Deadline

To confirm

Thursday is your final hand in if you want me to check your corrections get them to me asap as I will not be able to check them all between wednesday and thursday
Any problems see me
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Presentations

So far so good everyone well done
Those still to present please make sure that you use comparison to a greater extent, dont forget about textual analysis. Those of you who are using Auteur Theory make sure you make explicit reference to it and of course plenty of reference to you items.

Presentations

To Confirm

Thursday 12th

Dave Alex Joe Olivia

Wednesday 18th

Matt Briony Rosa Oliver

Thursday 19

Joe Nicole Sally Katie Emma

Wednesday 25

Jack Jack Scott David

Thursday 26

Jo Paul

Please make sure you are prepared for the session before your scheduled date in case of Absence. Ensure all clips are embedded or on a DVD so save time. I am keen to get through these as soon as we can to give you more time on the next piece of course work and to correct anything on your Catalogue or Presentation
Any problems see me
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Presentations

Get ready for the presentations the week after we get back. Ensure that you are ready to go and let me see you presentation prior to you giving it

FM3

You should now be working on your presentation script which you should aim for approximately 1500 words. It is ok to use Powerpoint then we can upload the slides to your blog. Reference to key items of research from the catalogue must be made explicit in the presentation. Short credited quotations may also be used to re-enforce your point these will not be included in the word count

Big Budget !

Particularly useful for Alex and Jack link here


Link here to the new Empire Newsletter

FM3

Titles will go off at the end of this week after Marion has checked them. You now need to be concentrating on your catalogues. I need to see a draft next week. In our second lesson this week we shall be looking at the mechanics of the presentation. I suggest you now get off the blog and onto paper to start writing your catalogue and planning the direction of your presentation/argument/discussion

What to do next

I have mailed you the instructions

Update

I for one am very excited about the release of Fish Tank and I urge you all as film fans to go and see it. Review of it is here

Some of you seem to be a little confused as to what the Catalogue has to look like check out the yellow booklet that you got at the start of the project. If you want more detail on how to write the references for the catalogue look here

One of the most important things to say is "DONT PANIC" about the presentation. What you need to focus on is improving your knowledge of the subject area.

Any problems then ask

2009 Autum Term

Welcome back everyone. Deadline day is Christmas so you should all have uploaded research on to your blog as well as Youtube clips and all other sources. If you have not yet updated you blog then better get going. Check out the deadline dates. Some interesting links below have a good look and I look forward to seeing you all in a week or two. Any prolems then mail me

Personally I am not sure about this Avatar Teaser Trailer

I am hoping to see Inglorious later this week looking forward to that and I guess I have a duty to see Harry Potter.

Movicon is worth a look

Back to the picture above there is a rumour that if Guy new movie makes money then Brad Pitt will be in the sequal!!

Marketing

Some excellent viral marketing for the new Peter Jackson film District 9 some of the content is excellent and the interactive nature of the site is first class. Check out some more stuff here possibly the best viral marketing since Dark Knight.

Summer hols are nearly here make sure you keep checking your blogs and mine for updates I will be contactable via email and of course on the blog

Have a good safe summer holiday stay away from rubbish films!!! See you in september

Update

As you have seen I have been commenting on your blogs well those I can get to David W and Rosa you need to sort it out asap. I expect you to have uploaded your prospective research questions by the end of the week I will then comment on them.

This is very good and what a cool guy

Also one of my favorite directors Shane Medows on a new horror film personally cant wait

Update

Good work all in getting initial ideas posted. Continue to check this page and have a look down the righ of this page check out the guardian film blog and especially Mark Kermodes blog on that note do try and catch his film reviews on friday afternoon at 4 with Simon Mayo they really are very good. Or catch the podcast on the college network

This image I feel is reflective of how we are all feeling in the heat, lets hope it stays for the weekend. Have a good one see you next week

Posting

YOU ALL NEED TO MAKE A POST ON YOUR BLOG SO I CAN FOLLOW YOU

The Wonderful World Of Tim Burton

Following on from the previous post you may like to study an aspect of Tim Burtons work as part of the project. I will be asking for a proposal very soon so get thinking and reading. However thisd is a really good piece from Empire about Burton.

Possible Research

An interesting still from Tim Burtons new Alice Film out in the US March 5 2010 read the rest here

Stages of the Project

There are loads of you who have not posted any ideas it is therefore quite had for me to common on your blogs and follow them. You need to build a links list and make a post otherwise I cannot follow you and then help you with you project

Anyd

Possible Research

A possible research topic here...Can films still cause a moral panic this might be a good place to start if you are a horror fan think about Ramis Drag me to Hull !!!

Dont forget to sign up and be a follower. You should be putting all you thoughts about your FM3 project on you blog..........yes the unit is FM3 not 4 doh!!!!

Use you blog to pose questions post clips get me to have a look this should be a very interactive two way process

Andy

Update

Possible idea for a research piece

The A Team remake !!!!!!!! As a fan of the original I am a little shocked but here is the story

Behold Mickey Rourke As WhiplashFirst look at Iron Man 2's new villain is he still as the Wrestler? What about something on Franchise films?

Or perhaps the (i think) hotest film of the sumer here good old Johnny lets hope this is a return to form.

Why not do something on him as a performer ?

Keep on checking this blog and dont forget to sign up as a follower as all of the stages of the blog will be posted on here.

Setting up and following

It is vital that you use a contact email address that you will look when you set you blog up then you need to follow this blog. I will post all instructions on here so get used to looking at this blog. This blog will be used as your final moderated piece and the URL will be submitted so make sure that your personal details are kept to a minimum and that the content is appropriate. This is not another Facebook page its a serious document that allows us to follow your progress
Any questions then just ask

Start of your FM4 Project

Today we will be setting up your blogs.