Work to do while Mr B is in Wales.

1. Research thrillers as a Genre- look at sub genres and find examples- link to clips on You Tube.
From your research select two thrillers to look at in more detail-
who wrote the screen play, who directed them, who were the producer, who distibuted the film and any subsequent video/DVD release?
What was the certificate in the UK at the cinema and on video?
Can you find links to a trailer and a title sequence?
Analysis the title sequence in relation to all the info you have found out above.
Blog about your findings over several posts as appropriate.

2. Ensure all Preliminary Film planning posts are complete

3. If all this is completed spend some time learning your way around iMovie, livetype and garage band. (use headphones)

http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/

Research Title Sequences

Find links to 4 or 5 films opening sequence.
Identify all the text/graphics that you see in that sequence
Show that you understand what the text/graphics mean. e.g the name of an actor or the logo of the distributor etc.

Tuesday's Lesson.

As discussed in the last lesson. You should choose a style of storyboard template that suits you.
Make sure you a following the brief in the AS Spec and plan the shots for your preliminary film.
You should draw each shot and comment on shot type, sound, script, and transitions.

Should you finish this task you can make a short film in IMovie (web cam only) making use of two transitions, 2 visual effects and removing some of the original sound replacing it with either soundtrack or sound effects.

Demo of how to put a video in a post..

Watch it anyway -it's a useful video explaining the 180 degree rule.

Homework

Do some research into what "The 180 degree rule" is. Post your findings including any diagrams or video clips that illustrate the point. By Thursday.

Two more blogs

Using the dashboard create two new blogs- one for Miss Lambert called Your Name TV Drama and one for Miss Smith called Your Name Video Games.
Provide links from you original blog to these two and from these back to your original blog.

What should I have on my blog?

When you set up your new blog it should have the following:
A link list which includes links to wilsonsmedia12.blogspot.com and wilsonsmedial6.blogspot.com and a link to the OCR A level specification which you can find on wilsonsmedia12.
Set up a Page called comments for Mr B to write in.
Cut and pastes aspects of the OCR Spec that are relevant to the AS coursework in you first blog.
Personalise your blog using design templates and gagets of your choice.