E-mail accounts and teacher assessment

Few things:

-you must make sure your gmail/googlemail e-mail is active or your blog will be shut down, this has already happened to a student and she had to re-make the blog

For teacher assessment, I will e-mail you the copy of my feedback and your grade which is expected to be posted on your blog. You must check the class blog and your e-mail regularly for these.

I am missing e-mails from the following people:


You all must e-mail me at kconnell21@cjmlc.co.uk and write your blog address in the e-mail please. YOU MUST E-MAIL ME THESE BY TUESDAY OCT 4 or you will be in 1 hour detention for not submitting these because I can't mark your blogs.

KUWANA
MARIA
LUARA
MILKA
GIA
CHANTELLE
VERA
NICOLE (no detention as you just joined)

Here is a copy of what I wrote in e-mail for the teacher assessment for assignment 5:

__________,

Here is your feedback for assignment 5: inspiration film scene. Be sure to put on your blog along with:

Title: Assignment 5: inspiration Film Scene, Teacher Assessment

Post: Reflecting on your performance (WWW/EBI, what  you learned, targets to improve)

Picture: embed the picture attached in this e-mail

This is Due by Monday September 29^th

Miss Connell

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Homework for Sept 29

Set: Sept 29
Due: Monday Oct 3

Most of you did not quite understand or complete assignment 5 correctly, for homework I would like you to:

-improve your presentations
-revise for test on media key terms (use the sheets I posted awhile back and you might have to do a bit of research on those terms if you don't quite understand them) 

The media key terms test will be on 12E: Monday Oct 3 12C: Tuesday Oct 4

Good luck!

Assignment 5 Assessment Criteria

This is the assessment criteria I will be using to assess your inspiration scene presentations.

Level 1: incomplete/minimal           Level 2: basic        Level 3: proficient               Level 4: excellent

U-D-                                                        E+-C                        C+-B+                                     A-A*                      

1.       ____ Overall presentation skills: formality, not reading from board, speaking to audience, voice levels

2.       ____ Knowledge of genre and subgenre

3.       ____ Knowledge of conventions of genre/subgenre

4.       ____ Completing minimum requirement of film examples

5.       ____ Ability to choose appropriate, wide range of film examples

6.       ____ Use of range of still images

7.       ____ Use of still images as evidence (screen shots)

8.       ____ Labelling images with captions/brief bullet points

9.       ____ Use of clear, brief and information (text) (not lengthy paragraphs)

10.    ____ Overall presentation and layout of slides

11.    ____ Use of moving image (selecting brief, appropriate clips)

12.    ____ ability to follow instructions but also interpret instructions

13.    ____ Overall effort

14.    ____ Overall analysis of the following:

a)       ___Denotation

b) ___Connotation
c) ___How does scene employ conventions of genre
d) ___Who is target audience? How does the scene cater to that specific audience?
e) ___Character(s) and representation of the character(s)
f) ___Filming techniques: camera shots/angles/movement
g) ___Music
h) ___Lighting
i) ___Costume/props
j) ___Mood/atmosphere
k) ___Anything else you feel is relevant
l) ___Optional: relate films/scenes to a historical context

WWW	EBI

Overall level:  _________                                                 Overall grade: ___________

Assignment #5: Inspirational scenes from films

Set: Sept 22
Due: Sept 26

You have now learned more about genres, subgenres and their conventions. Your new task is to analyse specific scenes in films that are inspirational in some way to you. Choose scenes that are realistic (ex. Nothing with advanced special effects). Your task is to analyse 3-5 scenes from films and discuss how they could inspire you for an idea for an opening sequence. You can show the clip on video but it must be less than 30 seconds. You should also use still images and label them, remember must always document your evidence and points!

You may work in any genre or subgenre with drama, film noir, horror/thriller for the 3-5 examples. If you would like to do more examples it can be from any genre.

Consider and discuss the following:
a) Denotation
b) Connotation
c) How does scene employ conventions of genre
d) Who is target audience? How does the scene cater to that specific audience?
e) Character(s) and representation of the character(s)
f) Filming techniques: camera shots/angles/movement
g) Music
h) Lighting
i) Costume/props
j) Mood/atmosphere
k) Anything else you feel is relevant
l) Optional: relate films/scenes to a historical context

E-mail blog

Please e-mail me your blog address to:

kconnell21@cjmlc.co.uk

One you have e-mailed me, I will use this address (your email) to send your assessment/feedback so you can post it on your blog.

After you get an assessment you should always write a brief reflection on your thoughts about your presentation, including WWW/EBI, what you learned, targets to improve.

Film library

I know films can be hard to get a hold of....I have a range of films at school if you wanted to watch them here or borrow them

You must:

-pay £2 deposit (get back in full when returned)

-sign an agreement that you will take care of it, be responsible for damages and bring back on time

K Connell’s list of films

Film Name	Genre	Themes/notes
Slumdog Millionaire	Drama/bollywood	Poverty, culture clash
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape	Drama	Poverty, special needs child and struggle with raising him
Dead Poet’s Society	Drama	Paternal bonds and poetry
Sunshine Cleaning	Drama comedy	Family unit and struggle, self-discovery
Little miss sunshine	Drama comedy	Family unit and struggle
Elizabeth	Drama/historical	Based on queen elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Drama/historical	Based on queen elizabeth
Freedom Writers	Drama	Teacher and student relationship in tough city, self-discovery
Frida	Drama/historical	Based on spanish artist Frida Kahlo
Eat Pray Love	Drama/Romance	Independence and travel
Closer	Drama	Unfaithfulness in relationships
Motorcycle Diaries	Drama/Foreign (Spanish)	Travel and self-discovery
Amelie	Drama/art/foreign (French)
Sideways	Drama/comedy	Light hearted travel, self-discovery and friendship
North Country	Drama	Based on true story of the prejudice of women in male-dominated mining company
Memoirs of a Geisha	Drama	Japanese culture of geisha girls
The Breakfast Club	Drama/comedy	School cliques and friendships
Crash	Drama	Racism in modern day
4321	Drama	Friendships, youth culture in Britain
Gattaca	Drama sci/fi/	Human genetic development (set in future)
The Hours	Drama	Based on Virgina Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway with female perspective/identity struggle
Children of Men	Drama suspense	Set in future, human survival (when women can no longer conceive)
Black Swan	Drama / Psychological/suspense	Ballet, perfection and mental illness/identity
The Fountain	Drama	Tree of life vs tree of knowledge
Romeo & Juliet	Romance/tragedy	Based on Shakespeare’s play set in modern Hispanic setting
Shakespeare in love	Romance	Based on Shakespeare’s life and plays (not real)
The Edge of Love	Drama/romance	Poetry, failed relationships
Imagine Me & You	Romance	Homosexual light hearted romance
Lost & Delirious	Romance	Homosexual romance, coming of age
Precious	Drama	Poverty, black identity, rape, self-discovery
Half Nelson	Drama	Teacher with drug addiction
Sherry Baby	Drama	Self-discovery, female character who struggles with her way in life and with responsibility
V for Vendetta	Drama/suspense	Inspiration from Guy Fawkes, human survival in communist society in the future
Memento	Psychological thriller/suspense	Identity puzzle solver
Inception	Psychological thriller/suspense	Dreams within dreams within dreams
Donnie Darko	Psychological suspense (mixed)
Let the Right on in	Horror	Foreign (Swedish) vampires, child relationships
Cabin Fever	Horror/thriller	Flesh-eating disease
The Resident	Thriller	obsession
The Island	Drama/Thriller	Human cloning
Resident Evil: The After Life	Thriller/horror (zombies)	5th of set – zombie virus and survival
Paranormal Activity	Thriller	Homemade camcorder style with paranormal ghosts
The Village	Thriller	Amish type society and beasts
Planet Earth	Nature Documentary	About the planet/animals/landscapes
March of the Penguins	Nature Documentary	About life cycle of penguins
Baraka	Nature/culture Documentary
Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	The incidents about the columbine shootings in America
Sicko	Documentary	Healthcare system in America
Koyaanisqatsi	Nature/culture Documentary	No narration/dialogue documentary about the relationship between nature, humans and technology