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The British Film industry: blog tasks

  Use our brilliant Media Factsheet archive  on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets)  to find Media Factsheet  #132  on  British Film . You can  find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login .  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. What makes a film British is the idea of the people making the film are British as well as the funding of the film is within Britain. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? Hollywood production context is the idea of the films having high budgets and have reliance on the use of star power both in cast and crew. Whereas, production context of a British film can either be have a low or high budgets. Also, the production context of British films have the characteristics of a British culture. 3) When did the...

FILM & TV LANGUAGE: FINAL INDEX

  1)  Film poster analysis 2)  Mise-en-scene analysis blog tasks 3)  Mise-en-scene video recreation and learner response  4)  Lighting analysis blog tasks 5)  Sound analysis blog tasks 6)  Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video feedback and learner response 7)   Cinematography analysis tasks 8)   Cinematography video feedback and learner response 9)   Editing video task and learner response 10)  Editing blog task - 750 word analysis

Editing video feedback and learner response

  Editing video feedback/learner response Create a new blogpost called 'Editing video feedback and learner response'.  Make sure your video is on YouTube and embedded in this blogpost.  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. WWW: Fade in / out Match on action - door opening, sitting down, walk through doors Handheld tracking shot Post-production - use of titles, B&W CCTV cameras Simple narrative Detailed planning (=character point) EBI: A more coherent and developed narrative 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. WWW: - Good planning - Sound track - Props - Match on action - 180 degree rule - Good use on angles  EBI: - More developed narative 3) Now reflect on your video. Did you meet the brief and successfully include the three key editing aspects we have learned? I was able to successfully include the three key editing aspects that we have learned. (I80 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse/shot). However, the shot/reverse/shot co...

Editing: blog analysis

  Your final analytical blog task is to find a film or television clip on YouTube that you feel has been edited in a distinctive way and write a  750 word analysis  of the clip. Hot Fuzz (2007) opening scene  From 30 seconds of the opening scene, it starts off smoothly with the doors automatically opening as the male character starts walking. The lighting of this part is from behind to produce a silhouette , which kind of gives an enigma as the identity of the character is unknown. In addition, the camera in this part starts to slowly move towards the character, giving a sense of suspense and how it shows that the audiences' focus should be on that character. There's also a diegetic sounds where we could hear the footsteps of the character getting louder as they get closer, connoting that the narrative is intensifying.  The lighting when the identity of the male character was shown, shows how on both sides there is different lighting both high-key and low-...

Editing video planning

  1. Preliminary exercise: The setting will be in school where the character will be recorded walking, reaching for the door handle. One character would be Alezey and the two other characters as her friends are me and Sanjivani. As the character pulls the door handle down, the camera will shift to another angle and the character would be recorded walking towards her friends. The friends would then be talking about the work that's due on that day, where the character is then going to ask if her friends have done the work. Her friends would say yes and would allow her to copy their work. The time would be shown that it had already passed by using a transition , dissolved. This would show my character walking to her lesson with a range of different shots and match on actions. 2. Script:   INT - COMMON ROOM Alezey opens the door with her hand on the wall and walks towards the table where Kaye and Sanjivani sit. Alezey sits at the table. Alezey Have you guys done the homework? ...

Cinematography video feedback/learner response

  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. WWW: Good location Appropriate music Simple effective angle Use if close ups OTS + Long shot Good fade at the end EBI: More developed narrative 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. WWW: Good editing Range of shots and angles Song choice Use of setting Transitions EBI: High exposure No narrative 3) Now reflect on your work and write your own summary of the comments and feedback you have received. Write three WWWs and three EBIs. For my WWW I was able to get a range of different shots and angles as much as I can, I was able to put transitions and choose a song that is parallel to the scene and the narrative, which is upbeat and optimistic. For my EBI, I could have done better if I have a more developed narrative to be more creative and if I checked the editing and recording before posting it as it came out too bright and the exposure was high.  4) L earner response: think about what you lea...

Cinematography blog tasks

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  Find the opening sequence to a film or TV drama of your choice on YouTube and e mbed the video in a blogpost called 'Cinematography blog tasks'.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHEzkbnmKRs&list=RDHHEzkbnmKRs&start_radio=1 1) Write an analysis of the cinematography in the opening sequence.  Highlight  your use of media language and try to cover camera shots, angles and movement using the terminology we have learned in lessons.  There is an establishing shot at the beginning of the opening, showing the setting (buildings). This clip was sped up to show that time is passing. After this there's a low angle shot , focusing on the buidings to connote that the buildings seems intimidating and that the people there may have a high status. Also, there's a close-up shot and a tilt of a male character fixing his tie, connoting the idea that he's professional. Furthermore, there's a medium shot of another male character in what seems like a conferen...