Activity 1: (30) minutes - the following are examples of 'found' presentations on opening sequences to films - take time to read them and discuss your findings in pairs before adding the actual slideshares and a review of them in a post on your own blog. You are making judgements on what makes a good clear and knowledgeable presentation - this will help improve your own

Starters questions to ask your self:

• how successful are they at identifying conventions?
• who is the audience?
• what is the purpose of the presentations?
• is the format successful?
• did they identify ALL of the conventions accurately?

Conventions of an opening sequence from emiliefreddie

Codes and conventions of opening sequences from kcasmedia

An Analysis Of The Opening Sequence Of Vertigo from Media Studies

Conventions of a thriller opening from zubairkhan93

activity 2: (20 minutes) on your blog construct a bullet point list of what you think are the core conventions of an opening sequence to a film - adding links to research by you will increase your mark

Activity 3: original analysis of Se7en ( 40 minutes in class then 60 minutes - homework) - writing to communicate YOUR understanding of CONVENTIONS and STYLE

SOURCE: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/

task 1

follow the link to the page at Artofthetitle.com / read all of the reviews, interviews, articles and watch the drafts - take the time to really look and to understand what is there - think about the 4 key media areas for understanding and assessment: MEDIA AUDIENCE, MEDIA INDUSTRIES. MEDIA REPRESENTATION, MEDIA LANGUAGE 

task 2

create a post called 'RESEARCH: THE CONVENTIONS OF AN OTS; a post add links and explain which conventions of an OTS are being met / being challenged  in the opening sequence to  SE7EN - choose the format of your explanation it should be suitable to show images and text

task 3 - ."the opening sequence is considered one of the most innovative of its era". Discuss how true you think this statement is (max 200 words) using at least one quote

Homework: for next Wednesday: complete activity 3;  tasks 1-3 and  repeat Activity 3 with a film of your choice. add it all to a new post with hyperlinks

Extension tasks - this will raise your grade

1 - choose another film and compete task 1-3 using that film for study - it should be one that is evident on www.artofthetitle.com   

2 -  -  explain which conventions you have used in your own Sweded film: which would you use if you would do it again? - add this to a post with an upload of your Sweded film

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