Genres of Movies Movies

19 present that a task is an activity or action which is carried out as the result of processing or understanding language. The task can be real-world tasks and pedagogic tasks that the students are required to carry out in the classroom.

5. Movies

According to Gerlach 1980: 333 a film or movie is a series of still pictures frames, usually 8mm or 16mm in size, taken in rapid succession. Then, Stanley 2003: 40 explains that a movie is a powerful medium: being primarily visual, it therefore caters to a wide audience. Movies can also reflect our society and values, or question them. Moreover, movie is a recorded story Hornby, 1995: 434 that can influence the children or the students to learn knowledge based on their thinking and intend to entertain people Darwanto, 2007: 131. English movie that would be applied in the study can be defined as a recorded story which reflects American, British, and or Australian life. English movie portrays American, British, and or Australian life that uses English as their first language. English movie also portray particular issues. English movie has various genres. Dirks 2005 describes several genres of movies played in cinema or television as follows.

a. Genres of Movies

1 Action Movie Action movie fully includes high energy, physical stunts and chases. It can be possibly rescues, battles, fights, escapes, and destructive crises. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 20 2 Adventure Movie It is known as exciting stories, with new experiences. It can include traditional swashbucklers, serialized films, and historical spectacles. 3 Comedy Movie It is designed to amuse and provoke laughter by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationship, and characters. 4 Drama Movie Drama is serious, portraying realistic character, setting, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. 5 Horror Movie It is designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time. 6 Musical Movie Musical or dance movies are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way. 7 Science Fiction Movie Sci-fi movies are often visionary and imaginative-complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, unknown and unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 21 8 War Anti-War Movie War movies acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting. War movies are often paired with other genres, such as action, adventure, drama, romance, comedy black, suspense, and even epics and westerns, and they often take a denunciatory approach toward warfare. 9 Western Movie Westerns are the major defining genre of the American movie industry-a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognizable plots, elements, and characters.

B. Theoretical Framework

The study aims at producing writing instructional materials for senior high school grade ten. The writer needs to prepare plans before designing the materials. As clarified above, the theories give contributions in developing this study. The model of instructional design by Kemp was adapted. Using Kemp’s model, the writer could start from whichever elements are ready to start with and then move back and henceforth to the other steps. The first step of Kemp is reordered. Considering goals, topics, and general purposes are put after learner characteristics. Pre-assessment is omitted because learner characteristics have covered the learners’ background. The support services are also omitted because the support services are not necessarily needed. Thus, according to Kemp’s PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI