New Students please read, tasks required to qualify for a place on the course

Entry Assessment Task to be completed over summer
This task will be used to establish your writing and analysis skills are at the required level to be able to be successful at A Level. You should be aware that this assessment will form the basis of the decision to accept you onto the course and to identify if you have any requirements for any additional support with your English skills.

To be complete by next week:

1. Set up a student blog for Film Studies (see below)





2. Select a film that you consider & can defend as an 'meaningful' film for study) of your choice from any genre, and write a 300 word review defending it (you can choose which you want to focus on depending on the good points of the film):

a) What themes does the film deal with (love, conflict, family, betrayal, friendship, rebellion, identity, growing up etc)
b) How is the way the story told interesting?
c) What type of film would you classify it as?
d) How is it filmed or edited to make it visually interesting to watch?
e) Are the characters roles convincingly complex in the story or just stereotypes (Hero = good, Villain = Bad, Woman = There to be looked at)?

3. Write a Logline for a Film Pitch (no more than 25 words) for a sequel or prequel

Post these on your blog and leave the url (the "www." bit from your blog page with the work on it) as a comment on this post