blog update + what to include in your blogs

Some of you are really showing progress and have successfully started your blogs. However, for others, it's not too late to wake up... Two students still haven't started and Akash, please sort it out - it's still not working.

Below is a list of what you should aim to include in your blog. A lot of personal research and consolidation now needs to take place as you need to develop ideas for your project and your groups need to start meeting out of lessons.

What to include in your blog (fairly standard list for schools delivering this unit):

1. moodboards - visual representations of thriller
2. Useful weblinks
3. Film sites
4. Explorations of theory discussed in class applied to films or scenes of your choice, and...
5. ... Short thriller sequences with analysis (such as film openings work done in class)
6. Film stills with analysis
7. DVD covers with analysis
8. How to. . . clips - for instance how to convey continuity, fx etc (see 'The Birds' task)
9. Definitions of the genre and its sub types, with your own examples
10. Research on a particular sub-genre you are interested in
11. Notes from your reading around the genre
12. A record of your thriller screenings - yes, you need to watch some thrillers on your own or in your groups - not much time in class!
13. Discussion of thrillers that have inspired you
14. Your own thriller related stills - for example trying to photograph / capture shots which could be used in your sequence
15. Research into a particular director who interests you
16. British film research, particularly UK independent thrillers and thrillers from the past
17. Audience research

18. And of course, you need to personalise your blogs at some point so they reflect the thriller genre.

In short, much to do... Ms Lyall and I will direct some of your 'home learning time' but you need to become more and more independent and focused.

Good luck!

Home Learning for next Tuesday

1. Complete the continuity exercise below based on an extract from The Birds.

2. Write up an analysis of one of the practical tasks undertaken at school, either the 'Audience Positioning' task done last week or the film opening using the school building.

There is a post below with guidance questions to help you develop your analysis (designed for the film opening / school building task but still useful for the other task). Ideally everyone would have worked on the film opening but many of you were away that week.

Finally, if you haven't done any practical work so far, watch someone's work and analyse that!

Home Learning - PLEASE READ

The home learning tasks set help us to assess your progress and therefore need to be completed much more diligently than what has been produced so far.

REMINDER: Hand in your improved film poster tomorrow (or else), leaving them in reception if you cannot find me.

The Home learning for next week includes some research and you need to post your work on your blog by next Monday.
There is also an analysis of the first 10 minutes of a film of your choice to complete. Bring that to next Tuesday's lesson.