1. For Section A of your next exam unit, you need to write about the thriller film opening that you made this year. It's best to do this whilst it is still fresh in your mind. See what you have to do by opening this link to our A2 blog HERE the G325 page. Write about what skills you used to make your film opening under the 5 headings in blue below:
Question 1(a) requires
you to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course
of their production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced
Portfolio. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development,
and the question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific
production practices. The list of practices to which questions will
relate is as follows:
Digital Technology Creativity Research and planning Post-production
Digital Technology Creativity Research and planning Post-production
Using conventions from real media texts In the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of these categories.
Use YouTube and other means of film viewing to work through the TV programmes and films that you do not know. The aim is to get the gist of how people are represented.
The Millionairess (1960)
The Indian Doctor (BBC1, 2012)
Goodness Gracious Me (1996-2000, BBC radio and TV comedy sketch)
The Kumars at No.42 (BBC, 7 series, 2001-6)
My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985, from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi)
Anita And Me (Meera Syal, 2002)
Ae Fond Kiss (Ken Loach, 2004)
Yasmin (dir. Kenneth Glenaan 2004),
Four Lions (Chris Morris, 2011)
East is East (Damien O’Donnell, 1999 screenplay Auyub Khan Dinh)
Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha),
Anita And Me (Meera Syal, 2002)
Diary Of A Badman (nearly 4 million views) in which a British Asian Muslim presents a comic video diary.
Make Bradford British, the TV reality show that threw together a mix of Bradford people
