SUPERHEROES

"Is it a bird, is it a plane?"

By popular demand the templates for your superhero/villian can be obtained by clicking the links below. A big thank you to Miss Meakin who designed the templates. she promises to create additional templates for you. Watch this space and enjoy!

Male superhero/villian

http://www.zshare.net/download/superherom-pdf.html

Female superhero(ine)/villain(ess)

http://www.zshare.net/download/superherof-pdf.html

YEAR 10T COURSEWORK - ANNOTATED PASSAGE

Click the link below for a copy of the annotated passage from "The Red Room".

http://www.zshare.net/download/annotate-pdf.html

FILM STUDIES: BOOK OF THE MONTH

"The Whole Equation" by David Thomson is an ambitious book. It seeks to chart the history of cinema and Hollywood in terms of themes and personalities - it is quite eccentric, quite brilliant and wonderfully flawed. However, the chapters on the birth of cinema: Edison versus the Lumieres and the impact of sound and colour are excellent. Furthermore, Thompson's comments on the "dreaming" element of cinema, whether it is necessary to view film as "art" are thought-provoking as is his discussion on its future. A very good read indeed.

YEAR 10T Planning Your Essay

Click on the link below for a copy of your Essay Planning sheet.

http://www.zshare.net/download/planning-your-essay-gcse-gothic-horror-doc.html

YEAR 10T coursework essay "foreshadowing"

The Rhinemaidens warn Siegfried of a curse, foreshadowing the disasters of Götterdämmerung. By Arthur Rackham

Click on the link below for further information on and examples of foreshadowing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing

10T Coursework - Specifications

Vincent and Peter wishing you "good luck".

Click on this link to download the specifications for top grades on your coursework unit. I have not listed the specifications for lower grades for obvious reasons...


http://www.zshare.net/download/specs-pdf.html

THE GREAT DIRECTORS: AKIRA KUROSAWA

When Akira Kurosawa was in his early 20s, his older brother Heigo committed suicide. Four months later, the oldest of Kurosawa's brothers also died, leaving Akira as the only surviving son of an original four at age 23. Kurosawa's next-oldest sibling, a sister he called "Little Big Sister," had also died suddenly after a short illness when he was ten.

Known as "Tenno", literally "Emperor" by cast and crew alike, this multi-talented, giant of cinema has influenced many film-makers over the last fifty years. Part-perfectionist, part-dictator, his films are unique and bear his stamp; whether is be the use of telephoto lenses or weather as a central part of story-telling.

Find out more about this remarkable director at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa

10T Coursework Essay, "The Red Room"

A synopsis of this story and details on H. G. Wells can be found at this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Room_(Wells)

YEAR 10T Coursework essay, "THE SIGNAL-MAN"

A good synopsis of the story and details about Charles Dickens can be found at this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signalman

YEAR 10T "The Monkey's Paw" coursework essay

Information on W. W. Jacobs and a good synopsis of the story can be found by clicking this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey%27s_Paw

You can find the answers to the questions set on "The Monkey's Paw" by clicking this link:

http://www.zshare.net/download/the-monkeys-paw-doc.html

YEAR 10 MEDIA STUDIES

The lesson tomorrow (16.04.07) will focus on genre in relation to institutions, texts and audiences. In advance you must consider the following:

1. How can texts be identified as being part of a genre, what elements help to identify it in this way: thematic, iconographic, representational?

2. Why do institutions produce films at certain moments in time and what do those texts say about the culture they are produced in and its values?

3. How do audiences relate to those genres now in comparison to the ways in which previous audiences have responded in the past?

The theorists we will be studying are Andre Bazin, Robert Warshow and Lawrence Alloway.

YEAR 10 MEDIA ASSESSMENT

Your assessment results are ready for you to collect. Email me and I will forward your asessment mark and grade.

GENRE: ANDRE BAZIN

Whilst the definition of "genre" is the subject of debate, it is generally agreed that one of the key researchers in this area, was the great film theorist Andre Bazin. Bazin queried why a purely American type of film: the cowboy western, which was about American issues and American history clearly appealed to audiences worldwide irrespective of their culure and background. This led him to develop a theory of genre.

Find out more about Bazin and his research by clicking this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Bazin

Coursework and assessment results

All results to be published here second week of holidays. Don't worry about the "fingers crossed" image, however emotive. luck plays no part in the marking scheme...

In the meantime enjoy your break but keep focussed on your homeworks and the additional activities I have set you.

Mr E

CONGRATULATIONS 10A MEDIA!

Congratulations to all the students who have given their "horror sequence storyboard" presentations. They have been fantastic. You are all articulate and show clearly that you understand codes, conventions and the "why" of analysis.

Give yourselves a hearty pat on the back.

In the meantime see what you can find out about the Director "James Whale" (pictured above)? Find five famous films he directed and answer this: what is his connection with the First World War and how did this affect his work (if it did). Follow the link to IMDB, this will start you on your quest. Also, name the film made about James Whale and name the actor that plays him. The film is relatively recent. Good luck.

See you all on the other side of the holidays.