Homework: Friday 10th December

Due Tuesday 14th December

Today you began to watch The Day After Tomorrow, using the notes  you have made so far write (at least ) a 700 word analysis about how 2 micro features of your choice were used the film., in addition also discuss the representation of at least 2 characters or character relationships. Try to include technical film language and refer to how the audience would feel or react to the sequence you are discussing.

I will automatically give you half a grade more if you can relvantly incorporate the following term into your work:

PATHETIC FALLACY

ALSO

Those of you who are behind with work make sure it is all complete and handed to me or emailed by Thursday 16th December - come and see me during registration

What do you owe?

GCSE Film: What do you owe?

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Homework

Due Tuesday 23rd November

I have marked the first drafts of micro essays, your homework is to correct them and write a second draft some people have more to do than others. Also those students who have yet to hand me a first draft when you do hand it in it will count as your second draft and you may not get a chance to improve it.

Below is a list of people who have still not handed in their first draft

Jake Baker
James Barker
Emily Brown
Perry Carr
Saul Carter-Wright
Rebecca Collins
Liam Donaldson
Alex George
Rylee Leake-Rashbrook
Charlie Lilly

CAN I REMIND YOU ALL THAT NEXT WEEK IN PARENTS CONSULTATION EVENING AND IF YOU WANT ME TO HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY - SORT IT OUT!!!

AND I WILL BE CALLING ALL PARENTS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

DETENTIONS

It would appear that some people got letters home and shouldn't of, this is an error only those listed below are expected to come for detention on Tuesday 16th November. I will then provide help with missing work, but you need to email me the first draft of your micro essays.

Jake Baker

James Barker

Emily Brown

Perry Carr

Saul Carter-Wright

Liam Donaldson

Alex George

Ryle Leake-Rashbrook

Charlie Lilly

Homework: Friday 12th November

Due Friday 19th November

If you still haven't emailed me your blog address please do so, if I have your blog your name will be listed on the right hand side.

Answer these questions on your blog

1. List five key ways in which we identify genre?
2. Describe the typical setting for either science fiction, action or horror
3. Discuss three ways in which genre is used by an audience
4. Why is genre important to the film-maker?

If you search the blog you will find the answers!

GCSE Film Genre

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GCSE Film Genre pt2

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Micro Features Essay

When writing your essay use this title:

Explore the ways in which  two micro features of film language create meaning and response in one sequence from your chosen film

Your essay should then begin...

In this essay I'm going to analyse the micro features of [?] and [?] in a sequence from [film name, director, year]

HOMEWORK: Friday 5th November

DUE FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER

PANS LABYRINTH

You can do points 2-4 on your blogs if you want, if you do include the poster and the trailer and label the post as homework

1. Stick the poster in your book, annotate the poster, use denotation and connotation to guess what genre the film may be
2. Watch the trailer for Pan's Labyrinth (see below), make notes on setting, characters, props & significant objects, narrative plot, themes and style
3. Using your notes describe what genre you think the film is?
4. Click here to read what genres IMDB give the film
5. Describe how the trailer communicates the genres that IMDB gave the film

HOMEWORK: Friday 22nd October

COURSEWORK

DUE FRIDAY 5th NOVEMBER

Your homework is to use your blogs to research the PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION and EXHIBITION of your chosen film (look at page 4 of your booklet and complete the section 1 and section2  tick list on your blog), make the blogs really exciting, use YouTube clips and pictures. When you've done this you must choose a sequence from your film to analyse, use the A3 sheets I gave you to help you write notes on the sequence before you try to structure and essay.

This link may help you to understand the DISTRIBUTION (marketing) and EXHIBITION it has video clips!
http://www.launchingfilms.tv/index.php

The video below tells you how to embed videos but YouTube has changed a bit, so the embed code is now below the video just to the right, click the word embed, then scroll down to a blue box that says 'Customised' enter 480 in the width box, now highlight the embed code, make sure on your post in Blogger have clicked on 'Edit HTML' and then paste, when published you should see the video. If you don't see the video the person who loaded the video to YouTube may have set privacy settings so you can't use it.

Editing Terminology

Editing terms

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Camera angles and movement

Camera shots and angles

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Sound

Sound

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HOMEWORK: Friday 8th October

DUE: Friday 15th October

Storyboard a 2 min sequence from a film of your choice this can be from any point in the film, the important thing to remember is that the sequence may have many transitions you can cut some of them out  to it the sequence into 20 frames. Your storyboards must include camera shot/angle, camera movement, editing and sound (dialogue/soundtrack)

Also remember to choose an interesting sequence as you will be using this same sequence to analyses for coursework you will have to discuss how some of the micro features are used, and you will also need to research the production of the film.

SO CHOOSE YOUR SEQUENCE WISELY!

Camera angles and movement

MISE-EN-SCENE - Lighting and Colour

Lighting and colour

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Homework: Tuesday 28th September

Due: Tuesday 5th October

Choose between Stardust and the opening of Seven, use your notes to write an essay about how mise-en-scene has been used in these sequences. Please refer to class notes for exact titles to use.

Opening of seven

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Mise-en-scene

mise en-scene

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Semiotics

GCSE Film - Semiotics

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Mrs. Raji's Email

rajib@welling.bexley.sch.uk

HOMEWORK: Intro to Micro Features

DUE TUESDAY 14TH SEPT

Choose a 2mins sequence from a film you like, ideally have it on DVD to bring into the next lesson. Be prepared to say why you like it and what MICRO FEATURES are being used

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