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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Year 11 BTEC - Audio Production Essay
Here are the slides you will need, don't forget to use the sentence starter and vocab bank slides!!
Friday, 9 September 2011
Year 13 BTEC - Homework
DUE WEDNESDAY 14/09/11
The key words to find the definitions of for your Media Studies Dictionary:
antagonist, archetype, cinematography, continuity editing, cross-cut, cut, cutaway, deep focus, depth of field, diegetic, dissolve, editing, eyeline match, fade, foreshawdowing, graphic match, intertextuality, jump cut, juxtaposition, match on action, mis-en-scene, montage, narrative, non-diegetic, omniscient narrative, parallel narrative, protagonist, representation, restricted narrative, sexual objectification, shallow focus, shot-reverse-shot, significant prop, stereotype, storyboard, sub-plot, transition
This is the clip you will need to complete your analysis grid:
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Year 12 BTEC Media - Film Reviews
Use this link to complete the Vocabulary Exercise. Please work independently on this task.
Once you have completed the exercise make sure you call me over to your computer to see your results.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Year 12 - Film Studies Reading - Marketing
Here are some articles/blogs we're going to use in today's lesson.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-marketing2.htm
http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/moviemarketingthechangingfilmmarketingmodel.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/11/us-industry-idUSTRE65A13Q20100611?pageNumber=1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-mendelson/modern-movie-marketing-ca_b_640327.html
http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/1582-an-experiment-in-modern-movie-marketing.htm
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-marketing2.htm
http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/moviemarketingthechangingfilmmarketingmodel.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/11/us-industry-idUSTRE65A13Q20100611?pageNumber=1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-mendelson/modern-movie-marketing-ca_b_640327.html
http://www.ultraculture.co.uk/1582-an-experiment-in-modern-movie-marketing.htm
Monday, 13 June 2011
Friday, 10 June 2011
Year 12 - Cover Work
Your task today is to complete a research and case study on the processes of modern Hollywood filmmaking and a blockbuster film of your choice.
First go to this webpage:
http://www.skillset.org/film/business/
Here you will find a storyboard which briefly explains each step of the filmmaking process, you must use this as a guide to research your chosen film and produce a case study which will explain its production, distribution and exhibition. Start your case study with a summary of the plot of the film.
See the slides below for further instructions and an example.
First go to this webpage:
http://www.skillset.org/film/business/
Here you will find a storyboard which briefly explains each step of the filmmaking process, you must use this as a guide to research your chosen film and produce a case study which will explain its production, distribution and exhibition. Start your case study with a summary of the plot of the film.
See the slides below for further instructions and an example.
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