BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Following the film "Glory" here are some photographs of the memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. The memorial is in Boston Massachusetts at the edge of Boston Common and is well worth visiting.

NEW POLL - QUANTUM OF SOLACE

Don't forget to vote in our new poll below.

Last poll results: Best Bond - Sean Connery was top dog 55% with Young pretender Daniel Craig second on 40%. Also rans: RogerMoore, P Brosnan, T Dalton in that order - even David Niven ranked above George Lasenby who gained 1 vote - somebody being ironic I guess (hope!). Thank you to all who took part.

FILM STUDIES: THE UNTOUCHABLES

Following on from our "reading" of The Untouchables, Al Capone was never convicted with murder but with tax evasion. He was sent to several prisons including the infamous Alcatraz island known as "The Rock". Here is a brief description of The Rock including a mention for Al Capone.





Above top left is a picture of his "mug-shot". Do you think De Niro looked anything like the real Capone in the film? If not, does it matter?

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Pictures of the actual black soldiers who fought in the American Civil War including Robert Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: GLORY

Following on from Film Studies and Media studies contribution to Black History month...



More information on the fantastic film "Glory" can be found at this link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/

Here's part of the moving finale

YEAR 10 FILM STUDIES - FILM HISTORY Lumière: L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat (1895)

Following on from today's lesson here is an extract from the Lumiere brothers' short film. Can you remember the reaction of the audience when they saw this for the first time?

Why do you think it was important that the Lumiere factory was located in Lyon, in the South of France? A clue lies in the name Lumiere!

YEAR 10: FILM STUDIES TEST

The Lumiere brothers.

Some broad clues for you in preparation for your film test: Revise genre and homage. Also early cinema and a certain country where films were pioneered by the Lumiere brothers.

Are you certain of all your camera angles and shots?

Good luck - prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places!

VISUAL GRAMMAR

A great activity on visual grammar at

http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/visual_grammar.swf