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Reclaiming the Right to Be a Cowboy: Week 10 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
This blog addresses and reflects on the lesson that concluded the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas last term. To tie everything up...

Chelsea Wick
Apr 25, 20236 min read
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Escaping The Island of Captain Calamari: Week 9 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students enjoyed the lesson that I had been ‘on the edge of my seat...

Chelsea Wick
Apr 2, 20234 min read
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O.G. Spider-Man - A Top Tier Action Hero: Week 8 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Wednesday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students investigated action genre films, and their role and...

Chelsea Wick
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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The Wonderful Franco of Oz: Week 7 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued their investigation into fantasy genre films....

Chelsea Wick
Mar 19, 20236 min read
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Harry Potter and the Fantasy Film Genre: Week 7 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Wednesday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students began their investigation into fantasy genre films....

Chelsea Wick
Mar 16, 20236 min read
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À Ton Image - A Cloning Ethics Nightmare: Week 6 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued their investigation into science fiction (or...

Chelsea Wick
Mar 12, 20234 min read
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M3GAN - Science Fiction Calls Us Out: Week 6 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Tuesday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students began their investigation into science fiction (or...

Chelsea Wick
Mar 10, 20238 min read
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St Mary MacKillop - A Biopic Proposal: Week 5 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued their investigation into biopic genre films....

Chelsea Wick
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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The Greatest Showman? A Worrying Biopic: Week 5 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In yesterday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students began their genre deep dive investigation into biopic...

Chelsea Wick
Mar 2, 20235 min read
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Letting Women Have the Last Laugh: Week 4 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued their laughter-filled investigation into the...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 26, 20236 min read
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Incongruity Theory in Comedy: Week 4 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In today's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students began their hilarious investigation into the world of...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 21, 20234 min read
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Aussie vs American Romance in Film: Week 3 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In Friday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued their investigation into the romance genre, with...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 19, 20236 min read
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Conditioning the ‘Damsel in Distress: Week 3 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In yesterday's lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, leading on well from teen films, the students began to have a...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 16, 20236 min read
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Perhaps not ‘so fetch’ after all: Week 2 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In last Friday’s lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinemas, students continued to investigate a wide range of teen films,...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 12, 20235 min read
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Teen Film Deep Dive: Week 2 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
In yesterday’s lesson within the unit, Film Genres and National Cinema, students investigated a wide range of teen films. For their blog,...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 8, 20237 min read
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Dystopian Deep Dive: Week 1 Lesson 2 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
By golly, the mid to late 2010s was such a wonderful time for dystopian film! Today, my Creative Writing and Film Studies class continued...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Since I'm Not a Hypocrite: Week 1 Lesson 1 Blog for Creative Writing and Film Studies
Today, I taught the first lesson of the Year 9 elective subject: Creative Writing and Film Studies. As a requirement of the course,...

Chelsea Wick
Feb 1, 20234 min read
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Film Genres and National Cinema: How genre can be utilised to capture international audiences
While Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film, Three Monkeys (2008) may seem to be a unique choice for a Western viewer, the utilisation of melodramatic...

Chelsea Wick
Nov 20, 20228 min read
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Who Needs Internet Privacy? Playing the Devil's Advocate in a Seemingly Endless Debate
Do people really want internet privacy, or do they just want control over what content they share is seen and by who? It's no great...

Chelsea Wick
Jul 8, 20208 min read
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Man or Machine: Which Has a Better Memory? Making Moments Permanent Using Cinematic Apparatus
The wondrous variety of technological apparatus from the birth of cinema itself has always presented an opportunity to share stories,...

Chelsea Wick
Jun 26, 20208 min read
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