The students are to pick an important media figure in history and provide the class with a 5 minute presentation about that figure. The person must be involved in a profession within a mass medium. The content should focus on that person’s contribution to a particular medium (TV, radio, movies, advertising, etc.) in terms of impact, innovations and influence on culture.
The presentation can be either a video or a PowerPoint (or equivalent). The student must narrate the video or insert an audio narration into each slide of the PowerPoint presentation. The presentation must include examples of that person’s work. The samples cannot be more than 1 minute total of video or audio.
1 figure per class, first come first serve.
Don’t be afraid to make it interesting.
You must appear on video or narrate.
For PowerPoint: 10 slides maximum, 30 point font size minimum.
Grading will be based on quality of content, originality, thoroughness and visual appeal.