Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Tuesday 20th October
We looked over the peer assessment sheets we completed yesterday for our group, to see what others thought of the film and what could have been improved to make it better. Overall the main points were to create more captions so the narrative was clearer and to shorten a shot of a young girl in the mirror as it seemed too long.
After looking through the results, we then got into pairs and had to create a brainstorm/ mind map about Britishness, in order to do a presentation about it on Thursday. We had to think about what Britain was famous for, in other words what came into our heads when thinking of Britain and 'Britishness' in general.
After looking through the results, we then got into pairs and had to create a brainstorm/ mind map about Britishness, in order to do a presentation about it on Thursday. We had to think about what Britain was famous for, in other words what came into our heads when thinking of Britain and 'Britishness' in general.
Monday 19th October
As all groups had finished our films we then completed a self, peer and teacher assessment for them. This was so we had different points of views for each films which we could keep and look at what had to change in future media projects.
This took up the entire lesson as there was 4 groups and we had to talk and write about each one.
We had to give each work levels and scores out of 40 on the score sheet we were given. There were many shots and techniques used in other peoples films that worked well and i may use these in the future films we create if they go with the brief because they looked effective.
This took up the entire lesson as there was 4 groups and we had to talk and write about each one.
We had to give each work levels and scores out of 40 on the score sheet we were given. There were many shots and techniques used in other peoples films that worked well and i may use these in the future films we create if they go with the brief because they looked effective.
Thursday 15th October
As this was our last production time for our Underage Drinking films to be finished, we had to finsih editing and burn the film to disk so we are able to show them to other when we do our focus group next week.
Overall i was rather pleased with our film as we managed time well and therefore finished it on time. The only things i would change after finishing and watching it all the way through would be to make it longer by adding more action scenes, and cutting on of the shots as i thought it was too long.
Overall i was rather pleased with our film as we managed time well and therefore finished it on time. The only things i would change after finishing and watching it all the way through would be to make it longer by adding more action scenes, and cutting on of the shots as i thought it was too long.
Wednesday 14th October
During this lesson we was taught about film industry and film consumption such as the Hollywood Studio System.
I learnt that the 5 dominant companies within the film industry are:
-Paramount
-Loews- became MGM
-Fox films
-Warner Brothers
-RKO
Which created the Vertical Intergration Model. however that does not exsist now because more and more people moved away from the cities.
We also talked baout Blockbuster movies and what their characteristics are for these types of films, such as, simple storylines, the hero and villain combonation and are able to become a brand and sell merchandise.
Britain needs a film industry economically because it shows our culture across the world, helps create jobs therefore creating money for people and the Government.
I learnt that the 5 dominant companies within the film industry are:
-Paramount
-Loews- became MGM
-Fox films
-Warner Brothers
-RKO
Which created the Vertical Intergration Model. however that does not exsist now because more and more people moved away from the cities.
We also talked baout Blockbuster movies and what their characteristics are for these types of films, such as, simple storylines, the hero and villain combonation and are able to become a brand and sell merchandise.
Britain needs a film industry economically because it shows our culture across the world, helps create jobs therefore creating money for people and the Government.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Monday 12th October
During this lesson we got our critical evaluation outline for our 2000 word report on our Underage Drinking Advert.
This must include:
This must include:
- A brief- what the advert is about
- The planning and research we undertook
- The production work- including any problems and how we overcame them.
- Our audience and their reaction- we must create a focus group of year 8s and play our film to see what they think of it and how effectove it was.
As it is due on the first day back after half term, my group must try and create a focus group next week as it is the only opportunity before half term otherwise we will fall very behind.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Thursday 8th October
We only had one hour of production today as it was open evening therefore losing an hour of what could have been used as part of our editing time.
So, instead of starting anything major we watched over what we have already recorded, and worke dout our last scene we need to do by next week, as this is when the project is meant to be handed in by.
I personally think our film will have an impact on anyone watching as it shows different sides of the effects of underage drinking. We now only have one week left to do the final scene and to edit all of it altogether.
So, instead of starting anything major we watched over what we have already recorded, and worke dout our last scene we need to do by next week, as this is when the project is meant to be handed in by.
I personally think our film will have an impact on anyone watching as it shows different sides of the effects of underage drinking. We now only have one week left to do the final scene and to edit all of it altogether.
Wednesday 7th October
We started to watch another 'ethnic based' film during this lesson called East Is East. It was released in 1999 and became the highest grossing British film that year.
It shows how children of a multi- cultrual family, with a Catholic mother and a Muslim father, have to deal with the confusion of religious values and traditions. There are also forms of racism and differences in sexuality therefore showing realism/ social realistic stories.
We then got homework which we have to do by next Wednesday. It is to create representation charts for this film and two other films which we have watched in class.
This will help when looking back over notes as it breaks down the film into catagories such as:
It shows how children of a multi- cultrual family, with a Catholic mother and a Muslim father, have to deal with the confusion of religious values and traditions. There are also forms of racism and differences in sexuality therefore showing realism/ social realistic stories.
We then got homework which we have to do by next Wednesday. It is to create representation charts for this film and two other films which we have watched in class.
This will help when looking back over notes as it breaks down the film into catagories such as:
- Gender
- Class
- Sexuality
- Disability
Monday 5th October
After completing and handing in our homework, Mrs Rogers decided to go over some of the major facts needed to create a good essay and about rom- com's and representation, as some people got confused.
This lesson helped me a lot as i feel i am now more confident about the rom-com genre and about British representation.
We then talked about our culture in Britain for example we are represented as we have roast dinners ever sunday, drink tea, have big traditional church weddings etc. This then linked into the notes we made about Clifford Geertz who is an anthropologist which describes the way in which society is formed and accepted.
'Successful British films have the power to change attributes'.
This lesson helped me a lot as i feel i am now more confident about the rom-com genre and about British representation.
We then talked about our culture in Britain for example we are represented as we have roast dinners ever sunday, drink tea, have big traditional church weddings etc. This then linked into the notes we made about Clifford Geertz who is an anthropologist which describes the way in which society is formed and accepted.
'Successful British films have the power to change attributes'.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Thursday 1st October 09
As this was our double production lessons and my group had filmed one of our scenes, we used this lesson to upload, watch and start to edit part of the filming we had done. The filmwe had done was the first scene where a 13 year old girl (we used a young girl i know to act this) waking up in a boys bedroom wondering what had happened the night before, and not knowing where she was.
So far i think our film looks like it will appeal to the target market and will do the job of making underage drinkers aware of the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
We do not have much time left to complete the film, so we must make sure we manage our time wisely and get all of the filming done ideally by next week so we can edit it in time and send it off on the correct date.
So far i think our film looks like it will appeal to the target market and will do the job of making underage drinkers aware of the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
We do not have much time left to complete the film, so we must make sure we manage our time wisely and get all of the filming done ideally by next week so we can edit it in time and send it off on the correct date.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Wednesday 30th September
We watched the rest of Bend It Like Beckham during this lesson and whilst doing this we made notes. We needed to do this as we are going to write an essay for homework about ethnicity in films.
The question we must write an essay on is "How does Bend It Like Beckham represent the Asian experience in the UK?"
I will include in this essay Jess' experience in the UK, her parents experience, Juelz's mothers experience of having a daughter with a friend who is Asian. I will also add something about stereotypes as there are a lot of stereotypical comments like Juelz's mother says to Jess that she had made a nice curry the other day- stereotyping that Asians always make curry.
This homework is in for next Wednesday 7th.
The question we must write an essay on is "How does Bend It Like Beckham represent the Asian experience in the UK?"
I will include in this essay Jess' experience in the UK, her parents experience, Juelz's mothers experience of having a daughter with a friend who is Asian. I will also add something about stereotypes as there are a lot of stereotypical comments like Juelz's mother says to Jess that she had made a nice curry the other day- stereotyping that Asians always make curry.
This homework is in for next Wednesday 7th.
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