1. Monsters & Shifty
You must watch the film Monsters that I have given you on DVD. If you find it won't play on your DVD player you may need to watch it on a computer using the free VLC Player available from download.com. Monsters (2010) will be used as an exemplar case study for a micro-budget film along with Shifty (2008):
http://www.monstersfilm.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/shifty
If we can get access to a very busy film producer we may also use Broken (2012) as a case study. It looks great and worth viewing even if we don't have to...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/broken
We will also be looking at Working Title Films as a Case Study. It would be very useful for you to watch some Working Title films. There are 'classics' like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually but also more quirky (and less successful) releases like The Boat That Rocked (bad film but good case study). Try and watch at least one in the hols...
http://www.workingtitlefilms.com
Other films worth watching might include The Inbetweeners Movie, The Hunger Games, Attack the Block, Inception, The Dark Knight, Cloverfield or Skyfall. I will be putting together various case studies over Easter to help you answer the essay question in the exam.
2. Film Industry Revision Documentaries
You will be given a DVD containing 4 documentaries on the film industry that cover Production, Distribution, Exhibition and Film Piracy.
You should watch these and make notes on what you think are the key elements.
Each documentary lasts 25 mins.
3. Film Industry Revision Booklets
The last three revision guides for the film industry (on Exhibition, a Case Study on production and distribution of the low budget British film 'My Summer of Love and information on the Film Industry in the Digital Age) are all available on the department's Slideshare account here:
http://www.slideshare.net/mickgoogan/edit_my_uploads?type=documents
And I have updated ALL the revision guides from before Christmas as well and these are all available at the same location. Here's the booklet on Exhibition to get you started:
07 g322 section b exhibition 2012 from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department
All the booklets are available to download. Which is my way of saying you should download them, read them, make notes and review the questions as knowing a lot about the film industry is the way to get great marks on questions about the, er, Film Industry.
Work hard and you will do well in Media Studies in the summer. Don't do the reading, and watching, then prepare to underachieve.
All the booklets are available to download. Which is my way of saying you should download them, read them, make notes and review the questions as knowing a lot about the film industry is the way to get great marks on questions about the, er, Film Industry.
Work hard and you will do well in Media Studies in the summer. Don't do the reading, and watching, then prepare to underachieve.
