All-Time Favorite Movies – MAJOR GRADE

Your assignment is to research on the internet 15 of your favorite movies and create a database providing information on each movie. The Internet Movie Database would be a good place to start (http://www.imdb.com/). Use the following link to access IMDB: http://webzones.lovejoyisd.net/joinzone

1. Create a new database. Save the DATABASE in your H:Drive as Last-Movies

2. Create a new Table in Design View. Save TABLE as “Movies”. Use the following field names:

MOVIE TITLE (instead of ID)GENRE (i.e. comedy, drama, romance, etc.)RELEASE DATE LEADING ACTOR/ACTRESSDIRECTORRATING (i.e. PG, G, R, etc.)RUN TIME (input in minutes) AWARDS – add new field name that has a Yes/No Data Type

Design View Notes:a. There is NO Primary Key! (Click on field 1, “Movie Title”,

and click to remove it)

b. Data Type should be “Text” for all Fields except: Release Date which should be “Date/Time”, Runtime which should be “Number”, and Awards which should be “Yes/No”

c. Do not include the word “minutes” in RUNTIME, only include the number (which should be in minutes, not hours)

d. Use the following Look Up Wizards Genre- Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi,

Thriller Rating- G, PG, PG-13, R

e. Create an Input Mask for Release Date Choose “Short Date”

3. Create a FORM to enter the movies you choose.a. From the Create tab, choose Form Wizard (CreateMore

FormsForm Wizard) b. Select All FieldsNextColumnarNextc. Name the form “Favorite Movies” Finishd. Toggle to Design View and format your form as shown

Hint: Your Form should be 4” wide Change the theme of your form

e. Add “Your Name” as Footer; 16 pt, different color font (your choice)

4. Enter all of your movies using the Form View.a. If you can’t find ALL this information on a movie- pick another movie.b. Only count Oscars and Golden Globes as “Awards”c. If there is more than one “answer” for a field (i.e. 3 leading actors) pick and use just one.d. Once all of your information has been entered, close the form and open the table view.

5. Sort the movies in alphabetical order by title.a. Center the information in the “Rating” and “Run Time” columns

6. Create the following Queries using the Query Wizard: Q1. All movies that are between 90 and 120 minutes long.

a. Fields: movie title, rating, and run timeb. Sort descending by run timec. Include 90 and 120 minutes (>=__ and <=__) in the criteriad. Save Query as: 90-120 Minute Movies

Q2. All movies made during or after the year 2000a. Fields: movie title and release dateb. Sort ascending by movie titlec. Criteria for release date must be in MM/DD/YYYY format

Use 01/01/2000d. Save Query as: 21st Century Movies

Q3. All Comedies that are PG or PG-13.a. Fields movie title, genre, and ratingb. Save Query as: Comedies c. Enter criteria for Rating as: “Criteria 1” Or “Criteria 2”

7. Create the following Report using Report Wizard: R1: Using your Movies Table, select the following:

a. Include Movie Title, Genre, Director, and Run Time

b. Group by Genrec. Sort in Ascending Order by Title with a

Stepped Layout and Portrait Orientationd. Save Report as “Movies by Genre”e. Use the Design View and Layout View

to resize fields so that all information is displayed

f. Change the theme of your report.g. Add a label (Aa) in the footer with your

name as shown

8. Save your work.

9. Upload to Google Drive (with the following items on your database)