At he start of this lesson we had a quick 'pop quiz' just to review what is included in a social realist film, this is just so we do not forget the important factors of the British film idustry.
We then started thinking about the cultural importance in British film. Durng this lesson I discovered that the rise in ethnic films improved the cultural visability within groups in Britain, they often talk about young, black people that have to deal with racism in their lives, and how there is a culture clash as young ethnic children who emmigrate to Britain accept different values within Britain to their own culture- showing the CHANGING FACES of Britain.
Film is an artistic convention of our culture and presents/ demonstrates our values and identities.
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Thursday 24th September
As this lesson is our double 'production lessons' me and my group decided to make sure we had everything ready that we needed for next Monday as this is when we have decided to start filmin our Underage Drinking Advert. We made sure we knew when and where we are going to film and what our actress will be wearing and doingin the film, so we are able to give her clear instructions of what she'll be doing.
We felt very prepared after this lesson, and are now ready to start filming.
We felt very prepared after this lesson, and are now ready to start filming.
Wednesday 23rd September
We looked at the represenatation of Britain and the British industry of male and females again today, but we watched another popular, well- known Richard Curtis film called Bridget Jones' Diary. Again Hugh Grnt is an actor in this film, showing just how often Richard Curtis likes to use familiar actors within his films.
This film represented London as very busy and a popular place sing the iconic images of London make it also instantly recognisable to the audience.
Bridget the main character shows the 'British female' as rather well spoken women who like to smoke, drink and fall in love quickly and who also has frequent relationship trouble.
We also got our essay question we have to write which is..
'Using Notting Hill, Bridget Jones' Diary and Four Weddings and a Funeral as a refrence, what values and ideologies does Working titles London convey?
We are going to all write this essay for our homework.
This film represented London as very busy and a popular place sing the iconic images of London make it also instantly recognisable to the audience.
Bridget the main character shows the 'British female' as rather well spoken women who like to smoke, drink and fall in love quickly and who also has frequent relationship trouble.
We also got our essay question we have to write which is..
'Using Notting Hill, Bridget Jones' Diary and Four Weddings and a Funeral as a refrence, what values and ideologies does Working titles London convey?
We are going to all write this essay for our homework.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Tuesday 22nd September
We watched the begining of another Richard Curtis film during the lesson, it was the very famous 'Notting Hill'.
Hugh Grant played a character in this film just like he did in the other Richard Curtis film Four Weddings.
We looked at how British males and Britain iteself are represented, using the mise en scene, their speech and the way they act towards others.
This was a good film to use when looking at representation of the British male as there are two main male characters who are completely opposite. One man (William played by Hugh Grant) is sanitised, well dressed, knows how to charm the ladies and has a proper 'British' accent as he is well spoken wuite gentlemanly.
Wheres his flat mate on the other hand is extremly messy, dirty, smokes, drinks, swears and is quite slob-ish. Therefore showing the differences of males in Britain.
Hugh Grant played a character in this film just like he did in the other Richard Curtis film Four Weddings.
We looked at how British males and Britain iteself are represented, using the mise en scene, their speech and the way they act towards others.
This was a good film to use when looking at representation of the British male as there are two main male characters who are completely opposite. One man (William played by Hugh Grant) is sanitised, well dressed, knows how to charm the ladies and has a proper 'British' accent as he is well spoken wuite gentlemanly.
Wheres his flat mate on the other hand is extremly messy, dirty, smokes, drinks, swears and is quite slob-ish. Therefore showing the differences of males in Britain.
Monday 21st September
During this lesson we mainly focused on Working Title films and Richard Curtis a famous working title romantic comedy film producer.
I learnt a lot of facts that will definatly help me throughout this project as i have disovered what a working title film actually is, and Richard Curtis the producer of Love Actually, Four Weddings and Blackadder uses some of the same actors in each film as they suit the character, and that his heroes are middle class, artistic, well-o off types.
We then watched part of Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral to see how London and England are presented. We made a few notes as we may have to write an essay in a few lessons time.
I learnt a lot of facts that will definatly help me throughout this project as i have disovered what a working title film actually is, and Richard Curtis the producer of Love Actually, Four Weddings and Blackadder uses some of the same actors in each film as they suit the character, and that his heroes are middle class, artistic, well-o off types.
We then watched part of Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral to see how London and England are presented. We made a few notes as we may have to write an essay in a few lessons time.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Wednesday 16th September
Within this lesson we watched Trainspotting and Sense and Sensibility and saw the difference of genre and representation of Britain between the two.
After watching both of the films I discovered they are completely different in many ways, and represents Britain and England in two opposite ways.
Trainspotting is more of the 'grime' dirty, drugs, alcohol, swearing, living of benefit- type people in Britain. Whereas Sense and Sensibility on the other hand is the more, well spoken, upper class, courteous representation of people in Britain.
These films are showing how different parts of Britain can be represented via the media and that the audience believe what is being shown.
After watching both of the films I discovered they are completely different in many ways, and represents Britain and England in two opposite ways.
Trainspotting is more of the 'grime' dirty, drugs, alcohol, swearing, living of benefit- type people in Britain. Whereas Sense and Sensibility on the other hand is the more, well spoken, upper class, courteous representation of people in Britain.
These films are showing how different parts of Britain can be represented via the media and that the audience believe what is being shown.
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Tuesday 15th September
This lesson we spoke about what makes films 'British' and why is film important?
Film is important on an economy basis because of money and employment, it is showing the talent of Britain in an art form and also representing a certain 'Britishness' to promote 'what is Britain?'
Lord Putnam in 2006 said (in my own words)
That things which seem impossible in reality are often shown as possible through film, therefore making the impossible, possible and showing the audience the world we live in.
Anthony Minghella, who is a film director and former chairman of the BFI said (in my own words again)
Through film the audience are able to connect with the character shown and feel we 'know' them and are able to 'put on their shoes' and see from their perspective.
Both the quotes here will help when discussing British film and genre in essays and exams.
I also created a spider diagram in my book about 'BRITAIN' half of the ideas were mostly Royalty/ royal family, tea, pesh and well spoken and a full english breakfast, however on the other hand there was football hooligans, swearing, rowdyness and binge drinking. This is showing just how different things can be percieved about places and people.
Film is important on an economy basis because of money and employment, it is showing the talent of Britain in an art form and also representing a certain 'Britishness' to promote 'what is Britain?'
Lord Putnam in 2006 said (in my own words)
That things which seem impossible in reality are often shown as possible through film, therefore making the impossible, possible and showing the audience the world we live in.
Anthony Minghella, who is a film director and former chairman of the BFI said (in my own words again)
Through film the audience are able to connect with the character shown and feel we 'know' them and are able to 'put on their shoes' and see from their perspective.
Both the quotes here will help when discussing British film and genre in essays and exams.
I also created a spider diagram in my book about 'BRITAIN' half of the ideas were mostly Royalty/ royal family, tea, pesh and well spoken and a full english breakfast, however on the other hand there was football hooligans, swearing, rowdyness and binge drinking. This is showing just how different things can be percieved about places and people.
Monday 14th September
This lesson we mainly focused on genre and types of film genre. Genre is a style overall of what is included in the film and using generic convention (accepted features) to define the genre, and with past films with the same qualities in certain genres the audience will have certain expectations of the certain style of film. We also discussed the conventions of each genre, for example horror movies usually include blood, death, mysterious actors, and lots of victims all of these conventions makes the film instantly recognisable of which genre it is when watching it.
There are also three different strands necessary in the film industry:
-Producer.. provides a template, instantly recognisable to audience
-Distributer.. provides key marketing strategies in order to connect with target audience
-Audience.. easily identify genre.
This formula helps them select the product before even viewing the film and by using knowledge from past films in the same genre.
There are also three different strands necessary in the film industry:
-Producer.. provides a template, instantly recognisable to audience
-Distributer.. provides key marketing strategies in order to connect with target audience
-Audience.. easily identify genre.
This formula helps them select the product before even viewing the film and by using knowledge from past films in the same genre.
Thursday 10th September
As this is our only double lesson during the week we are making these lessons as our 'production lessons' this means all production work is to be done in these two hours.
As we are currently producing an underage drinking short film we previously discussed last year in As, we got into groups to start brainstorming ideas of what i going to be included in our films.
I am working with Beckie and Dale and during this lesson we had already thought of the basic outline of the film and had drawn up a story board so we are all ready to start filming when we need to. We thought of dramatic ways we can get the message across to the target audience and what will help stick in their minds. We decided to use a phrase/ sentence after every clip aiming it at 'them' as we are using the word YOU in capitals throughout evry sentence said. For eample ' Do YOU want to end up like this?' 'Do YOU want to lose your friends?' etc. this way it will stay in their minds and think this is what will happen if they do it.
During the second half of the lesson/ second hour we had a spare half an hour as we could not film yet and had nothing else to do to our storyboard we used this time to complete homework set which was to research 10 different British films, put them into a catagory, write their directors and editors and estimate their budget on the film.
As we are currently producing an underage drinking short film we previously discussed last year in As, we got into groups to start brainstorming ideas of what i going to be included in our films.
I am working with Beckie and Dale and during this lesson we had already thought of the basic outline of the film and had drawn up a story board so we are all ready to start filming when we need to. We thought of dramatic ways we can get the message across to the target audience and what will help stick in their minds. We decided to use a phrase/ sentence after every clip aiming it at 'them' as we are using the word YOU in capitals throughout evry sentence said. For eample ' Do YOU want to end up like this?' 'Do YOU want to lose your friends?' etc. this way it will stay in their minds and think this is what will happen if they do it.
During the second half of the lesson/ second hour we had a spare half an hour as we could not film yet and had nothing else to do to our storyboard we used this time to complete homework set which was to research 10 different British films, put them into a catagory, write their directors and editors and estimate their budget on the film.
Wednesday 9th September
During this lesson we all watched another 'British' film this one is named Brassed Off. The first thing i noticed about thsi film is that it is in co-production with Film four and Minimax, this already shows me that it is with a television channel and American- financed. This film also has recognisable actors; all of these are recognisable factors of 'British' film. I took some notes during this film as we are going to produce an essay on both British films we have recently watched these past few lessons and compare their social realism techniques.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Tuesday 8th September
In this lesson we discussed the ways in which 'British' films can be recognised. For example British films are mainly dialogue lead, film directors often go to TV and theatre productions before film and are often co-funded by TV companies such as ITV and BBC.
We then watched part of The Full Monty and discussed the ways this portrays social realism. As i had not seen this film before i had no idea what it was going to be like so therefore i had to listen and watch carefully. Some social realistic parts in this film are the regional dialects, 'ordinary' working class characters, unemployment and money issues etc. Just some of the things that can also be recognised in everyday life.
We then watched part of The Full Monty and discussed the ways this portrays social realism. As i had not seen this film before i had no idea what it was going to be like so therefore i had to listen and watch carefully. Some social realistic parts in this film are the regional dialects, 'ordinary' working class characters, unemployment and money issues etc. Just some of the things that can also be recognised in everyday life.
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Monday 7th September
This was the first lesson back after the summer holidays. During this lesson we spoke about what we are going to do over these few weeks and this year in A2.
I found out we are going to look mainly at national cinema, television representation and magazines & gender. We then focused on British films such as Bend it like Beckham, Trainspotting and St Trinians, talking about the ways in which culture and iconic 'British' features.
I also learnt about the BFI (British Film Institute) focusing on the catagories in which 'British' films fit in to. This was very interesting as i didnt know that there were different catagories for similar genre films.
Our homework this week is to go on the IMBD website, find 10 British films and work out what catagory they fit into, also looking at the budgets of the film and the directors and editors who made the film.
I found out we are going to look mainly at national cinema, television representation and magazines & gender. We then focused on British films such as Bend it like Beckham, Trainspotting and St Trinians, talking about the ways in which culture and iconic 'British' features.
I also learnt about the BFI (British Film Institute) focusing on the catagories in which 'British' films fit in to. This was very interesting as i didnt know that there were different catagories for similar genre films.
Our homework this week is to go on the IMBD website, find 10 British films and work out what catagory they fit into, also looking at the budgets of the film and the directors and editors who made the film.
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