Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Lesson 2.4 Genre & Themes




Genre Mood board - what are the conventions of Dystopian Sci-Fi?

http://leighmediaasfilm.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/MACRO%20Genre

Questions for the end:
What other genres are present in the film?

How is Sci-Fi used to raised themes?

What Generic Stock characters - which genre are these from - Superhero/Thriller?

How do V and CoM compare - which key scenes?

Lesson:
http://leighmediaasfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/31-genre-v-mock-lesson-plan.html 

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Lesson 2.3 Style & Themes

Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMJqQ3VrcCA 
What happens next?

Write a treatment for the sequel keeping with the style of the film

Take a role of the character - psychological motivation

Discuss: How does the film use style to convey messages?


http://leighmediaasfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lesson-plan-21.html


Using the style of Children of Men, recreate the action scene in V for Vendetta


What differences?

Friday, 22 November 2013

Set work for this afternoon 22nd November

Write your conclusion and 5 key points of comparison as a video essay (using clips edited and recorded from your film texts)

Here is an example of what I want to see at the start of Tuesday afternoon's lesson.
Can the Media students please help the non media students You can use Quicktime Player to record screen when you play the video Or Clip converter (website) will let you rip them to a MOV file Add your text as titles to make your key points Once again: 3-5 clips from each film compared to make a unifying point (theme, narrative, representation, style) And a conclusion - what have you found?

Friday, 15 November 2013

Set work for this afternoon

Set work for this afternoon - please prepare a video essay comparing V with Children of Men for Tuesday

Get clips that demonstrate similarities or points of comparison using the MACRO area that you focused on (ie Narrative etc)

See the recent post below where you researched your area.

Good luck