Year 12 Homework due for Friday 26th November

WORK for AML

Those of you who missed the lesson on Friday should catch up notes as the discussion will help you with this homework. (Please make sure that you have also completed the notes on the narrative material for Tuesday.)

The ESSAY:

Discuss the representation of age in the extract entitled, 'Criminal Justice' - The Prison.

You should pay close attention to:

• camera movement, angle and position
• editing
• mise-en-scene
• sound

Pointers:

- Remember the sample student essay that we looked at together and the level of technical detail required for this task

- remind yourself of my comments on your last piece of work

-watch the extract 4 times only and make detailed notes

-write on each area in turn and give lots of examples to back up your points

-you need to look carefully at framing and use lots of technical terms

- when considering the representation of age, think also about how age might convey innocence or guilt/experience considering the prison setting.

The extract is on the ALLEYN'S YOU TUBE site - look up mfgrogan. Take care to look at the correct extract it is called 'Extract 3' of the Criminal Justice clips.

Film Analysis Homework for AML

Watch the following extract from the film 'Mystic River' at least 4 times and make detailed notes.

Analyse the ways in which the director, Clint Eastwood, uses film language for effect.

Look carefully at:

• camera angle, movement and position
• sound
• editing
• mise-en-scene

Please keep your writing as technical as possible and don't forget to explain why you think certain camera angles or shots have been chosen. The analysis of the effects are vital. Try to pick out particular frames, shots, edits ... etc.. that you can discuss specifically.

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AS to A2 - Skills Development work for AML

Year 13:

This work is for the this week. The detailed notes that you make in answer to these questions will be vital for your examination later. I will be talking through this with you in class.

Unit G325: 1A ) : SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Make detailed notes on the skills you have now, at the end of the AS year – use all the technical vocabulary that you can:

Digital Technology

• What can you do with a digital video camera?
• What sound recording techniques do you have?
• What skills did you develop using Final Cut?
• Did you use a digial camera (photographic)….
• What skills do you have?
• What were the good and bad things about the software and hardware at AS?

Creativity

• How creative were you at AS? Consider camera framing, lighting, narrative ideas, planning the brief, location choice, stylistic concept prior to editing?
• Originality?

Research and Planning

• What techniques did you use? Primary research (watching films etc) and Secondary research (books? Library? Internet search?, audience figures where? Institutional research?)
• What would you improve?
• How did you use Internet? Blog? You tube channel? …. How improve this? Well organized?

Post-Production

• How did you organize your editing?
• What techniques did you use? Be specific about precise SFX, transitions, sound bridges, graphics....
• What about post-production for your evaluation? What might you improve?

Using conventions from real media texts

It is impossible to create an entirely original media text.

• What conventions did you follow? Did you subvert any conventions?
• How did you create meaning for the audience? Through film language and editing?