Iconic Directors Guidance (Group Presentation)

Example of a successful students work - L3

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Audience & BBFC research Guidance & examples

Audience Research Statistics & BBFC (combined)

Present this as a Prezi with voiceover commentary and embedded video, images & your collage (each group member must be involved on audio)

• Identify 3 thriller films from www.imdb.com
• Click on the 'user rating' section & print screen the graphs for each film
• Identify Who is the biggest audience (age & gender) for these Thriller films & WHY? Get images of your typical audience members showing their age range, gender & interests
• Embed video clips from imdb & film posters to demonstrate how the content (violence, male or female protagonist, age of the characters & their occupations, subject matter etc) appeals to who you said the audience is (age & gender) 
• Go to www.BBFC.org.uk - identify the UK film classifications and what aspects these are affected by. What are the typical certificates for a Thriller & EXPLAIN why?

example of successful BBFC presentation

Homework for due Week 1 Mod 2 - Filmed Presentation

Hello. What an exhausting yet important Module! Well done for getting through it and completing your Preliminary Task - and more importantly for stepping up to the challenges of A Level

Think back to where you are at now:

• You can shoot professionally to a basic level (Rule of 3rds, 180 deg rule, control the camera)
• You can edit professionally to a basic level (Final Cut, add titles, trimming, effects)
• You have completed a shoot outside of my supervision (Dexter) and worked as a team
• You can create a sound design using Garageband (Falling Down) and sound effects
• You are in production groups of 3 and have started your individual blog

1. Individual Task: Idea Presentation (Blog)

Your own individual idea for your Thriller - each student to post a Mind Map, Collage & Treatment for a film opening sequence synopsis (individual) with images/video clips of the examples of actual Thrillers you are borrowing from

Create an idea that responds to 1 of the following scenarios

Annotate on the following on your blog post - be prepared to present to the camera on:

• Characters? (A.D.U.L.T.S. T.H.R.I.L.L.E.R.)
• What SUB GENRE of THRILLER & what happens?
• Where is the OPENING SCENE set, what locations? - include photos/images of suitable
• How will it setting up the CONVENTIONS of a Thriller PLOT?
• What 3 THRILLER FILMS you have watched have influenced this/ what is it similar to?

Create a Collage of the above and the 3 Thriller films that have influenced this along with clips from www.IMDB.com

This will be presented week 1 by every student on camera

2. Group Portfolio Tasks (Group Blog)

Over the half term you must continue to work in groups and demonstrate your contribution to each group task

Here is the remaining tasks that need to be completed over the 2 week break - you can work on these at a distance emailing each other the information or recording your own sections

Each one has an example - they are High L3 or Low L4 - you can do better than last year's students!

Remember to use Creative Audio Visual Presentation - Video Commentaries, Goanimate, Brainshark, Prezi, Xtranormal etc

1. Group Iconic Thriller directors – case studies          
2. Group Certificate ratings – BBFC research
3. Group www.imdb.com Thriller Audience Research of 3 contemporary Thriller films    
4. Group Audience expectations from thriller Video Vox Pops

*CLICK HERE for Guidance for completing Tasks 2 & 3

*CLICK HERE for guidance for completing Task 1

3. Individual G322 TV Drama Exam Tasks:

a) Read over the following links and prepare for a Quiz when we return Session 1. This is to prepare you for the exam work that we start in Module 2 - know what the exam is about - BE PREPARED!

G322 TV Drama Introduction

Technical Terms TV Drama

b) Read the links below on Stereotypes, Archetypes & Representation prepare for the Quiz

 Representation Notes

Archetypes