6 NEW TECHNOLOGIES

This week, start on the list part of Evaluation q.6 NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

GOOGLE DOCS SHOT LIST

How are you getting along with your shot list? Try using Google Docs. Pick 'sheets' for this document, then 'blank'.

Below is the example of the first page of a shot list:

PRISON BREAK: TV DRAMA

We continue to study good exam practice techniques: how to access level 4 marks using the three point strategy:

• identify terminology (10 marks); use technical terms
• give example in detail (10 marks); use adjectives, adverbs to 'paint with words'
• explanation, examination, argument: how the representation is constructed (20 marks)

In class, we revise terminology: match cut, master shot, establishing shot, VFX, focus pull, two shot, three shot, posture and gesture, casting, rim lighting, tracking shot, close up, shot / reverse shot, the use of silence, the use of dialogue, how music makes meaning, how the audience's emotions are manipulated to see the protagonists as worthy / admirable; in a two-shot, who has greater power.

Prison Break Season 1, ep. 3 English, Fitz or Percy

THE GOOD WIFE, LIE TO ME & FRANKIE AND GRACE: TV DRAMA

We analyse the representation of gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, regionality and age in three television drama texts. We identify terminology (camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, sound) and how film language constructs representations, using our 3-point exam strategy.

How does the mise-en-scene create the representation of gender and ethnicity?

 

How do tracking shots construct power? How do motivated edits reveal intelligence and assertiveness? How is gender constructed through dialogue and costume?

Cal Lightman is constructed as boorish and provocative, rather an anti-hero at times. How and why?

FACEBOOK

Create as a group (or just design in PhotoShop yourself) a Facebook account for your group's film. If it is live (best) keep it up to date and each member of the group should take responsibility for uploading some content. Post under Evaluation q. 5 Attracting and addressing audiences. Justify your strategy by drawing attention to the similarities between your work and a real FB film page for A Field in England. This film was special in that it was released on 5 July 2013 on multiple platforms simultaneously, including cinemas, home media and video on demand.

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TUMBLR

Create a Tumblr social media connection with your audience for Evaluation question 5 Attracting and addressing audiences. Here is the Tumblr for Wolverine which built a strong relationship with its target audience prior to release. Post your work under
Evaluation question 5 Attracting and addressing audiences.

SNAPCHAT

The Shorty Awards recognise the best social media campaigns for attracting and addressing audiences. Wolverine was the first home entertainment campaign on the social platform Snapchat. Use Snapchat to publicise your film. Alternatively, mock up (using PhotoShop)  the design of a campaign using Snapchat that you would use to publicise your film. Explain why you would attract and address your audience in this way (quoting your research into The Shorty Awards and Wolverine's use of Snapchat). Post under Evaluation question 5 Attracting and addressing your audience.