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THE HUNGER GAMES
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Monday, 3 October 2016
TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: ER
In class we complete a whole practice paper on analysing the representation of age in an extract from ER from the 2013 exam paper (below). You can also see the Examiner's Report on the candidates below.
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
PLANNING: TRELLO
I have created a Trello account which is a very useful organizational
online tool so that I know what I have done and what needs to be done. It helps me keep track of my work and what I am doing.
Below is a screen shot of my Trello which I will update as I work.
SEPTEMBER CHECKLIST
PREP: Three tasks by Monday, please. You can use the class blog and those of previous students for guidance.
set Monday (for Tuesday): Read up about Disney (one of the Big Six) and familiarize yourself with some of their products, in order to support your response to the exam question on the film industry that we discussed in class today.
set Tuesday (for Wednesday): Find out how to use Emaze and complete 4th analysis of a film opening, with illustration, using The Art of the Title site
set Wednesday (for Thursday): Now that you have researched how film opening sequences work, you can summarize your knowledge of this genre's codes and conventions. You sign up for Piktochart and organize your learning about film openings into a Piktochart. Title: Film Openings Codes & Conventions.
SIXTH FORM REVIEWS Your forthcoming grade will be based on
Start to use the Trello and take another screenshot. Update the blogpost with the second screenshot.
- Create Twitter account and 'follow' relevant media people like Pete Fraser (pete'smediablog), Jenny Grahame, MediaMagazine, Julian McDougall, Learnaboutfilm, OCR Media and Film, Casey Neistat, Film School Shorts, Future Shorts, Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, MGM, British Council Film, NationalFilmTVSchool, Sony, Edusites, ScreenInternational, Film London and so on...
- Complete first analysis of a film opening, with illustration, using The Art of the Title site.
- On PowerPoint, complete 2nd analysis of a film opening, with illustration, using The Art of the Title site. Sign up for SlideShare and upload your 2nd analysis to your blog.
set Monday (for Tuesday): Read up about Disney (one of the Big Six) and familiarize yourself with some of their products, in order to support your response to the exam question on the film industry that we discussed in class today.
set Tuesday (for Wednesday): Find out how to use Emaze and complete 4th analysis of a film opening, with illustration, using The Art of the Title site
set Wednesday (for Thursday): Now that you have researched how film opening sequences work, you can summarize your knowledge of this genre's codes and conventions. You sign up for Piktochart and organize your learning about film openings into a Piktochart. Title: Film Openings Codes & Conventions.
SIXTH FORM REVIEWS Your forthcoming grade will be based on
- your oral work
- written work such as The Night Manager and Hustle
- your blog work (see Trello list): we aim to complete September tasks by half term!
Start to use the Trello and take another screenshot. Update the blogpost with the second screenshot.
THE BRIEF
I am doing the video brief:
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
TV DRAMA : HUSTLE
ANALYSIS of GENDER using the OCR exam paper for 2011.
Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract
Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract
only.
HUSTLE Extract here
1 Discuss the
ways in which the extract constructs representations of gender using the
following:
• Camera shots,
angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scene
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Wednesday, 21 September 2016
LOVE ACTUALLY and DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
Watch the opening sequences of Love Actually and Dirty Pretty Things to analyse contrasting genre codes and conventions.
Write a series of paragraphs based on contrasting points drawing attention to how genre is signaled through such issues as:
Prime Minister: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
Write a series of paragraphs based on contrasting points drawing attention to how genre is signaled through such issues as:
- mise-en-scene (setting)
- lighting
- editing
- representation of the airport in each film opening
- representation of the protagonist in each film opening (Okwe the taxi driver and doctor; Hugh Grant as the narrator / Prime Minister and Bill Nighy as Billy Mack the singer)
- contrasting representations of London in Dirty Pretty Things (drive into London and the hotel guest-side and below stairs)
- soundtrack: music, voiceover and dialogue
Prime Minister: Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
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