The label PG plainly states parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children, but leaves the parent to make the decision.
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Rated PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category.
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Rated R - Restricted
This film definitely contains some adult material. Parents are strongly urged to find out more about this film before they allow their children to view it.
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Rated NC-17
This is a film that most parents will consider patently too adult for their youngsters under 17. No children will be admitted at the movie theaters.

Game Ratings

http://www.mediafamily.org/ratings_key.shtml

	EARLY CHILDHOOD Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.

	EVERYONE Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

	EVERYONE 10+ Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.

	TEEN Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.

	MATURE Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, fleshly content and/or strong language.

	ADULTS ONLY Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic fleshly content.

	RATING PENDING Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)

TV Show Ratings

http://www.cox.com/oklahoma/cable/tvratings.asp

Children All Ages - Programs designed for children of all ages. Whether animated or live-action, these programs are specifically designed for a very young audience. They are not expected to frighten younger children.

Children Over 7 - Programs designed for children over the age of seven. It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make believe and reality.

Fantasy Violence - Programs containing fantasy violence, which is more intense than TV-Y7 programs.

General Audience - Although this rating does not signify a program designed specifically for children, most parents may let younger children watch this program unattended. It contains little or no violence, no strong language and little or no fleshly dialogue or situations.

Parental Guidance Suggested - This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children. The program may contain one or more of the following: moderate violence (V), S), infrequent coarse language (L) or some suggestive dialogue (D).

Parents Strongly Cautioned - This program contains some material that parents may find unsuitable for children under 14. Parents are strongly urged to monitor these programs and are cautioned against letting children under 14 watch unattended. This program contains one or more of the following: intense violence (V), (S), strong coarse language (L) or intensely suggestive dialogue (D).

Mature Audiences Only - This program is specifically designed for adults and may be suitable for children under 17. This program contains one or more of the following: graphic violence (V), (S), or crude indecent language (L).

Step II.

Use PowerPoint and find movies and games, that match each of the ratings above. Find pictures for each movie and game and place them on individual slides. Make sure you provide a reference page for each website used. You may use the following websites as well as any other website:

http://www.kids-in-mind.com/

http://www.filmratings.com/

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/safety/videogame-ratings

http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ic=24_0&ref=125866.413376&povid=cat2636-env44295-module134104-lLink2

Step III.

Provide two movie reviews (using Microsoft Word) for movies you have seen. (20% of overall grade) An example of a movie review is provided below:

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

I Know What You Did Last Summer is the new action horror flick directed by Jim Gillespie. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze,Jr.

Four close friends have just finished high school. Helen (Gellar) has just won a beauty contest and is going to New York to become an actress. Her boyfriend Barry (Phillippe) is going to Boston to play football. Julie (Hewitt) is going to Boston as well to study law. Julie's boyfriend Ray (Prince Jr.) is off to New York with Helen to become a writer. With the summer coming to an end, and everyone going their own way, they decide to go out and party. The horror starts when they hit someone on the way home. Instead of getting help, or calling the police, they of course hide the body. They decide to never speak of what happened again and they each go their own way.
A year later Julie returns from college to find out that someone knows what they did last summer. It is only a matter of time before they find this tormentor or he finds them.

I Know What You Did Last Summer will definitely provide you with a scream. The film
lacks humor but makes up for it with a lot of action and suspense. It also sends an important message against drinking and driving. So if anyone out there is looking for a good scare you will not be disappointed with this movie.

Respond to the following issue about video games:
(40% of overall grade) “Violence is present in almost all games—(60% of) children over age eight rate (games for people over 17) as their favorites,” says Becca Arnold of the Child-Responsible Media Campaign. All violent games should be banned in the U.S." The good things about games: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/video_games/good_things_videogames.cfm The Concerns:
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/video_games/concerns/excess_play_videogames.cfmhttp://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/video_games/concerns/violence_videogames.cfmhttp://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/video_games/concerns/race_videogames.cfm

Write a half-page review of your favorite game and explain why you think certain games should not be banned. PROVIDE DETAILS! Explain! Explain! Extend! What are the benefits?