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 […]
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Genre & The Repertoire of Elements
Genre is like a cake… When you make a cake you follow a recipe, in films the recipe is called the repertoire of elements. Most cakes use the same basic ingredients, same as in a genre film, these same ingredients are called generic conventions. ‘Genre is similarity and difference’ – Altman This deceptively simple idea […]
Our Favourite Films
What’s the best film you have watched this year (so far)? What were the reasons you loved it so much? These reasons often are something to do with these macro features of a film: Independent Study (For Monday) Create a slideshow like the one below. You are quoting someone else in this slideshow and the […]
Welcome to Film Studies
Welcome to a new adventure in Film…Studies. We will give you the opportunity to learn about the key roles in film production in a hands on way. Together we will explore film in a variety of ways and will encourage you to study films that you love. Here is a rough outline of the course. […]