Wednesday 16 February 2011

Half-term homework

First of all, well done for your excellent work on Section A this half-term.

These are the tasks I would like you to complete over your week off (no rest for the wicked!)

1) Select an extract from my blog page and analyse as you would in the exam and upload onto your blog

2) Begin to research Brighton Rock (2011) and Avatar (2010) by finding reviews of it online, in newspapers or on television (Film 2011 - Claudia Winkleman reviewed it/Newsnight etc). Save these reviews (don't upload to your blog yet).

I will be holding weekly Section A help classes after school on Thursdays. In the session I will make sure you are able to make notes effectively and analyse representation. If you want to come to any of these sessions please comment on this post and let me know.

If you can't make any after school sessions then we can arrange a lunchtime/free period one.

Have a lovely half-term!

Section B Specification

Candidates should be prepared to understand and discuss the processes of production, distribution, marketing and exchange as they relate to contemporary media institutions, as well as the nature of audience consumption and the relationships between audiences and institutions. In addition, candidates should be familiar with: the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
•the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
•the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
•the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
•the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
•the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
•the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.

This unit should be approached through contemporary examples in the form of case studies based upon one of the specified media areas.

Film
A study of a specific studio or production company within a contemporary film industry that targets a British audience (eg Hollywood, Bollywood, UK film), including its patterns of production, distribution, exhibition and consumption by audiences. This should be accompanied by study of contemporary film distribution practices (digital cinemas, DVD, HD-DVD, downloads, etc) and their impact upon production, marketing and consumption.

Sunday 6 February 2011

Homework due by Wednesday

Hi Yr12.

I hope you all had productive and inspiring work experiences.

Just to remind you that your essays are due Wednesday.

You can either do it on White Girl or select one of the other clips in my previous blog post.

I expect these to be 45 minutes worth of writing (like in the exam) and to cover all 4 aspects (camera, sound, editing, mise en scene).

You will be doing an exam in our Wednesday lesson and then we'll move onto Section B.