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
This blog is for you. I hope you find it useful. I update the blog frequently, give overviews of lessons, provide links and downloads and post info that may be helpful for your essays/exam or just entertaining. Homework details, deadlines and advice may also appear so check the blog regularly. To play or download podcasts from my evansmedia podcast site, scroll to the bottom of this page. S.E.
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Sunday, 25 March 2007
YEAR 10 MEDIA
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
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YEAR 8U - SPELLING CHALLENGE
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
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spelling list Year 8
Sunday, 18 March 2007
THE GREAT DIRECTORS: JOHN FORD
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
Sequence from the film.
The original film trailer.
The original film trailer.
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cinema,
gothic horror conventions,
Hollywood,
YEAR 10
YEAR 10 T: "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH"
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:
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actors,
cinema,
English,
gothic horror conventions,
Hollywood
Friday, 16 March 2007
GREAT DIRECTORS: HOWARD HAWKS
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:
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cinema,
directors,
Education,
Film Studies,
Hollywood,
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Thursday, 15 March 2007
YEAR 10 GCSE MEDIA STUDIES
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
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
Labels:
cinema,
media Studies documents
Monday, 12 March 2007
YEAR 10 GCSE MEDIA STUDIES - SO YOU CAN'T DRAW?!?!!!
"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
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.
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
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
We pay tribute to an icon of British Sit Coms...
Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 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
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Year 10 GCSE Media Studies TAPE formula
Here is a link to a TAPE formula grid to help you analyse media texts. You can download this document by going to
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media Studies documents,
TAPE grid
Thursday, 8 March 2007
Ellie Crisell to present School Report
Newsround and BBC News 24 presenter Ellie Crisell will host the School Report programme on 22 March 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/6401757.stm
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BBC News School Report
Excitement Builds for News Day
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BBC News School Report
Saturday, 3 March 2007
Homage: Potemkin/Untouchables
"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.
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