Fish Tank - Binary Opposition Qs

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Elements of narrative

Narrative analysis and theory

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Elements of narrative:






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'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' (Zeitlin, 2012)

Task

Watch the opening 15 minutes of ‘Beasts’ (Zeitlin, 2012) and answer the following questions:

1.   What is the opening shot?

                  a).What might this be a metaphor for?

2.   Who’s point of view (POV) is the narrative told from?

a)   Which narratives techniques are used to convey this?

3.   What does the protagonist say are the good things about where she lives?

4.   Do you agree with everything that the protagonist says?

a)   Identify something you agree with.

b)   Identify something you disagree with.

5.   How closely aligned are we with the narrator?

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Short film analysis - Starter

A1 Film Studies

Starter

1.   In your small groups watch ‘Connect’ again and answer the following questions:

2.   What is the opening shot?

a.   What does this establish?

b.   What other microfeatures does the narrative use? – give examples.

3.   Which other narrative techniques does the film use? – give examples

4.   Which of the four short film categories does it fall into? – explain your choice. 

   View the Short Film 'Wasp' dir Andrea Arnold 
   Complete the following tasks:
  1. Write a premise for Wasp (Who wants what and why can't they have it?)
  2. Which of the 4 short film categories does it fall into? - explain the reasons for your choice.
  3. Write a page of screenplay from any part of the film. 

   Email your work to me by next week.

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Job opportunity - film related

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Starter

What are the differences between a short film's narrative and a feature-length film's narrative?

First Zoom meeting

Hi A1 Film Studies students,

We are going to have our first Zoom meeting where we can continue out work on 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' (Zeitlin, 2012)

Our meeting will be at 10.45 on Wednesday 1st April. (this is NOT an April fool.)

It is important you virtually attend and I will be taking a register.

To attend, you will need to download an App called Zoom on to your computer or smart phone - it's free.

30 mins before the meeting starts, I will email you a link.

To join the meeting you just click on the link.

If you have any problems, please email me at the time, as I will be watching my inbox to se if any one needs help.

Look forward to seeing you again next week.

Work for Wednesday

Sorry not to see you all this week.

1. Please read your textbook pg 143 - 147 and make notes.
(This is the beginning of the chapter about 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'.)







2. Do your own independent research about the context of Hurricane Katrina and make a PowerPoint
  (4 - 6 slides) Please remember to include a bibliography.

Work for Thursday

Task

Go to the Beasts of the Southern Wild page on my blog:

https://nowonfilm.blogspot.com/p/beasts-of.html

1.   Watch the video on my blog entitled: ‘Inside Beasts of the Southern Wild’ 

(2^ndone down) and answer the following questions:

2.   What production roles does Benh Zeitlin carry out?

3.   What is an important principle of the Bathtub shown in the introductory scene?

4.   Who is Lucy Alibar and what did she contribute to ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’?

5.   Who is Hushpuppy and what is her favourite activity?

6.   Why is it hard to get a lot of people on screen in a low budget film?

a.   How did Benh Zeitlin go about filming this scene?

7.   Conduct your own research to discover the budget of the film.

a.   What is the source of your information? Supply a link and a description.

Extension

8.   What is the main theme (shown in the music) and what is it’s intended meaning?

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Film and TV Apprenticeships

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Celluloid or Digital?

Mock Feedback - Jan 2020

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Lighting - key terms

Task

1. Read the extract on lighting from the Oxford Film Studies dictionary.

2. Highlight the key lighting terms and explain what is meant by each.

3. Complete this work directly on your blog.

Contextual Research for Selma

Research the historical, social and political context of 'Selma' (DuVernay, 2014).

Tasks

1. Research the life of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement in the USA in the early 1960s.
There are resources on my blog: https://nowonfilm.blogspot.com/p/selma.html.
You may also use your own resources
 (Always reference where you obtained your information.)

2. Produce a PowerPoint by next week, Thursday January 23rd ( 4 - 6 slides)

3. Upload to your blog.

Assessment Objectives

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