Mock Exam

Your Mock Exam is fast approaching and you should all have your exam papers. Your research should be well underway and you now need to think about your production decisions. You cannot take notes into the exam so make sure you know your product well, write clear notes so you can remember details. Treat this as you would a unit of coursework with 4 key elements RESEARCH, PLANNING, PRODUCTION & EVALUATION.

Good Luck!

KW

ps - LIAR!

Opening Sequence essays - Deadline

You have been given an essay brief for your first of TWO essays you must complete this unit. Read it carefully, we will be developing your individual essay plans in class, most importantly, your deadline is 10th October 2008

KW

Bye.

We are now close enough to the end of the year for me to confirm that Yes I am leaving at the end of this school year i.e Thursday 24th July.

I will keep in touch through visits to the blogs. But from here on in the Blogs are no longer mine.

Dermot White

The PODCAST

LISTEN HERE.

Good SITCOM LINKS

Why do we laugh?

Daily Mail Article

Interesting opinion.

Sitcom forms and Conventions

Another Guide to Storyboarding

Useful Vocab (Language)

Words that will get you high marks in the exam.


The blaggers guide to the exam?

DW
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com

The Inbetweeners

E4 have have commissioned their first ever original sitcom called ‘The Inbetweeners’.


The show will centre around four suburban teenagers and will be “a comedic take on growing up in middle class suburbia”.It starts with a double bill on Thursday 1st May.

The show promises “a place where there are no teen pregnancies, no drugs, no knife fights and no guns. It’s about a bunch of lads who get into real scrapes rather than real trouble”.

DW

Useful SITCOM links.

I know it is difficult to believe but, this blog is not the only source for SITCOM information.

There are a number of very useful links in the SITCOMS STUFF section (to the right -scroll down).

All of you should be using the Collins education stuff by now..if not here is the link AGAIN!

These are also v useful:

SITCOM and GENDER

COMPARING UK AND US SITCOMS

WHAT ARE SITCOMS ABOUT-I LOVE LUCY-

THE A-Z OF BRITISH SITCOM.

dw

More sitcom clips and links.

ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES


FAWLTY TOWERS


THE OFFICE


CLICK HERE FOR A SITCOM TEST

dw

Situation Comedy

And so we begin SITCOM.To mark this joyful occasion the blog has even changed colour.

From here on in the blog becomes dedicated to the SITCOM.
I have already added some links to very useful sites and information and I will be adding clips for you to study and..to..erm..enjoy?Have a look at the one below from Spaced.

Wikipedia has useful section about British sitcom. As always be aware of the warnings given by Wikipedia at the start of the section. Click here for the link.

Welcome Back!

I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and had a well deserved break! I don't have to remind you that your coursework deadline is very close, so we need to see you working harder than ever to meet it or as I am sure you're aware you risk losing vital marks for every day your work is late!
We are very impressed with the general standard this year so keep it up!

Deadline: Friday 1st February 2008 (4 pm)

KW

Filming

Now that you are all filming your trailers I would advise you to refresh yourself with the "How to film links" particulary this one

Other tips.
1-Stick to your storyboard and make sure that your trailer does not look like it was filmed in one afternoon in school!
2-Each person in your group has a role and they must do their job. Props/Clothes/Location are particulary important at this stage.
3-Use the shooting schedule.
4-Do not take the tape home!


Good Luck.

Year 11 thriller Trailer-Animatics

This first one is from (Group 1-DW) Jermaine H, John J, Jack A, Callum W.(Please note that the slight glitch at the beginning has occured during transfer to youtube...it is not on the original.)


The second one is from (Group 2-DW) Martin K, Carmel B, Keith D, Mandy Y,Thomas W.


The third one is from Kemi A, Jay P, Shane C, Pooja M.

DW

The forth one is from Joel O, Daniel J,Ryan A, Isschan N


The fifth one is from Jessica C,Shona B,Charmaine M,Lewis B, Niall B.

Year 11 Mock

Now that you have the pre-release material I would suggest that you make good use of the preparation time. There are a number of useful links on this blog and here are 3 of the most useful ones .
Essay guide
Article about trailers
Trailers used in lessons
I have also added another Modern Thriller Trailer (at the request of Keith D). You can use this or any two trailers for question one.

Make use of the prep time.

p.s click on the title Year 11 Mock for a link to the school revision site.

DW

Mediabox-Money

Mediabox offers those aged 13-19 living in England grants to make creative media projects for film, television, radio, online, print and multi media platforms.

Click the title 'Mediabox-Money' for more.

T Biggs Mills -yr13

Storyboarding

Now that the treatments and storyboards are in development remember to add as much detail as possible. This will make the filming and editing process more straightforward. Once the storyboarding is complete you will film it and upload it to the macs. This 'film' is called an animatic. This is a short example for a music video.

I have added a number of useful links related to storyboarding in the links section. Shot types can be checked here .Click storyboarding for more on Animatic.

DW

Real Thriller Trailers.

MINUS 8

RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR

MARY POPPINS?!-RECUT (THE POWER OF EDITING.)


Click on the title 'Real Thriller Trailers' for more on the Thriller genre.( V useful for your essay.)

DW

Parody of the trailer 'voiceover'.

As you already know the Hitchhikers guide trailer does a clever deconstruction of the Movie trailer (see post dated Monday, 25 June 2007). Have a look at these 2 trailers. Enjoy them but remember to watch them a few times and make notes about the 'conventions' and language structures typical of the genre.





DW

Click on the title 'Parody of the trailer 'voiceover' for a wikipedia link to Trailers.

Trailer essay.

Work has now started on this. The focus must be 1408 and one other trailer of your choice. Use all the notes and advice we have given you. The essay must show the examiner your knowledge and understanding of trailers.

Make good use of the handouts given in lessons.

Click on the title 'Trailer essay' for an insight into the areas to pay attention to. (courtesy of www.allisonmedia.net)

DW

Trailers used in lessons.

Below are 3 trailers as discussed and studied in lessons.

The first is THE INVISIBLE


The second is MR BROOKS


The third is 1408


(Please make use of the useful links we have given on the left handside of the page. If you click on the title 'Trailers used in lessons' you can have a look at one of the thriller trailer element of Mr Allisons site.)

KW/DW

Teaser trailer

Here is a very interesting teaser trailer (although it is 1.55 long). It was for War of the worlds but it featured no actual footage from the finished movie.


The second one is very clever. It is a 'trailer 'featuring most of Spielberg films.



Click on the title 'Teaser Trailer' to have a read of a site run by another media studies teacher. It has some very useful info so I would advise that you also bookmark it.

DW

Thriller Trailers

Welcome to the year 10 students who have now become year 11's.
This is the blog for you. A blog is basically a regularly updated webpage.
From today we will post useful info relevant to your study and making of the Thriller Trailer.
We will recommend books,sites and othe material for you to use.Take a look at this clip for example...it is based on a book called 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' and it contains a definition of movie trailers.


(Click on the title 'Thriller Trailers' to get an excellent description of shot types. This will be very useful for your storyboards.)

DW

Welcome to the Blog

Below you will find examples of well known music magazines. I will add to these over the next few weeks.