Following on from Today's lesson..

Here's the trailer for the film Mollie was talking about today - The Hole. I know I said don't ever watch trailers but the opening of the film isn't available - next best thing, I guess. Anyway, it's the credit right at the end - almost up to 1:45, where you actually see what she was talking about...

Also, excuse the crapness of the quality with this one, but here's Panic Room opening - ignore the guy's reflection in his own tv (idiot) and have a look at how the lettering completely fits in with the genre and main focus of the film..



Here's The Jar vid as well - have put all of last year's ECS vids on the link on the right - the vids from 2009 weren't uploaded to YouTube - will find them on DVD and show them next lesson.

GROUPS

If any of the rest of you have got yourselves into groups before Friday, then let me know here - post a comment.

Monday 27 Sept 2010

Use this website:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/23/bass-opening-credits

• genres
• 180 degree rule
• book prelim ex
• groups

Work for Friday's Lesson (17th Sept)

1) First of all, get this link attached in your 'useful links' section (should be down the side of your blog):

camera shots, angles and movements

2) then read all the info on this site VERY carefully. It provides the basis of your production filming and you'll need to know it in detail before you even get near the cameras... may even give you all a little written test on it next Fri... hmm, in fact, think I will!

3) Next, embed this vid into your blog:



4) Watch it, again, VERY carefully, make notes, learn the specific names given to the angles, shots and techniques. There are actually loads of these types of vids on Youtube now so if you find any better, get them onto your blog.

5) Ensure the settings of your blog are complete - check with Heather and Millie how to STOP using 'word verification' when I need to comment on your blogs. And when you want to reply to any comment I make on your blogs (Andrea), you need to actually write it on MY blog - I'll then get it pushed to my phone and know it's there, rather than keep checking 16 blogs every night...

6) For those of you with Iphones or blackcurrants, if you've not already done so, you can set up your blog so that when someone does leave a comment, it'll notify you on your phone (if you have email pushed there) - go to design, settings, comments and scroll down to the bottom. For comment notification email, simply type in the email address you want the comments to go to and whenever anyone writes anything on your blog, you'll get it rather than have to keep checking... well worth it if you can do this!

7) Finally, once you've done all that and have learnt your specific angles and shot vocab, I want you to embed ANOTHER film opening, doesn't have to be your favourite, and to provide a shot by shot analysis of it. So you're not saying why you like it or anything - like you did with Se7en, you're simply casting a critical eye over the many different shots used.

This ppt (well worth embedding into your blogs as well) will help you get an idea of the depth of analysis you'll EVENTUALLY need to be using, but I don't expect it anywhere near as detailed as this yet - and if you can screen shot any bits of the film opening and then blog underneath the pic, even better.

Jaws Shot By Shot - Part 1

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To be clear, I DON'T want this done as a ppt, I want it 'mused about' as a post. Just embed the clip from Youtube then write about the shots.

I'll have my phone with me this weekend, so any comments, questions you write on my blog can be responded to pretty quickly - unless am stuck up some high ropes somewhere, trying to calm down a sobbing Year 8 kid.. then there may be a delay.

Good luck with all this, and a reminder about the netbooks - two were left in the common room yesterday.. not happy about that, so make sure yours are always returned to the charger in my room.

Monday's work will be posted when I've got a minute...

Opening credits to Se7en

Here is the opening credits to the very scary film that is Se7en.

Sorting out your blogs

By the end of today's lesson, I want you to:

1) have set up your blogs and provided me with the URL so I can add them to mine.

Charlotte was right - you can now change your templates once you've started blogging, but to be honest, you don't want to be spending all your time on how it looks - stick to simple, don't overdo it or it'll annoy you by xmas.

2) complete the 'About Me' section - try and be as creative as you can - changeable whenever you like so don't think you're judged by whatever you write now...

3) have really thought about which genre you're most interested in and posted your musings about this.

4) choose one opening of a film (either one from today's lesson or another one you've thought of) and post it onto your blog - whenever you include any film clip/photo etc, you must ALWAYS explain what it's doing there - don't ever forget that the Moderator will be reading every word of your blog next May...