Whilst our blog is a way of sharing ideas and resources with you. You also need to record your exploration of film, your experiences of being a creative film maker and reflections on your learning.
This individual and personal record is called: The Reflective Journal
This journal will be your course folder and you must spend approximately 2 hours every week maintaining it. Miss Hales and Mr Gregson will be regularly checking your Reflective Journal to make sure that it is being maintained and that you are completing posts on the following:
Production Roles (Practical Tasks)
- Identifying your creative intentions
- Uploading planning documents, drafts and completed exercises and films
- Reflecting on what you have learnt and the impact it has
Exploring Film (Analysis Tasks)
- Uploading your analysis of the micro and macro aspects of films
- The explorations of the contexts which surround the films you watch
The platform you are going to use to record and publish your Reflective Journal is going to be Google Sites. Here is an example. Initially we would like you to follow this template, but as you progress through the course you may wish to personalise and restructure it.
Task 1:
Create a Google Site with the following main pages:
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Editor
- Sound Designer
- Screenwriter
- Exploring Film
For each task you will create a sub-page under one of these headings.
Task 2:
On the page of the five film roles please define what you think this role entails. You may do some basic (wiki) research, but the words must be your own. Do not copy and paste. At this stage I am more interested in what you think the role entails, this definition changes as your understanding and skills develop.
Task 3:
Embed your slide show on your favourite film and using Film Studies terms describe why you love it so much.