12C cover work - Mr Halsey 06/10/14 P3&4

I'm really sorry - my wife and baby have come down with a sickness bug so I need to stay here and look after them today.

Your work is pretty simple: to move on to the Cinematography section of our Film Language unit. The Film Language Powerpoint is here if you need it (slides 36-46) but the main things you need to learn are in the following tasks:

1. Research/revise the main camera shots: wide/establishing shot, long shot, medium shot, medium close-up, close-up, big or extreme close-up, over-the-shoulder shot. For each one, make sure you know how much of the subject we can see in the frame (e.g. for a long shot you can see from head to toe).
2. Research/revise a variety of different camera angles. The most important are high angle and low angle. What effect do these communicate to an audience?
3. Research/revise camera movement. Make sure you know the following camera movements: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, handheld/steadicam, Google image 'steadicam' if you haven't seen this before.

Finally, complete the two Cinematography tasks in the Film Language unit:

1. Choose two extracts from different eras (e.g. one from the 1940s and one from 1990s) and analyse the cinematography. What are the key differences?
2. Find and analyse four film stills. Consider different camera angles and their effects. 

You'll need to complete this work for homework - due Friday - if you don't get it done in the lesson.

12A Institution feedback

Once we've finished our presentations on some of the biggest media institutions in the world, we need to put our feedback on our blogs. Complete the following:

• Upload your lesson on your blog (use Google drive and put a link in your blog)
• Type up the feedback I give your group on your blog (this needs to be done individually)
• Use this feedback and your own reflection to write three WWWs (What Went Well) and three EBIs (Even Better Ifs) below my feedback on your blogpost.
• Finally, write a sentence for each of the seven institutions we have covered in these lessons. How much have we learned?

1. Viacom
2. The BBC
3. Time Warner
4. News Corporation
5. The Walt Disney Company
6. Vivendi
7. BSkyB

Complete for homework if you don't finish it in the lesson - due next Monday.

Extension task

Research the two institutions that weren't selected in the original draw:

• Sony
• Trinity Mirror (UK)

12C Sound presentations and homework

This is always a great lesson - seeing your parallel and contrapuntal sound presentations. When they are done, we'll watch the last two clips analysing sound then you'll need to complete the following tasks on your blog:

Presentation feedback/learner response

• Upload your presentation/collages along with a YouTube/Soundcloud link to the music you chose.
• Type up your feedback and then reflect on your work. Add three WWWs and three EBIs underneath the feedback I've given you.
• Learner response: compare your presentation against your evaluation of the top three presentations in the class. Who did you think was best and why?

Sound task

Find a film clip on YouTube that uses sound in an interesting way. Analyse the use of sound, making sure you use the key language we have learned about sound in film:

• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
• Parallel and contrapuntal sound
• Sound bridges

Remember to discuss/analyse all the different types of sound present in the clip:

• Music
• Dialogue
• Voiceover
• Sound effects

You also need to highlight or put in bold any use of media language.

Complete for homework - due next Monday.

Y12: the story so far

We've covered a lot of material in the first couple of weeks - make sure you're up-to-date on all the work set. You should have the following work on your blog:

Exam side of course (MIGRAIN intro to Media)

• Media consumption homework
• Reading an image - RBK advert + Nike advert/advert of your choice

Coursework side (Film language unit)

• Film poster analysis (8 film posters)
• Mise-en-scene still image analysis

Blog links will be up this week on the Year 12 page. We'll then meet with you individually to check your blogs and discuss your target grade in Media.

You have 48 hours to get everything complete and up on your blog!

12C: Lighting

You'll need to use the Film Language Powerpoint to work through the Lighting tasks. These are:

Look at the still images on sides 19-23. Copy the image into your blog and answer the questions:

1. Identify examples of high and low-key lighting.
2. Say which depict top, back or under lighting.
3. What effects are created by the lighting in each image?     

When these are complete, you need to do the following on a separate blog post:

1. Research ‘film noir’ focusing on the genre’s distinctive lighting style. Find a YouTube clip that fits the film noir genre and embed it alongside your research.

Anything you don't complete in the lesson will be homework, due on Friday.

Reading an image

Complete the following from our double lesson on reading an image:

1) Finish your analysis of the RBK 50 Cent advert using the key media language you learned today

2) Analyse an advert of your choice using the same key words.

Remember to put media language in bold or highlight/colour it. A reminder of the key words:

• Denotation, connotation, colour, pose, framing, composition, size, type of shot, subject matter, setting, lighting.

And always ask the two key questions: Who do you think is the target audience? How does it address/attract that audience?

Due: Friday (12C)

12A Cover Work/Homework: Wed. 17/9/14, p5/6

Remember the basic rules first:

• Arrive on time - make sure you register with the cover teacher/Mr Halsey;
• Stay in the classroom until the end of the lesson;
• Work responsibly on the tasks set.

Complete the following for Friday 19/9, p4:

• Carry out a 'Film Poster Analysis' using what you learnt from the  Film Language PowerPoint when you analysed the EIGHT posters;

• Choose any contemporary film poster you like (within the last five years) and include the image in your blog posting;

• Include as much media terminology as you can, highlighting each term you use in a different colour.

• Work through the Mise-en-scene PowerPoint. Read each slide carefully and summarise key notes on your blog.

• On your blog, complete the task set on the bottom of slide 6 (facial expressions, body language); and the bottom of slide 10 (positioning).

• Analyse the last three images (slides 18, 19, 20) explaining how mise-en-scene works in each of them - post on your blog.