Media@Claremont

Sunday, 13 September 2015

THE PURPOSE OF AN OPENING SEQUENCE

Thursday, 10 September 2015

RESEARCH: TRELLO

Today you started using Trello which is an organizational tool that will help you keep track of what you need to do and what you have done. This is my example.
We will create a new Trello post for Planning, then one for Construction, then one for Evaluation.

September: Research
October: Planning
November and December: Construction
January: Evaluation

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

RESEARCH: ANALYSIS OF THE OPENING OF NOWHERE BOY

In your end of year exam, Section A is the analysis of representation in television drama. An unseen clip will be screened four times.
You are expected to analyse and discuss the technical aspect of the language and conventions of moving image in the extract's representation of individuals, places, groups and events.

camera shots, angles, movement, composition
editing
sound
mise-en-scene

You will be asked to discuss how these technical elements create specific representations of individuals, groups, events or places and help to articulate specific messages and values that have social significance. Particular areas of representation that may be chosen are:

•Gender

•Age

•Ethnicity

•Sexuality

•Class and status

•Physical ability/disability

We watch Nowhere Boy (directed by Sam Taylor Wood, 2009) and analyse the visual codes (camera angles, camera movement, shot types) and sound (dialogue and soundtrack).
We use technical codes (the language of moving image).

We note the exam mark scheme for a grade A response:

use of terminology (8-10 marks)

use of examples (16-20 marks)

analysis, explanation, argument (16-20 marks)

We practise from the very start formulating responses that cover these three elements in the order given above. We note just how precise and detailed our points must be: similar to PEE in your Englsh examination technique (point, evidence, explanation).

Posted by Media@Claremont at 12:32

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

RESEARCH: THE ART OF THE TITLE

We watch then analyse Sherlock Holmes opening sequence, drawing attention to the following:

GENRE how it is signalled
TITLES who is mentioned in the credits and how the credits are presented
PRODUCTION COMPANY
MISE-EN-SCENE period, colours, props
EDITING sound and vision
NARRATIVE and CHARACTERS how is the audience drawn in

PREP You are going to do textual analysis of an opening sequence. Use PowerPoint which we will take into SlideShare when it is ready.

You may find it easiest to use the 9 frames selected in The Art Of The Title and analyse each frame in a separate slide in PowerPoint.
Start with a screenshot of the nine frames together with the title of the film.
Then copy/paste the first frame into slide 2 and use one of the bullet points above to analyse it.
The examiner is looking for 'critical awareness'. This means analysis not just description (why it is done like that).