Work for Tuesday 25th November

Sorry that I'm not in school for our Tuesday lesson. Here's what you need to do:

1. I've left a folder with my feedback on your research section. This details what you have done well but also what you could do to improve. Please take a look at these targets and make these improvements over the next week. 
2. Prepare questions to put to Niv Adiri during the Q&A session at the Oxfordshire Schools Film Festival on Tuesday. I expect you all to turn up with questions in mind and suitable materials for taking notes - you won't get to interview many Oscar winners in your life so don't waste the opportunity. MEET ME AT WHEATLEY PARK MAIN RECEPTION, 8:30-9:00. DON'T BE LATE.
3. Read the blog post below re: plagiarism. This is very serious as it could lose you marks or, if there has been a very serious breach, disqualify you completely.

Next steps for coursework:

When you have completed the 'Research' section of your portfolio, it's time to start planning. We will look in more depth at what this will involve in subsequent lessons but first of all...

You all should have decided the genre you want to work in for your final production and started examining the conventions of films within this genre. Specifically, makes notes (including embedded videos and images if possible) on:

• Characterisation: who are the stock characters in your genre? How are they represented? Are there differences between the portrayal of men/women? Or different ethnicities/nationalities? Think about the work you've been doing with Mr Groves on representation.
• Narrative/Plot: what is the 'standard' plot line within this genre? What generally happens and in what order. Think about Todorov's narrative theory here.
• Conventions/Motifs: what things always tend to happen? Are there any recurring themes or stylistic elements that generally crop up?
• Camera angles and movement: are films in your genre often shot in similar ways? Why are these angles/movements used? How does it affect the audience and our interaction with the film?
• Camera cuts: fast? slow? different paces for different moments in the film? Style? Genre?
• Sound (diegetic and non-diegetic): what do these add to the film? How do they affect the audience's response to it?

Make sure you have a blog post explaining what genre you plan to work in (and why) and then have blog posts discussing these ideas in relation to that decision.