Deadline

 

 

 

The box for SSRP will appear today in the editing suite 

Please make sure that you hand in;

• Cover Sheet signed

• Catalogue

• Presentation script with word count and named

Any problems see me

SSRP 2015

 

Thats it everyone well done on the Presentations some really good work this year.  If you want me to look at any scripts then get them to me this week. 


Everyone now has a coursework booklet I would like to start discussing ideas this week can you let me know with whom you will be working if you are in a group.

Presentations

Presentations start today.  Make sure you arrive ready to present all clips must be on your DVD

NOT FROM YOU TUBE

Any Problems see me

Next week

Spectre Vlog click the image.

I will be collecting your Catalogues on Wednesday make sure you have it completed with all references and Items selected but not used at the end

Any problem see me

Top Ten Films to see in October

Top Ten films to see this month...........here

The titles of the research have all gone off to the External Moderator.   Continue to research and plan your script and slides.

Catalogues should be almost completed and I will collect them in Week beginning 19 October

Next week

 

 

 

On Wednesday 23 I will be collecting your draft catalogues we will also be filling in the sheet of titles and three films to send to the External Examiner.

Make sure that your blog header has been updated to show your title

 

This week we will be going through slide titles (those of you who are ready to) Some of you need to get a move on with your research.  Remember that you will have to send your proposal off from next week.

I am making my way through the blogs and leaving comments for you to action.

A sad day

Wes Craven, US horror filmmaker, dies aged 76

 

 

 

American horror film director Wes Craven, creator of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, has died aged 76.

US media reported that Craven died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday from brain cancer.
Craven wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. His Scream franchise was reported to have grossed more than $100m (£65m) in the US.
He wrote, directed and edited his first film, The Last House on the Left, in 1972.
A tweet from his Twitter account featured a picture of him with the dates 1939-2015.
Craven was credited with reinventing the teen horror genre when the first film featuring Freddy Krueger was released in 1984 starring a then-unknown Johnny Depp.


More here

 

New Year

 

Hope you had a good holiday everyone.  I can see that several of you have made significant progress on your blogs over the summer, however there are some that have not posted anything.  I will expect all blogs to be updated by the time we get back to our first film lesson.  I will be commenting on your blogs over the next week to give you some ideas.

Dont forget to keep a record of all the sources you have used on a word document this will become your catalogue (Try to use Harvard referencing system details on Library moodle and examples in your A2 SSRP booklet and Moodle)

You need to have watched all your focus films and have made detailed notes on specific scenes that you will use for your presentation which support your research title.  If you have not already done so can you alter the header of your blog making sure that it includes the title of your research, making it easier to understand what your looking at.  You can do this from the layout tab.

I have not yet got a copy of the exam breakdowns.  We will chat about that when we see each other in a couple of weeks.  I can guess there are some of you that are a little dissapointed dont be as you have this year to get that grade up, see it as a lesson learnt and you should be able to see where you stumbled importantly dont panic.

Summer update

 

Can  I ask all of you to keep updating your blogs throughout the summer I will expect to see progress and evidence of textual analysis(clips you will use in your presentations) when we return in September

Have a good break

Do you want to be in a Horror Film ?

Crowd funding from Robin Hardy the Director of Wickerman one of the finest British Horrors many copies in the Library if you fancy it staring Christopher Lee

Dont forget that your proposals need to be with me by the end of Thursday

Update

Please ensure that your blogs are updated this weekend to help you complete your proposals that are due in next week

Really interesting video essay concerning fathers on film

https://vimeo.com/130719044

Blogs

Can I ask all of you to update the blogs as I will be sending these off on Monday.  Please embed trailers and clips of the films you are considering.  I am absent tomorrow so continue with your documentary planning/shooting.  Next Thursday I want to take you all to the library to get some resources.  You will all need Sight and Sound reviews of your films the archive is in the library and some in the editing suite.

You should be going through all back copies of SS/Empire to help research

Any problems see me

Long Good Friday

 



This is one of the best British Gangster films you will see.  Watch this short video from the Guardian and its on TV.  The Long Good Friday, the British gangster classic starring Bob Hoskins as London kingpin Harold Shand, is getting re-released in UK cinemas this week. Peter Bradshaw explains why John Mackenzie's film, which also featured a young Helen Mirren as Harold's girlfriend, is worth a butchers this week 

Link here

Update

Perhaps you might want to have a look at exhibition for your ssrp or audience reception perhaps great piece from todays Guardian here.................Link

Very encouraging to see some of your initial ideas so far.  Why not start to explore some sources you could use to support your hypothesis.  We will discuss further next week.  I can recommend the library staff for further help dont be scared.

Update

In case any of you are looking at researching something on franchise films or Speilberg the link below should give you a good place to start.

Jurassic World



Ensure that you are reading Empire and Sight and Sound to prepare for your project.  Instructions to follow next week

Small Scale research project 2015

Small Scale research project 2015

 

 

This will be the blog that yours will all link from so I can supervise and keep an eye on your progress.

The SSRP is a very enjoyable piece of work so it is vital that you choose an area that you are interested in.  See the advice booklet for ideas on what to study.Check back here regularly for information and links