AS MEDIA STUDIES: BINARY OPPOSITION

An excellent site for studying binary opposition at English Biz.

http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/extras/binaryopposition.htm

FILMING THE T-MOBILE COMMERCIAL

Well done everybody!

T-MOBILE ADVERT FILM-SHOOT

Well done to everyone that made it down to the Trafford Centre on Saturday. You were all absolutely brilliant. I know it was a long day and a lot of hard work but it was great fun too.

AS MEDIA STUDIES: ROMANTIC COMEDY, NARRATIVE AND REPRESENTATION

Romantic Comedy

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AS MEDIA STUDIES: ROMANTIC COMEDIES - CAN THEY SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR LOVE LIFE?

Interesting article with reference to Notting Hill.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1095106/The-Notting-Hill-effect-How-romantic-comedies-harm-love-life.html?printingPage=true

AS MEDIA STUDIES: HORROR GENRE AND NARRATIVE

Vampyr

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It has arrived...

GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Introduction to A Christmas Carol

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GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A Christmas Carol

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GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Christmas Carol

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GCSE ENGLISH: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A PowerPoint presentation on workhouses. Many thanks to my history colleague Helen Grundy for this.

Workhouses Are Not Nice

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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A link to a glossary of words used in Dickens's novels and novellas. Visit David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page at:

http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html#H

AS MEDIA STUDIES: NARRATIVE - STORYTELLING

It is coming...

For homework:

a) write down five merchandising opportunities for the film.

b) Three ways you could tell this story in terms of narrative structure

c) in terms of the seven basic plots - what plot or which plots would this story fall under?

AS MEDIA STUDIES: STORYBOARD

Follow the link to view a detailed storyboard for the crop-duster sequence in Hitchcock's North by North-west.

http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/images/stills/NxNW/cropduster/cropduster01.html

AS MEDIA STUDIES: STORYBOARDS

Link to site with a really good example of storyboards and advice on creating your very own storyboard.

http://www.roomsix.info/docs/MEDIA/drvstrybrd.pdf

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GCSE MEDIA STUDIES: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

An excellent song from Stan Ridgway highlighting the perils of the music industry and documenting the history of the peerless band "Wall of Voodoo" he once fronted.

AS MEDIA STUDIES: SEMIOTICS PART 1

AS MEDIA STUDIES: SEMIOTICS - PART 2

AS MEDIA STUDIES: SEMIOTICS

AS MEDIA STUDIES: ROLAND BARTHES ON YOUTUBE

AS MEDIA STUDIES: OPENING TO THE PRISONER

The opening sequence to this great series.

TRUE BLOOD: OPENING SEQUENCE

Now showing on Channel 4.

GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: POWERPOINT

Here's the PowerPoint we've been using for travel writing. Good luck with your drafts.

Travel Writing And Introduction To The Course

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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ROUGH GUIDE REVIEW OF RIO

Here's the link to the review on Rio we studied in lesson.

GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: JOHN COOPER CLARKE

Following on from the last lesson, here is the link to Salford's punk poet, John Cooper Clark and his poem in praise of pies. Remember, "You'll always get a guy with a pie"! Have a good weekend.

GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Here's a short list of literary terms from the slideshare team. You can download this list and keep it with your other notes. It's also handy to bring this list into lectures as a handy reference tool.

Literary Terms Short List

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GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Here's a link to a useful site containing a list of grammar terms with examples.

http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html

GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - TRAVEL WRITING

Here is a link to BBC Bitesize Scotland's section on travel writing. Read the additional example and advice on the features of this writing genre. Then, take the short test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/english/close_reading/travel_writing_rev1.shtml

GCSE ENGLISH EVENING CLASS

A big hello to my English Language evening class. Please use this site and become a follower by clicking on the "Follower" links on the right hand side of my blog. This will involve you opening a Google email account which is free and handy to have as you will also receive an email address which you can use to contact me in addition to any other email address you may have.

There are plenty of resources on my blog to support your English studies and regular updates so it is really important to keep checking the site. Becoming a follower will help you keep updated and informed on new resources and materials.

Use the links on the right of the blog to find areas of English and other posts/articles that are of interest and of use to your studies. Take time to look around the site and feel free to post comments.

GCSE MEDIA STUDIES - BLOGS

Today you are going to create your own blog and research and publish information on an area of the course that you can share with the rest of the group. You are going to personalise the look of the site and allow followers to join your blog. You are also going to allow people to post comments on the work you publish.

AS MEDIA STUDIES: GENRE AND HORROR POSTERS

The PowerPoint used in the last session.

M E D I A Semiotics Posters

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AS MEDIA STUDIES: THE STORY SO FAR...

Here is the PowerPoint presentation used in the introductory lessons.

M E D I A

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AS MEDIA STUDIES: FILM POSTERS - CONVENTIONS AND CODES

100 illustrated horror films

Great site for horror posters.

http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-1/

and 100 more illustrated horror posters.

http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/100-illustrated-horror-film-posters-part-2/

AS MEDIA STUDIES

The fact that you're reading this is testament to your diligence and motivational powers in checkIng for updates on my site. Well done! Please remember to add yourself to the followers' list ASAP.

You will need to check for updates on a regular basis. The work I set or additional information I provide here, is to complement your lessons.

Good luck with the task I've set you. The work must be handed in on Monday. If you have any questions or need additional information you can find me in the General Education staff room or email me at the address listed on the blog. You can also find me on the staff email.




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AS MEDIA STUDIES: LIFE ON MARS AND GENRE

Discussion of how "Life on Mars" has broken the genre rules and has revitalised the rules of crime fiction tradition by Christine Downey, Lancaster University

Follow this link: http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Articles-Summer07/Life_on_Mars.html

AS MEDIA STUDIES: GENRE AND THE CONVENTIONS OF COP SHOWS

Go to:

http://www.glos.ac.uk/research/Documents/fleishmantext.pdf

in order to read and download Professor Frank Leishman's study of the history, development and conventions of cop shows in "From Dock Green to Life on Mars:
Continuity and Change in TV Copland".