Dhurata - Media blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

1) What is the story behind the production of the film? Based on a real story about Sarfraz Manzoor who grew up in luton and was introduced to Springsteen's music by a friend. 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. 3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the film industry - particularly for lower budget films?  It gives lower budget movies the chance to be picked up and gain more awareness therefore, more sales ect. Funding and industry contexts 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? It had a $15 million budget and Bend It Films, Levantine Films, Ingenious Media are some of the production companies behind it. 2) Research the  Bend It Networks website . What other films and projects has the company been involved with? Christmas Karma, Beecham house, Desi Rascal...

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 ...

  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

  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 ...