Summer Induction Tasks

The following will be required for your enrollment onto the course being accepted on GSCE results day Thursday 22nd August. Students who do not complete will not be enrolled and places on a reserve list. 1. Set up your own blog for Film Studies - see the teaching blog for instructions how to do this 2. Watch Children of Men. Write a 450 word analysis on the narrative, themes, messages and style (see * below for guidance) post to your blog 3. Pick one of the Independent films suggested on the blog and watch this. Video your Pitch of a 25 word treatment for a sequel or prequel for the film - youtube & post to your blog 4. In groups of 2 or 3 Swede a Blockbuster film from 2012-13 (main narrative points) on your film post it to Youtube and link to your blog. Use your phones & editing apps available. *450 word analysis - guidance notes Examine and give reasons/meaning for the following in the film: STYLE - How is it shot, edited? Is there anything unusual about how it visually tells the story? Colours, Lighting, Locations, Costume, Camera, Editing? What makes it look unique? Why is it filmed in this way? NARRATIVE - What are the roles & relationships between the characters, what dilemmas do they confront and what do they do to solve problems? What makes Theo/V/Evey go on this journey - what is their motivation? How does the film end and why - what is the meaning? THEMES - Discuss the themes & how is they are explored: Dystopia, Survival & Conflict, Terrorism & Fascism, Infertility, Suicide? How are these used to communicate... MESSAGES & VALUES - What ideas or beliefs is it exploring, what does the character learn, what is the sub-text (the meaning behind the film)? What is the warning? What is it saying about the importance of children/reproducing? Is there any religious significance?