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MEDIA STUDIES: FILM LANGUAGE AND ANALYSIS

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 Link to Yale University's excellent film resource site:  http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/index.htm

THE CREATIVE AND MEDIA DIPLOMA

Following on from yesterday's session, I have placed the PowerPoint on my site. You can download it directly from here or go to the Slideboom website where you can also find more of my resources. There is a PowerPoint called Vampyre that I created a couple of months ago which is aimed at aiding original writing/storyboarding/scriptwriting and drama activities.

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Thank you for all the feedback I have received and for all your contributions to the discussion yesterday which proved most productive. As you can appreciate, we could only scratch the surface of the issue but it is clear that there will be many interesting times ahead!

THE CREATIVE AND MEDIA DIPLOMA

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YEAR 12 MEDIA STUDENTS AND ENGLISH STUDENTS

CAMERA ANGLES

In Friday's English lesson we will be considering film language and the elements of composition for the media module of your English coursework. Media students, Monday's lesson - we are also studying some of these elements in readiness for your practical production.

A great site highlighting camera angles is "Elements of Cinematography". Media students, I expect you all to visit over the weekend in advance of Monday's lesson.

Follow the link below:

http://accad.osu.edu/~midori/Materials/camera.html

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

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.

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

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:

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

Watch the trailer for "The Searchers".

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:

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

Cluster Day

A big, big thank you to Caroline and Lisa and all at T-MAC for all their help and support today. It was really great meeting other colleagues involved in media and sharing ideas and resources.