International Baccalaureate
So, let’s get back down to the micro… This is a process that you should be familiar with: Identify specific examples of production techniques: Cinematography Editing Sound Mise-en-scene These examples must be named with a technical term Analyse the impact that technique, in combination with others, on the audience? How do ‘we’ read the text? Previous blog posts… Read more Micro Analysis Refresher
Immediately after Christmas we will start towards your textual analysis essay, which is worth 35% (SL) or 30% (HL). You must submit: A textual analysis (1,750 words max) A list of all sources used The details of this assessment are. Textual analysis of a film extract no more than 5 minutes. Students consider the cultural… Read more Textual Analysis Preparation
The Assessment Criteria Lessons from the Screenplay What is so great about it? Allows the movie to ‘talk’. Treats each movie in the same way. Is structured to allow comparison Using captions to emphasis key ideas. Reuses those captions in order clarify Is clearly spoken – about 2500 words for 15 minutes! Uses film language… Read more A Great Video Essay
The Read Through You will all complete a read through of the script and get some peer feedback on the key assessment criteria. The groups will be 3 strong and at the beginning you as author will allocate: A timer and someone to count quotes & references to key scenes Someone to listen out for… Read more Comparative Essay Peer Assessment
Proof Reading for Assessment Before we go into the final planning stages and start visualising your script you must take a moment to complete a self assessment of your work. You won’t be happy if you have to re-record and then re-edit the video essay, because you failed to do this and missed out some… Read more Comparative Essay Script Self Assessment
Drafting Your Script By the beginning of next week (Monday 8th November) you must have completed a first draft of your script. This will probably be in the form of a rough essay – approx 1,000 words. If you have followed the planning document, it should look something like this: Introduction, justification and context Comparative… Read more Preparing your comparative essay script
Please find a link to all the films we have bought and ripped in order to do your video essays. Important: Please preview the file to make sure that it is OK in terms of quality and that the whole film has been ripped. You should upload your two films, via this folder, to We… Read more Comparative Essay Editable Films
Your Research Project Before we start scripting the essay we need to develop a structure that allows you to illustrate your research, understanding of the whole films, their context and how these big ideas and revealed in the cinematic style (micro). A Recap In Brief… What have you learnt from your research? Genre & Style… Read more Planning & Structuring The Comparative Study
Watch a range of video essays from the following channels, for two reasons: Gather secondary research about your macro area / research focus. Understand what a professional standard video essay looks like and get some tips for editing Here are our recommended channels: Task: find at least one video which contains some useful secondary research… Read more Video Essay Research
Below are the interim deadlines and meeting dates for the comparative video essay. Please ensure that you meet these deadlines to avoid angst, stress and suffering! Formal Meetings. The IB require that we have three formal meetings with each student to discuss progress. Notes from these meetings are submitted to the IB along with the… Read more Comparative Video Essay Deadlines