Work for Year 13 Media - Wednesday November 28th

03. g325 contemporary media issues - postmodern media aesthetics from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

12AC and AB - The Film Industry in Britain 2011

Here's the second study guide to the Film Industry. This one focuses on the British Film Industry in 2011 and the recent successes and failures. Work your way through the questions and post the answers onto your blog.

03 g322 section b the british film industry 2011 from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

Introduction to the Film Industry

Click on the link below and download the document to your computer. Make sure you save it onto your hard drive. Read through the study guide and answer the questions as you go posting the answers on your blog under the title - Introduction to the Film Industry - and labelling it under Film Industry.

02 g322 section b film industry introduction from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

Homework 12AB and 12AC Media

Home work for 12AB and 12AC Media Sets

You'll need to download a plug-in (it's all safe and above board) but I'd like you to watch this documentary on the rules of Film Noir. Bogey, Bacall and Mitchum play it tough as Matthew Sweet celebrates the hardboiled world of noir movies. "This is the world of film noir. It's a dark, American place with a fancy French name. A place where the sun has died, and people get by with neon, where the only pleasure to be had is from Bourbon and the satisfaction of knowing that life is a cheap little game in which everyone plays dirty. It worked out its own rules. And tonight we are going to cast a little light upon them...but only a little."

http://veehd.com/video/4703661_The-Rules-of-Film-Noir-BBC-Documentary

It's about an hour long.

Here are screenshots of the rules for those of you who forget...

Lighting Advice Video

AS Film Openings Advice + Examples

Here is a link to the Chief Examiner's blog: Pete Fraser.  He posts lots of helpful material for students.

Look at this post on Film Openings. 

Also if you click on the 1st school mentioned you will be able to see lots of thriller openings. There are, of course, plenty of film openings on my youtube account too: amlegg

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=film+openings+for+A+level

Also on our blog you can see the pages at the top of the home page which link to past student blogs. It is helpful to look at their planning, research and construction material.

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