Proof Reading for Assessment Before we go into the final planning stages and start visualising your script you must take a moment to complete a self assessment of your work. You won’t be happy if you have to re-record and then re-edit the video essay, because you failed to do this and missed out some… Read more Comparative Essay Self Assessment
This Friday Film Club will be screening Singing in the Rain (1952) by Kelly & Donen Join us if you’re free. Bring popcorn.
The Assessment Criteria Lessons from the Screenplay What is so great about it? Allows the movie to ‘talk’. Treats each movie in the same way. Is structured to allow comparison Using captions to emphasis key ideas. Reuses those captions in order clarify Is clearly spoken – about 2500 words for 15 minutes! Uses film language… Read more A Great Video Essay (professional & student)
Your Research Project Before we start scripting the essay we need to develop a structure that allows you to reveal: the scope of your research, You chosen films’ context(s) Historical Political Social Cultural Philosophical… How these big ideas and revealed in the cinematic style: cinematography, editing, sound, mise-en-scene Your understanding of the whole films, narrative… Read more Plan the Structure of Your Comparative Essay