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film unit 01.05.20

Lights, camera, action!                                                      01.05.20 LO: to explore the use of setting & colour in films.   starter: quiz score: 100% why might a director use these settings in their films? an isolated house in a rural area a big city for an action film a small seaside town for a romantic comedy  a range of different countries for an action adventure a large modern science laboratory for a sci-fi film these can be used because they include realistic connotations of what you expect to find in those different genres of films. e.g the isolated house for a horror film fits the genre because it has links to being haunted and scary , therefore is perfect for a horror film. why would the director choose these different colours in their films? blue and red for a new superhero a black suit for a ...

film unit 28.04.20

Lights, camera, action!                             28.04.20 LO:to explore the use of camerawork in film.  starter: 1.  2. Dunkirk /pearl harbour 3. detective Pikachu  4. avengers  5.  star wars  youtube clips i used to find the camerawork scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRq7lLawQB4 through whose eyes do we see the story? i guess the narrators', the muses. what do the first few shots tell us about where it is set? it tells us that it was set in ancient greece before Hercules was born. the shots change pretty quickly, the movements are quite quick and you can see the other shots just fading out, while the new shot takes place.

Film unit 21.04.2020

Lights camera action                                                 21.04.20 LO: to apply narrative theory to our own ideas. 1. sex in the city                             6.rise of the planet of the apes  2.silence of the lambs                    7.the life of pi  3.  harry potter                                8. night at the museum 4. the blair witch project 5. polar express i'm sorry to say i fond the answers on google, but at least im honest. And to be fair I had never watched many of the other films , so i wouldn't be able to guess anyways :)  equilibrium - the character wakes up from her dream , confused, and heads off to school ...

film unit 17.04.2020

character                                                               17.04.2020 LO:to explore the use of characterisation in a film. case study characters (I chose a different film from last lesson because there arent really any sort of pro/antagonist in the film i previously chose) film name: Hercules  main characters/voices: Tate Donavan, Danny DeVito, Susan Egan. protagonist outline : name: Hercules  Age: 18 personality: clumsy, until he was trained, shy to girls, became famous, persevering Antagonist outline:   name: Hades   age: He's was god of the underworld so i dont really know job: above. he also wants to get rid of all the gods at Mount Olympus so his job is to kill Hercules too. sidekick character outline : Names: Pain,Panic, Pegasus and Phil   ages: Pegasus is 1...

Film Unit 14.04.2020

Lights! Camera! Action                                                14.04.2020 LO: to explore the narrative structure of a film. starter :  unscramble the disney-film anagrams  1.                                                    6. cinderella 2.   the little mermaid                    7. aladdin 3.                                                    8. Tarzan 4.  pocahontas                                9. 5. snow white and the 7 dwarves 10. choose...

News day evaluation

news day evaluation                              24.03.2020 LO: To create a "running order" and practise presenting. what is broadcasting? the final stage of the news process, where you share your stories with the audience. why does the order of our stories matter?  appeal to the audience best/most important story at the top lighter story at the end what are the BBC values? truthful accurate fair balanced must not put anyone in danger only use the first name of people under 18 running order 4 stories: corona virus causes non-vital operations to be cancelled celebrities release good and bad isolation videos tom Hanks and wife recover from corona virus  chemists told to bin tester lip products due to COVID-19 I have chosen these stories as they are all relevant to today, and all over the news. this is all we hear and instead of all the sadness that come...

email interview reply

1.  There are many reasons why seals may need to be rescued, this can be  illness, severe injury,  malnutrition, entanglement in marine litter and very young pups that have been separated from their mother too soon.  cetaceans can have similar reasons why they become stranded, this can include tidal confusion, being coaught out by estruaries and harbours. most injured sels can be sent to a rehabilitation centre however there are no places in cornwall at the moment to rehabilitate cetaceans, so those are normally helped on the beach they are found on. 2. In Cornwall,  Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network - they  have a team of trained volunteers that can be called on to record the bodies through taking measurements, photos and noting any interesting marks, injuries, signs of infection and so on.  If suitable, the bodies can also be taken for post mortem examination by a veterinary pathologist who can determine things such as cause of de...