Kaye: Media Coursework Blog 2 - Mr Bush

  Background reading and production research Read the following interviews and features on  Blinded By The Light : Writer Sarfraz Manzoor on the story behind the film - Guardian Manzoor again on the promotion of the film and audience reaction Variety feature on the best films from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival   1) What is the story behind the production of the film? Safraz Manzoor was a teenager in Luton when he met a friend for life and discovered his musical hero. Now that fateful encounter is the subject of a major film. 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? People say they were touched by the depiction of to tell of the friendship of Jave and Roops, to the extent that people now tweet me to tell of the friend who was "their Roops" - the one who introduced them to a life-changing musician or band.  3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the film industry - particularly for lower budget films?  Sudance Film festival is impor...

  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...

  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/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...