A very sad day

One of British Cinemas gretest stars died yesterday Richard Attenborough please take soome time to have a look at his work from Brighton Rock to Oh what a lovely war.
A great loss to the industry lots of tributes being paid to him check out some of them here

Post Summer Update

 

I hope you have all had a good break and continued to conduct your research.  By the time you return you should have watched all your films and be equipped with detailed notes that will illustrate Textual Analysis in your final presentation.

The important thing is to keep researching and reading, we have to get the proposals completed and sent off to the Moderator during the first week back, it is therefore vital that you are fixed on your research title.  

Ensure you update your blog as some of you have virtually nothing on there presently.  I will be leaving comments on the blogs over the coming week so please make sure it is updated

Weekly Update

This week I will be giving out exemplar scripts and catalogues you should read these through and  and start to plan your research including Primary and Secondary research.  You will see how detailed these scri[s are and this is what is expected if you want to achieve a high mark

Careful planning reading and research is key to success.  Start by identifying your films watch them making notes (Primary Research) and identifying which scenes you will use that will help to highlight your research topic.

Research Proposals

I will start to give you feedback on your proposals in your lessons next week.  
This Thursday Block 1 should continue with the documentary project

Continue to populate your blogs with ideas and resources.  If you need some help finding sources why not use the library?  You can always come and speak to me Oli or Sophie if you need help.

Andy

Update

I will be going through your blogs in preparation for your submission of research proposals on Monday.

I am pleased to see some very good work so far on the blogs keep it up

If you need any help then come and find me in the office or mail me

This weeks Lessons

 

I have been through the blogs and there are some of you who still have blank blogs meaning no posts this is a real concern address thisas soon as possible. Remember all these will go to the external can he see what your researching?  I will be taking you all to the library this week to start gathering sources.  Worryingly on two people have used the magazines in the Editing Suite.  Oli has a great film knowledge speak to him or to me at any time

Things to do this week

• Present proposed titles on your blog
• Back these up with annotated clips trailers or scenes (evidence of textual analysis)
• Continue to collect resources for your cataloge (you do not need to post all resources get a plastic wallet to keep it all in)
• Gather reviews of all your films Sight and Sound Empire (always look for the month before)
• Look through my files of resources
• Use the library not everything can be electronic.

Update

I am very pleased to see so much progress on your blogs.  It is now important that you start to gather sources for you research project.  Which films could you use (3 in total 4 in some cases)  Make sure you look very widely so we can start to discuss getting it narrowed down to a research statement that I can then send to the moderator.  

If you are looking at changes over time then you will need some older texts?

Get into the library and editing suite and go through magazines looking for sources

If you want to sit down and discuss before next week then come to the office or mail me.