Terms to Learn Genre Cycle, Hybrid… What? Genre, a problem…? You may be thinking that, ‘If films follow the same generic blueprint (repertoire of elements), why aren’t all genre films exactly the same? Genre films tend to change, tend to evolve. In fact some theorists suggest that genre follow cycles: they are born, become popular,… Read more The Problem with Genre (Star Wars)
We are going to study the Return of the Jedi (Marquand) , with a particular focus on sound, both diegetic and non diegetic. Diegetic is the sound from the world of the film Non-diegetic is sound which is added for the audience’s benefit, typically music You will also be doing a couple of sound mini… Read more Return of the Jedi (1983) Marquand
Your first editing task, which should of course, include all the skills and techniques you have learnt in the cinematography tasks, such as: Framing Composition Camera Movement The Brief (The Creative Intention) Shoot and edit an elliptical montage which compresses an event of at least two hours into 40-50 seconds. The montage should suggests a… Read more Elliptical Montage Minitask
Editing, the connectives in Film Language Think of cuts as connectives in a sentence: For example; so, and, then, but, because, however, moreover, meanwhile… So, how then does does editing create meaning if it’s just simply connectives in a film? Editing = Sense of, Time, Space, Action and Rhythm Editing constructs meaning in the minds… Read more Introduction to Editing & This is England Montage Analysis.
It’s 1983 and school is out for the summer. From the BFI – Film Education: “This Is England, is the story of those long weeks between terms where life changing events can take place. 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is an isolated lad who lost his father in the Falklands war. Over the course of the… Read more This is England Context
Brief Make a short (1 – 1 1/2 minute) expository (explanatory) documentary about a topic you are familiar with. This might be on a topic such as: Why you were late to school. Why an essay is not handed in on time. How to cook a simple recipe (a sandwich) or how to make a… Read more Your Expository Documentary
Task Create a new blog post, which uses our research from the previous lesson and your knowledge of the film to explore how, This is England (2007) Meadows can be described as a British Social Realist film. Give five reasons, each of which should be accompanied by a screenshot. Offer your reasons for choosing each… Read more British Social Realism & This is England
Learning Intention: To understand the intentions and cinematic style of British Social Realism films. Cinematic ‘Movements / Waves’ A group of films, often from a specific time and place which share similar visual style, content and themes. A Top Ten list of Film Movements – Available to study in Year 13 It is important that… Read more British Social Realism Inquiry Sources
Audience or Narrative Positioning Narrative positioning (or perspective) in film is a key feature of narrative analysis. In Shawshank Redemption we saw two features of the narrative, which shape the audiences experience of the story: The omniscient narrative voice of Red telling the story of Andy in the past tense. A restricted narrative, where key… Read more Documentary Present / Distant
Here is our next film. Please make sure you have watch it by Monday 20th November.