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The British Film Industry

Factsheet #132: British Film Use our brilliant Media Factsheet archive  on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets)  to find Media Factsheet  #132  on  British Film . You can  find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login .  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A  British  film can be defined with many different parts of the film making process like the cast, funding, people who are making the film or the film's subject matter. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? British film as a production context also tends to be varied but idiosyncratic to the story being told within the film and Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios  have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both ...
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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)  Lighting analysis blog tasks 5)  Sound analysis blog tasks 6)  Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video feedback and learner response 7)  Cinematography analysis tasks 8)  Cinematography video feedback and learner response 9)   Editing video task and learner response 10)  Editing blog task - 750 word analysis
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Editing video feedback and learner response

  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. WWW (= character point) Appropriate non-diegetic soundtrack Good cross-cutting at the start Match-on action – walking through door, shutting door, V good shot/reverse shot Keeping to the 180 degree rule Use of POV shots V. good cinematography Fade out at the end Good planning (= character point)   EBI Missed opportunities to use match-on action – papers on desk   2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. We didn't look at mine in class. 3) Now reflect on your video. Did you meet the brief and successfully include the three key editing aspects we have learned? Yes I met the brief by including the three editing aspects but I could have utilised the match-on action more times. 4) What were the strengths and weaknesses of your final film? Write a detailed analysis picking out specific shots, edits and any other aspect of film language you think is relevant. I think a strength is the editing of the match on action of ...
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750 word analysis

 Nope scene analysis: Movie Clip The beginning of the scene has an effect added in post production to put the viewers perspective to what is being filmed for the in universe TV show. The shots in that segment are mediums shots which establishes the TV show as normal and regular for the next shots to seem jarring due to the juxtaposition of tones . Then a balloon pops and it cuts straight to black with diegetic sounds of the monkey ( Gordy) shouting and other people's screams ( action code ) which serves as an abrupt tone shift to put the audience in the characters' shoes. Next, it cuts to a handheld shot that is moving through the set of the TV show. This long take has no backing track ,only mostly quiet diegetic noise , which creates a heavy sense of unease, enigma codes and builds tension throughout the scene. That shot ends with Gordy being in frame but mostly covered still keeping the sense of enigma and mystery.  It then harshly cuts to black then cuts to a medium s...
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Editing video planning

Video Link   1) Discuss what your preliminary exercise will involve – make notes on your blogpost of  location ,  sequence of events ,  casting  etc. Location - classroom Characters - dhurata, shymia Sequence of events - Shymia walks in the room and dhurata gets annoyed with her but shymia is hiding something from her. 2) Write a short  script  for the preliminary exercise. Remember, scripts outline movement and shots as well as dialogue. The  BBC Writer's Room  is a brilliant resource for tips and examples of TV scriptwriting.  Here's a genuine TV script example from Luther  to check you are formatting your script correctly.                         INT. OUTSIDE CLASSROOM Shymia, an undercover investigator for the past five years has become tired of being walked on by her boss Dhurata.She decided to take matters into her own hands and mess up the criminal investigation...
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Cinematography video feedback and learner response

1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. WWW: good location, use of zoom, use of mask-mise en scene, use of dissolve, effective soundtrack, effective zoom, good establishing shot, excellent pan- hidden cut- character disappeared, POV tracking shot, effective narrative. EBI: abrupt ending, more description on blog 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. WWW: good narrative, range of shots, good soundtrack, good location EBI: longer description, abrupt ending  3) Now reflect on your work and write your own summary of the comments and feedback you have received. Write  three  WWWs and  three  EBIs. WWW: pan with hidden cut, use of mask (prop), effective narrative EBI: more planning and description on blog, abrupt ending, could be longer 4) L earner response: think about what you  learned about cinematography  making the video and also watching others. What will you do differently when you start the coursework in the summer? What tips or...
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Cinematography Analysis Task

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Get Out - opening sequence 1/2)This whole scene is a 'oner' which is used to build tension and suspense for an audience as the whole scene feel like it lingers for too long, putting the audience in the characters shoes with the sense of uneasiness turned to fear. The first few frames of the sequence don't have the character in them yet, but his diegetic dialogue can be heard, it serves as an establishing shot for the dark, quiet street he is walking on. By already demonstrating the eerie setting, the first few seconds already make the audience feel tense and it introduces the genre of thriller right from the start. The shot is also a tracking shot facing towards the character to make him the main focus but also leaving space for darkness around him that builds more uneasiness. In addition, the audience is positioned so that we notice the car behind him that is following before he does. This creates more fear in the audience as they know something bad may happen befo...
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