Sunday 10 November 2013

expected A level approach

I have just assessed everyone's posts/blogs - some of you have less than 6 posts. And some of those are unfinished. If it is not made 'live' i cannot mark it - we have covered the following since the course started - (so you should have at least 16 posts):
Expected posts

1.    Summer task: Research into sweded films
2.    The definition of sweded films
3.    Examples of sweded films with comments/analysis/deconstructions
4.    Examples of animatics and or storyboards with analysis
5.    Management of your blog – permissions and settings – 25 posts 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 – set 18th sept
8.    Planning for a sweded film of your own / make a sweded film and upload it / analyse the result
9.    identifying the conventions of an OTS
10. identifying the conventions of film noir
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: creating representations create moody, melodramatic portraits in a film noir style
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

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.

Challenge - you need to catch up - review your own blog and look at those of three others. You have until the end of the week to complete - Mondays lesson will be blogging and Q&A. Wednesday we will do the work in the post below... we are one third through the time allocated for the practical element of the course

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