• You must get a detailed and accurate TAP onto your blogs for your music video projects



  • How do the Media work as a Hegemonic force in society?

    Today we looked at Gramsci, Adorno, Althusser and finally Chomsky:









  • Task : Annotate 2 magazine covers with basic magazine terminology and upload them to your blogs.

     
     
    Try and find and describe the following terms:
    • Masthead
    • Fonts
    • Sell Lines
    • Anchoring Text
    • Mode of Address
    • Sell lines / cover lines
    • Main Image
    • Headline
    • Top Banner
    • Bottom Banner
    • Tagline
     
    If you want a real test then try to find examples of :
    • Sycophantic language
    • Imagined communities
    

  • We are now delving into further analysis of camera techniques and the connotations they give.

     You will need to create a directors commentary of a scene analysing or annotating a video to show the effects on the viewer.

     

     The video below is not specifically about camera work but just about the skill of a particular director : Excellent analysis though throughout.


    David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.
  • Students complete an individual powerpoint  / Prezi presentation on either Capitalism or Socialism.  They have one hour and must include:
    1. Definition.
    2. Outline of main ideas
    3. Three quotes from famous theorists /academics
    4. Advantages
    5. Disadvantages
    6. The role of the Media within the system
    7. Their personal opinion (and reasoning) about whether they support its ideas. 
    8. Images / video if possible.
    This needs to be done for the end of the day


    YEAR 13: HOMEWORK - due Wednesday
    Watch the video above (yes all of it!) Michael Moore's Capitalism : A love Story, In the comments below write down 6 examples that are used in the film to make the point that capitalism isn't very good, or fair, or corrupt, or annoying or.. oh you get the idea!
  • http://www.empireonline.com/features/film-studies-101-camera-shots-styles/p2

    Today we are going to get a bit indulgent and delve into the world of camera angles. There is a brilliant resource online (link above) and we will be using this to help you understand some of the key camera shots filmmakers use and why



    This type of student made analysis (link below) is what you will need to have for revising for the exam:
    http://www.slideshare.net/SianLynes/film-shots-and-their-effect-on-the-audience


    The List of camera shots from Empire : Your job is to research and find  3 examples of each shot ad explain the potential effect on the viewer and why a film maker might use this type of angle or movement.

    Remember your going to present these back so maybe use 'prezi' or some other presentation software that allows you to embed videos.

    Jessica : 
    Aerial Shot
    Close Up

    Zebie:
    Bridging shot
    Dolly zoom

    Maisha:
    Long Shot
    Dutch Tilt

    Iqbal
    Establishing Shot
    Sequence Shot
    Locked Down Shot

    Tamanna
    High Angle
    POV Shot

    Thahmina:
    Stedicam Shot
    Tilt


    Diana:
    Tracking Shot
    Two shot
    Arc Shot

    Dila
    Whip Pan
    Zoom
    Top Shot

    Leah:
    Crane Shot
    Medium Shot
    Handheld Shot



  • So here is your task :

    Remake the final 2 minutes of the shootout from the Good, The Bad and the Ugly in under 2 hours.

    You need to focus on camera angles and making sure you get enough of all the different shot sizes to edit all together.

    Use IMOVIE to edit it all together

    Good luck:


    previous attempts are here:

    yours needs to be  better !


    G B U \ from Mr Sloan on Vimeo.

    g b u 2 from Mr Sloan on Vimeo.

  • So we start off the course looking at Capitalism and how this influences the Media : Read this article from Naomi Klein's seminal book; No Logo. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/16/naomi-klein-branding-obama-america
     
    1: What does she say made her write the book No Logo in the first place? What did she realise about companies?
     
    2.What evidence does she give for Barak Obama being a brand ?
     
     
    3. Which one single event does she say blew up and destroyed the resistance to anti capitalism, anti corporation movements that had started because of the book?
     
     
    4. How could you sum up her feelings towards Obama and his campaign / brand?

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