International Baccalaureate
Creative Intention: Compose a short film score to play parallel with the action. The music should reflect a sense of panic and urgency or apprehension and fear (delete as applicable). Source Film You can download the video here. Composing the music You can either use Adobe Audition or Garage Band (if you have access). Tutorials:… Read more Write a film score
This week you will be meeting 1-1 with either Miss Hales or Mr Gregson to discuss you progress during distance learning. Over that time we tried to introduce an entire unit of study on the horror genre and representation of, another, archetype, the monster. However we also used it as an opportunity to look at… Read more Horror (Video) Essay Script
An example essay on the question on representation of the vampire & how it reflects values, attitudes and beliefs. Another on on the influence of German Expressionism on contemporary horror: Looking to the future… Here is an example of a year 13 video essay, which was submitted this year.
An IB Film essay is multi-layered (like an onion). Here is a graphic, which tries to explain those layers: 1) The inner most layer must have as it’s focus the micro features of the sequence. 2) The middle layer is on the macro features of the film. In this case genre & representation So, for… Read more Structuring The Comparative Essay
These are the assessment criteria for your comparative video essay… Comparative study (SL and HL) Marks Total A Task components 12 32 B Comparing and contrasting 12 C Assembling the comparative study 8 There are two possible essay titles for your video: How and with what effect are specific film elements of German expressionism used within… Read more Compiling Your Video Essay
In your final video essay, which compares our two films you need to show that you have done some research. From IB Film Specification: ‘Each student carries out broad research, using both primary and secondary sources, in order to investigate possible areas of film focus and films for comparison from within the areas of film… Read more Research Sources for your Comparative Video Essay
Why do we like to scare ourselves? A key features of any horror film is the monster. The monster is said to represent the fears, anxieties and concerns of society at that time. That means that the monster and the theme of the film are inextricably linked and intertwined with each other. To start developing your understanding we… Read more Horror Monsters
The next macro study to apply to a film is to consider the narrative as part of the genre. Remember the basics of narrative? Here is a development of narrative in film and in introduction to the five act structure. Horror Narrative & Genre What are the typical features of a horror narrative? Consider one… Read more Horror Narrative
A study of most films will include consideration of genre. Here is a slideshow to remind you about how to study genre: So genre is a comparative study: In what ways does a given film follow the generic conventions of horror? How is it different? And… …can we account for those differences? Task Watch Suckablood… Read more Horror Genre
In year 13 you have to conduct an independent comparative study of two films. The outcome for this unit will be a video essay in the style of Lessons from the Screenplay, in which you compare two films from different times and/or places. This video essay will be sent for external assessment and is worth… Read more Comparative Study Project