Subject of Lesson: Narrative, effect and meaning.
Areas covered: Todorov's Classic Hollywood narrative, Syd Field's 3 Act structure.
Monday 17/9/12
Areas covered: Genre conventions, how genre changes over time, sub-genres, hybrid genres.
Homework: Take a 10 minute extract from a film of your choice and write an analysis of hoe it uses genre conventions. Use all the terminology associated with genre that you have learnt. Typed and printed - 700 words.
Subject of Lesson: Practice exam revision.
Areas covered: Essay plan for Section B, Peer assessment, self-assessment of Section B. Feedback on Section C and advice on how to improve exam response.
Homework: Re-write your answer to Section B.
Subject of Lesson: Practice exam peer assessment - Audiences and Producers.
Areas covered: Mark scheme and characteristics of an exemplar response.
Homework: Re-write your answer to Section A. Try your best to get a Level 4..
Tuesday 3/4/12
Subject of Lesson: Comparison between the two key texts.
Areas covered: Exam areas identified, student presentations on detailed explorations into each area.
Homework: Make a set of notes which summarise all the main points on each area - Themes and Issues, Messages and Values, Representation of Age, Representation of Masculinity, Significance of Setting and Place, Wider social context. Make a table with each film next to each and a line ruled between them. Use bullet points to show comparisons - similarities and differences.
Due in: Tuesday 17/4/12
Monday 2/4/12
Subject of Lesson: Recap of the unit - Audiences and Producers.
Areas covered: Student presentations on all key areas.
Homework: Revise all areas for a practice exam.
Due in: Monday 23/4/12
Areas covered: Analysis - Stand By Me (Rob Reiner 1985)
Homework: Write a close analysis of the campfire scene.
Areas covered: Key text screening - Stand By Me (Rob Reiner 1985)
Homework: Compare and contrast the two key texts.
Typed 750 words
Tuesday 13/3/12
Subject of Lesson: The Goonies analysis.
Areas covered: Messages and values in The Goonies, themes and narratives, genre and target audience. Key scene analysis.
Homework: With detailed reference to the micro and macro elements write an analysis of the scene watched during class.
Make sure you speak about how the key messages, values and themes are displayed in it. Also you should discuss representation in your analysis.
Monday 12/3/12
Subject of Lesson: Film marketing and publicity
Areas covered: How trailers are used, differences in British and American trailers, teaser trailers, other forms of publicity and marketing.
Homework: For each of your case study films, research the trailer online and watch it.
Write a brief analysis of each of the trailers and how they are similar and different. What do they show? What do they tell their audience?
Tuesday 6/3/12
Subject of Lesson: Key text screening - The Goonies (Richard Donner 1984)
Areas covered: Screening the film
Homework: Write a critical review of the film.
Due in:
Tuesday 28/2/12
Subject of Lesson: Improving exam responses
Areas covered: Common mistakes made, examiner's report, exemplar response, structure and planning. Creating a 'game plan'.
Tuesday 7/2/12
Subject of Lesson: Close analysis - The Wicker Man, The Descent and Shaun of the Dead
Areas covered: Key sequences of key texts and how they relate to genre, narrative theory, representation and the British Film Industry.
Homework: Revise everything we have covered in this unit so far for your Year 12 Mock Exam next week on British Film and Genre.
Monday 6/2/12
Subject of Lesson: Film Funding and distribution.
Areas covered: Case study films introduced. Research into examples of distribution and funding.
Homework: Read the text book chapters on Film funding and distribution. Summarise and make notes.
Subject of Lesson: The Wicker Man
Areas covered: Screening of key text - The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy 1973)
Homework: Write an essay discussing how typical The Wicker Man is of British Horror films. (1000 words. Typed)
Monday 30/1/12
Subject of Lesson: Film Funding.
Areas covered: The life of a film - Donnie Darko case study, Film production and financing, The 'Package'.
Homework: Research the independent British film,
This is England (Shane Meadows 2006) and write an account of the film's "life" detailing all of the major points.
Typed. Use the timeline on
this page for help.
Tuesday 23/1/12
Subject of Lesson: Representation in film.
Areas covered: What is representation? Dominant ideology. How to analyse representation. Areas of representation. Representation of age in Shaun of the Dead. Representation of gender in The Descent.
Homework: Write an essay (Typed, 1000 words): Discuss the way The Descent (Neil Marshall 2005) represents gender.
Due in: Tuesday 31/1/12
Monday 22/1/12
Subject of Lesson: The life of a film.
Areas covered: The Life of a Film, Financing, project development, screenplay option, casting, promotion, production, distribution, consumption, DVD release, cult films, theatrical release.
Homework: Research the independent American film,
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly 2001) and write an account of the film's "life" detailing all of the major points.
Typed. Use the timeline on
this page for help.
Due in: Monday 30/1/12
Tuesday 17/1/12
Subject of Lesson: Narrative structure of film.
Areas covered: Todorov's theory of narrative - equilibrium, disequilibrium, agents of disequilibrium, new equilibrium. Syd Field's 3 Act paradigm - set-up, conflicts, resolution. Complications, development, exposition, climax, resolution.
Homework: Describe and explain the narrative structure of
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright 2004) with reference to Syd Field's 3 Act Paradigm and Todorov's theory of the classic Hollywood narrative.
Due in: Tuesday 24/1/12
