Cohort 2020 – 2022
All your resources are in classroom. You should seek out your old essays too. Make sure you: Complete the revision timetable so that you know you have covered all corners. Do the terms quizlets (SEE CLASSROOM) Revisit the note taking advice Revisit the essay structure advice Re-write any low scoring essays (YOUR OWN DOCS) PractiseContinue reading TV Drama revision
You will be completing a TV Drama Textual Analysis in your 2 hour exam. 30 mins – watching the clip and making notes 45 mins – writing up the response 45 mins – Music Industry question You should read and make notes on the presentation below which outlines everything you need to know for TVContinue reading Textual Analysis (TV Drama) Mock Exam Preparation
12A – Thursday 10 June – AM 12C – Monday 14 June – AM 12B – Tuesday 15 June – AM ADVICE There are some revision posts in classroom and we will be going over the Music Industry in the 2nd half of next week and TV drama on your return after half-term. You willContinue reading EXAM DATES and Advice
Watch this TV drama in class together. Question: Discuss the ways in which the extract from Fargo constructs meaning through the following: camera shots, angles, movement and composition editing sound mise-en-scène. Extract: Fargo Viewing 1 – watch for narrative sense – what is it about – what are the main themes and issues andContinue reading Fargo – Full textual analysis
Editing is a key skill when making media – it is how you sequence, place or construct your media in order to convey a narrative or represent ideas, themes, issues and characters. As you are also going to making a music video soon, editing is an important skill to learn to communicate meaning and helpContinue reading Editing – Textual analysis – TV Drama
Sound is our final microfeature – they say a picture tells a thousand stories but sound is hugely important – it includes dialogue, music and sound fx – all essential to convey a narrative, craft and represent characters and convey themes and issues. There is quizlet to take in classroom that you should takeContinue reading Sound – TV Drama – Textual analysis
Welcome Back. We are moving on! Now! Part of your Component 2 exam is to analyse an unseen 5 minute clip from a TV drama. You have to understand how to ‘read and decode’ a moving image and write up a full essay on how meaning has been communicated through the use of: MISE ENContinue reading Camera and MES – Recap on essential terms and analysis – TV Drama
KEY TERMS: Star image, metanarrative, ordinary, extraordinary, paradox of the star, denotations, connotations, repertoire of elements, conventions. You have to create a fabulous first impression darling! The Front Cover image will make or break your magazine success. Front covers are usually focused on one star image – one well known artist who has to captureContinue reading Star Image – Theirs and Mine
Here is a clip for your next analysis: Analyse how Camera and Mise-en-scene are used to represent characters, themes and events in Dr Who? First of all, what is the clip about? Power? Gender? Domination? Rebellion? You should include: 3 examples of mise-en-scene and… 3 of camera (angles, framing and movement). Remember: T (terms), EContinue reading Dr Who – Textual Analysis
KEY TERMS DISTANCE, ANGLE, FRAMING, COMPOSITION, NARRATIVE, REPRESENT, DENOTATION, CONNOTATION, NARRATIVE, IMAGE AND AN IDEA This post has two elements to it. TASK 1 The Camera Talks In groups of @ 3, you must take at least 50 photos around school that attempt to tell a story – use distance, angle and framing to showContinue reading The Camera Talks