this is a summary of what we will be covering in the next few weeks - try to keep up - it is better to have too much than to keep trying to catch up work that should have been done earlier - ask sooner rather than later if you need help and remember to peer support. 

 If it is not made 'live' i cannot mark it - (so you should have at least 16 posts by the end of October):

Expected posts (but they may change in order)

1.    Summer task: Research into sweded films and the definition of sweded films

2.    Examples of sweded films with comments/analysis/deconstructions
3    your favourite films AND an introduction to you in a gadget box

4.     Planning for a sweded film of your own / make a sweded film and upload it / analyse the result

5.    Management of your blog – permissions and settings – 25 posts per page please / no word verification + invite me

6.    Research and planning: codes and conventions of a film OTS: se7en activities 1-3 & tasks 1-3 – review others powerpoints / deconstruct & micro-essay on Se7en / ditto film of your choice

7.    R&P – codes and conventions:  - look at other students work – 

8.   Examples of animatics and or storyboards with analysis

9.    identifying the conventions of an OTS

10. identifying the conventions of film noir genre

11. analysing OTS : Double Indemnity / Sin City / Psycho / other of your own choice – after watching the films’ OTS identify & provide a detailed analysis showing understanding of how they meet/break:

a.    The conventions of a film noir

b.    The conventions of OTS

c.    Representations of character

d.    Editing techniques

12. Research: exploring representation and creating representations create moody, melodramatic portraits in a film noir style - this is the latest practical challenge: storyboard a classic story/fairytale etc into the conventions of the film noir genre - thhen style and photograph it - upload this to your blog with a comparison to existing films/characters

13. Genre theory classwork:  mindmaps into genre / hybrid genre / examples of different genres especially linking to film noir – upload photos of sheets OR rewrite in an interactive way – upload examples of different genres – still/clips/films

14. Genre theory: defined the Film Noir Genre on your blog

15. Understanding audience – active / passive / traditionalist / hedonist / post-modern /preferred / oppositional linked to audience / industry . institution – extension ABC1C2DE criterion

16.  understanding narrative theory:  Todorov / propp / levi-strauss / branigan / Cameron… explore the narrative concepts and write what they are in your own words together with examples of films that best represent them, extend with those that break it.

17.  Defining audience: the Buckingham activities and essay.

18. Audience: planning your own – next step

TFS (TIPS FOR SUCCESS)

The exam board states that: just writing is not enough - this is an interactive A level: every post should contain academic analysis, illustrations and visual links or examples. A greater variety gains a higher grade. Just text can only gain an E or D grade.

Make the titles relate to and explain the content - for example if it is Research or Planning: say so and then add a sub-title of the task or focus - see my examples