Mon 21 Apr

12App
EVERYTHING must in by Friday. If you want me to check it out I need it by tomorrow - I'm on strike on Thursday.

12FS
FS2 revision.

Fri 18 Apr

13App

Time is running out for me to check your work. EVERYTHING has to be in by next Friday. If you want me to check it out I need it by Tuesday - I'm on strike on Thursday.

Thurs 17 Apr

13FS
Discussed article on auteurism and genre theory. This is both a very useful summary and an interesting suggestion of ways in which the two can be fruitfully combined: a key text for the exam.

Brief discussion on structural auteurism.

Watched extracts from Fahrenheit 911 and DC/911 and compared the representations of Bush.

12FS
Exam prac: How do filmmakers portray political confrontation in the films you have studied?

Tues 15 Apr

13FS
Watched first 25 mins of Sunrise and discussed it as a melodrama. Emphasised how our main case studies are all examples of arthouse melodrama.

Q for Friday (or you get detention on Mon.): What have you found useful in your film studies in the application of EITHER a genre OR an auteur critical approach?

12App
finishing off work; making sure electronic portfolio is complete.

13App
Emphasising the 5.1 requirement to show 'monitoring production activity with close reference to objectives and schedules'. This can be evidenced by the log; also annotating gantt chart for schedule.

12Ms
Product lesson.

Mon 14 Apr

12App
Reminder to get work in so it can be checked.

12FS
In groups 25 mins to present the messages & values of Love + Hate. Then presented these to class. They demonstrated a good knowledge of the film unlike the essays which were terrible.

A call for a greater effort at revision with exam only 4 weeks away.

Exam prac on Thurs for FS3.

13App
Need to get units 4 & 5 to me so I can check them.

12MS
Went through Sky Unseen which was largely done well.

Fri 11 Apr

12MS
Discussed "Films and television fiction texts ar always based on contemporary issues and attitudes." How far do you agree with this statement.

A tricky one but do it for Monday.

The Unseens handed in today were promising.

13FS
Watched 'The Country Doctor' (1909) as an example of early melodrama complete with 'over-acting'.

12FS
Discussed a planned FS3 Q and set:

What have you found interesting in different characters' reactions to social and/or political conflict in the films you have studied? Due 14th.

Thurs 10 Apr

12App
Went through evaluation again. Be sure to comment on your decision-making. Follow the spec guidance.

13MS
The pastiche of the spaghetti western (which itself is a pastiche): Once Upon a Time in the West compared to Tears of the Black Tiger.

Q: Discuss thh ways in which texts can treat the conventions of their genre and the generic expectations of their audiecces in a playful or ironic way. for 16th.

12MS
Unseen practice: Sky Sport promostion

Weds 9 Apr

13FS
Cancelled.

13FS
Red Dwarf. Some parody (the ship's computer); pastiche of SF in the sense of using very recognisable iconography, settings and characters. Mostly sitcom. References to prison and war movies.

Is also hard SF as does consider what it means to be human.

Tues 8 Apr

12App
Please make sure you number the assignments you hand in which should be with me asap.

12FS
Finished Yasmin. Plan 'How do characters' values influence their behaviour in the films you have studied? For Friday.

13FS
Cancelled.

13MS
Discussion on parody and pastiche. Whilst both have a text/genre behind the prime text, parody exaggerates to mainly poke fun but pastiche, in the style of, is more likely to celebrate.

Extracts from Blazing Saddles and Star Wars - a pastiche of Sat. matinee (like Flash Gordon)

Mon 7 Apr

Great to be back!

12App
Very few actually handed in their evaluations; this was a mistake. Deadline Friday.

All paperwork for units 2 & 3 should be with me so I can start going through it.

12Film
So starts revision...

Screening of Yasmin 1.