Mr Halsey

  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.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmDBKyemUw The cinematography used many close ups to convey the facial expressions and intense emotions of the characters. This was mainly used to capture fear and terror. The wide shots present the audience with a feeling of mystery and may be intrigued to know what happens next. The rapid pans and movement of the camera suggest  the audience is in heavy danger and may also lead to the audience feeling nervous.  2) How does the camerawork give the audience clues about the setting, narrative and character? The rapid camerawork convey that is going to be action sequence to the audience and the setting is in a frightening area. This may also present the characters to be quite brave and thrillseeking. Find and analyse  one  film or TV still image. A

  Picture 1: Blade runner Narrative could be the person doing a side quest and trying to rescue someone. The genres could be Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure and Drama. Target audience could be everyone. Picture 2: Scary Movie 2 The narrative is young adults trying to recreate horror movies. The genres are Comedy and Horror. Target audience is teenagers and young adults. Picture 3: Uzak Narrative may be explore the area and defeat a boss. Genres may be Action and Adventure. Picture 4:  Narrative may be the boy going down the hole for a adventure. Genre may be Thriller and Adventure Target audience may be for kids Picture 5: Sin City Narrative may be trying to fight people and reclaim something. Genres may be Action and Thriller. Picture 6: Pirates of Caribeean  Narrative is about pirates on missions fighting each other. Genre may be Action, Comedy and Adventure. Target audience may be young adults.

  1) Type up your feedback from your teacher. The still images seem out of place with the rest of the video clips. Great use of clips and music which set the mood. Random cut off towards the end of the video. 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students - you can summarise key points if several students give you similar feedback. Great video fits the contrapuntal  theme. The music fits very well too. The still images seem out of place with the rest of the video clips.  3) Now  reflect  on your work and write your own evaluation of your video. Write a 'What went well' (WWW) paragraph and a paragraph for 'Even Better If' (EBI) underneath the rest of your feedback. WWW- Music and clips gave off a audience reaction. This means they worked effectively. EBI- Random cut off in the end of the video killed the vibe and put the audience off. 4) L earner response: compare your own video against your evaluation of the  top three videos in the class . Whose did you think was best a

  WWW: This is a mixed picture so far – although you have completed three of the four tasks I feel that a step up in terms of attention to detail and organisation is required for A Level study. On the positive side, the Jaws poster was an interesting choice of text (not exactly a film still but you still commented on aspects of mise-en-scene) and the Scream/Baywatch contrast is well selected. The challenge now is to make sure written analysis has the depth and detail to open up the top grades at A Level. EBI: Your poster analysis is missing – this was the first piece of work in the whole year and I have reminded you about this once already so I’m not sure why it isn’t posted. Organisation and spending sufficient time on homework is critical to success at Post-16. Similarly, you have a piece of work posted on this blog that should be on your Exam blog. This is reasonably common at the start of the course but you do need to put it right. Finally, the level of detail in your mise-en-scene

  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 blog tasks 8)  Cinematography video task and learner response 9)   Editing video task and learner response 10)  Editing blog task - 750 word analysis