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Wednesday, 28 March 2007

WORK FOR LIAM DOYLE: YEAR 10A MEDIA STUDIES

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Hi Liam,

Click the links below to find work to complete for your GCSE Media Studies coursework. The work concerns the cinema. Both worksheets are in PDF format and require Abobe Acrobat to be read. If you have any questions, please email me.

www.zshare.net/download/cinema-initial-quest-pdf.html

http://www.zshare.net/download/my-films-pdf.html

Sunday, 25 March 2007

YEAR 10 MEDIA

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We have been reading "Donnie Darko" as part of our analysis of codes and conventions of the cinema.

For a review of DD click the link below:

www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578



For a "Donnie Darko Codes and Conventions" worksheet click the link below:


www.zshare.net/download/codes-and-conventions-donnie-darko-doc.html

YEAR 8U - SPELLING CHALLENGE

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Don't forget that Wednesday is your spelling challenge test. For those needing a spelling list, click on the link below:

www.zshare.net/download/spelling-list-doc.html

Sunday, 18 March 2007

THE GREAT DIRECTORS: JOHN FORD

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It is no exaggeration to say that John Ford is one of the greatest filmakers in the relatively short history of this artform. A tangible influence on many directors, in a career that spanned both the silent film era and the "talkies", Ford made 140 films.

A chronicler of American history and the ordinary American, Ford is one of the great storytellers. His images remain imprinted in the mind long after the film has ended. Whether it be the panoramas of monument valley or John Wayne's isolation and loneliness at the threshold of the family home at the end of "The Searchers", Ford'svision remains unsurpassed by any American Director.

Read more about this truly great filmaker at:


Watch the trailer for "The Searchers".


YEAR 10T ENGLISH MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

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Sequence from the film.





The original film trailer.

YEAR 10 T: "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"

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You have been studying this film as part of your research on the conventions of a gothic horror story.

Read a review of this film at:




Find out more about the late, great, Vincent Price at:


Friday, 16 March 2007

GREAT DIRECTORS: HOWARD HAWKS

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Hawks is the "Director's Director", being known for his versatility, filming comedies, dramas, gangster films, sci-fi, pulp noir, and Westerns with equal ease and skill. Hawks' own functional definition of what constitutes a "good movie" is revealing of his no-nonsense style: "Three great scenes, no bad ones."
Find out more about this remarkable director and his films at:


Thursday, 15 March 2007

YEAR 10 GCSE MEDIA STUDIES

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The "what" and the "why".

Following on from Tuesday's lesson - click the link to find a sample evaluation of a storyboard frame.

This also contains information on cinema, including the Oscar's film quiz.


http://www.zshare.net/download/cinema-2-flp.html

Monday, 12 March 2007

YEAR 10 GCSE MEDIA STUDIES - SO YOU CAN'T DRAW?!?!!!

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"But I can't draw!" is the familiar cry of students when storyboarding. Remember! You are being marked on your evaluation and the ideas behind your work. Stickmen, huh! let's not be sexist here, stickpeople, will do very nicely.
A great site to see a stickman (sorry!) artist at work is:



The stickman artist is Mark Monlux.

There is also a sheet to download that will help you practice drawing your stickpeople.


Enjoy!

Sunday, 11 March 2007

Year 11 English GCSE Edexcel Unit 1B

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Grace, Shanna, Fatou and Asha,

Check this site today - information will be posted...

Download information on the examination by clicking on

http://www.zshare.net/download/gcse-english-exam-doc.html

and

http://www.zshare.net/download/gcse-english-exam-pt-2-doc.html

Email me at Mrevans4444@aol.com so that i know you have downloaded these documents.

Saturday, 10 March 2007

The Great Directors: Preston Sturges

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A truly great and prolific film-maker, Preston Sturges is the perfect example of a director who could work within the Hollywood Studio System and yet make his own mark on the films he created. Indeed, while within the system his talent thrived, yet when he left to make independent films, his work and reputation fell into decline.


Find out more about this remarkable director at

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES: 2008 Controlled Test Sit coms

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We pay tribute to an icon of British Sit Coms...





Frederick John Inman (28 June 19358 March 2007) was an English actor who was best known for his role as Mr Humphries in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? in the 1970s and 1980s. Inman was also well known in the United Kingdom as a pantomime dame.
Read more about John Inman at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Inman

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES: HOT OFF THE PRESS! 2009

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The AQA GCSE Media Studies controlled test in 2009 will be on Quiz Shows.

Year 10 GCSE Media Studies TAPE formula

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Here is a link to a TAPE formula grid to help you analyse media texts. You can download this document by going to





Saturday, 3 March 2007

Homage: Potemkin/Untouchables

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"The Untouchables" pays homage to "Battleship Potemkin" in the "Station Steps" sequence. Note also the sailors at the beginning of the sequence as a clever nod to the sailors of Potemkin.