A-Level Media Coursework Blog 1

  Film & TV Language index 1)  Film Poster Analysis 2)  Mise-en-scene analysis blog tasks 3)  Mise-en-scene video recreation and learner response 4)  Media 2 Coursework blog 5)  Lighting analysis blog tasks 7)  Blog feedback and learner response 8)  Sound analysis blog tasks 9)  Sound practical task 10)  Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video feedback and learner response 11)  Cinematography: blog analysis tasks 12)  Cinematography video feedback and learner response 13)  Cinematography: blog analysis tasks 14)  Editing practical blog task 15)  Editing video feedback/learner response 16)  Editing: blog task- 750 word analysis 17)  British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 18)  Blinded By The Light case study research 19)  Regulation - BBFC research and tasks

  1) Research the   BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? This   history of the BBFC page   may help. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit, and has had the responsibility of classifying films since 1912, video tapes and discs since 1985, and more recently, online content. H ere to help everyone in the UK choose age-appropriate films, videos and websites, wherever and however they watch or use them. 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. Our Compliance Officers watch a combination of films, DVDs, and online content during each working day.  They usually view DVDs on their own, which we call ‘solo viewing’. Content suitable for solo viewing includes episodes from TV series or programmes aimed at young children that have already been broadcast on TV. Films for cinema release are classified by teams of

  Background reading and production research Read the following interviews and features on  Blinded By The Light : Writer Sarfraz Manzoor on the story behind the film - Guardian Manzoor again on the promotion of the film and audience reaction Variety feature on the best films from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival   1) What is the story behind the production of the film? Sarfraz Manzoor was a teenager in Luton when he met a friend for life and discovered his musical hero. Now that fateful encounter is the subject of a major film 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? The most common responses to the film were in the ways that audiences found personal connections to the story. I could not have predicted that Israeli women in Jerusalem, white teenage American boys in Omaha, Nebraska and older white women in Australia who had seen the film would all contact me on social media and thank me for telling their story. 3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the fil

  1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. What makes a film British is if the people making the film are British, is it funded from within Britain, are the cast British, is the film’s subject matter about Britain or British culture. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? The Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios  have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories. Whereas, the production context of a British film  production context does not have as many clearly defined characteristics. British films can be large budget, high concept films such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Brothers, 2010) and Skyfall (MGM, 2012) or they can be character driven, small budgeted films such as Kill List (Optimum Releasing, 2011) or This is England (Optimum Releasing, 2006). What could be considere