Monday, 29 April 2013
Looking for the collaborative writing task??
The work you need to post is on the 'Scrawl Here' Blog - which you can access by clicking HERE!!
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Quick Recap on things pertaining to the TV Drama 'test' we did
Just a few pointers - we did go over this in class.
What did you learn?
QUESTIONS what did you find hard? what do you need to know? What can you do to help yourself improve?
Things to remember about technique
You have 45 mins to write
You can't watch the extract and make notes at the same time so don't - if the extract is running, watch it!
Work out in advance of the exam how you prefer to make notes - chronological? by bullet point?
You need to cover ALL the bullet points - remember that each main bullet point has 'sub' areas
SOUND - dialogue / Special effects-enhanced foley / General music track
CAMERA - movement AND framing
EDITING - continuity editing / power relations / other effects created by editing
MISE-EN-SCENE - Hair/Costume/Make-up / Props and Setting / Light and Colour / Performance (Facial Expression & Body Language)
You will soon complete your 45 mins and cover all bullets if you make one or two points on EVERY area above
Not all extracts will have equal amounts of things to say about each area
Don't spend too long on one bullet or write chronologically and MISS bullet points/whole chunks of the extract
You MUST use examples from the text
You must evaluate - remember there are various ways to do this... "There is an effective use of editing when.." or "This is effective because.." just don't mechanically repeat the same phrase
ISSUES TO ADDRESS
TIMING
How to organise your answer (chronological? by bullet?)
Listen carefully for names of characters in the extract
You may not know any context - practice on extracts you don't know anything about
Hardest areas to cover are : EDITING (so practice) and SOUND
Use terminology - REVISE IT!
LINK everything to the question - you are answering a QUESTION not just writing a textual analysis
At the end, CHECK your answer and bullet point in any ideas (with examples) you haven't covered.
What did you learn?
QUESTIONS what did you find hard? what do you need to know? What can you do to help yourself improve?
Things to remember about technique
You have 45 mins to write
You can't watch the extract and make notes at the same time so don't - if the extract is running, watch it!
Work out in advance of the exam how you prefer to make notes - chronological? by bullet point?
You need to cover ALL the bullet points - remember that each main bullet point has 'sub' areas
SOUND - dialogue / Special effects-enhanced foley / General music track
CAMERA - movement AND framing
EDITING - continuity editing / power relations / other effects created by editing
MISE-EN-SCENE - Hair/Costume/Make-up / Props and Setting / Light and Colour / Performance (Facial Expression & Body Language)
You will soon complete your 45 mins and cover all bullets if you make one or two points on EVERY area above
Not all extracts will have equal amounts of things to say about each area
Don't spend too long on one bullet or write chronologically and MISS bullet points/whole chunks of the extract
You MUST use examples from the text
You must evaluate - remember there are various ways to do this... "There is an effective use of editing when.." or "This is effective because.." just don't mechanically repeat the same phrase
ISSUES TO ADDRESS
TIMING
How to organise your answer (chronological? by bullet?)
Listen carefully for names of characters in the extract
You may not know any context - practice on extracts you don't know anything about
Hardest areas to cover are : EDITING (so practice) and SOUND
Use terminology - REVISE IT!
LINK everything to the question - you are answering a QUESTION not just writing a textual analysis
At the end, CHECK your answer and bullet point in any ideas (with examples) you haven't covered.
Friday, 30 March 2012
EASTER HOLIDAY WORK
Please read the booklet and do the 7 tasks. Anything you do not understand in the booklet, note down and prepare for our first lesson back where we will have a class question and answer session where I will outline the theory in more detail and explain anything you didn't understand.
Representation Booklet Intro
Representation Booklet Intro
Monday, 19 March 2012
Friday, 6 May 2011
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