Exemplar Blog - 18/20

Please see THIS BLOG as an example of excellent work.

Outstanding Work - UPDATE

Below is a table of work progress. Green means the task is completed and posted to your blog, orange means that you have posted something to your blog but it is incomplete. Red means that no work has been submitted. Check your name and complete any missing or incomplete work.

Close Analysis - Horror Openings

TASK - Due FRIDAY, 4th NOVEMBER
Your next research task is to investigate and analyse 4 horror film openings. One of the films you must include is Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror, 'Psycho'. The opening sequence to this film was created by legendary designer, Saul Bass.


Your research should include analysis of 4 horror opening and should address the following points:

Action (this can include dialogue, imagery/iconography etc...)
Print styles (font type, colours, how the credits appear etc...)
Music/sound

Your research should consider how these three elements contribute to the atmosphere created in the opening and how they indicate the genre of the film to the audience. 

Here is an example of how you might set out your work:

 

And here are some openings you may want to use:

Evil Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Alien 3

Cape Fear

Preliminary Task - Evaluation (Due Wednesday, 19th Oct)

Once you have posted your video to your blog, you need to evaluate your work.

Answer the following questions:
- What worked well and why?
- What did not work? Identify areas that need improving.
- What do you need to improve on for your main coursework piece (e.g. technical issues, camera work, contributing more in your group, planning process etc...)

Your responses should be well structured and comprehensive. You should also utilize visual aids such as screen grabs from your prelim task video.

Example

Preliminary Task

All students must complete a preliminary task for their coursework. This will be a short filmed sequence which involve TWO CHARACTERS. You may choose the scenario (e.g. perhaps it is an interview, or a secret meet up between two criminals etc...)


It is essential that you include the following elements:

• A character walking down a corridor and opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character and exchanging a few lines of dialogue.
• You must demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

Before you film this sequence, in your groups you will be planning your shots by creating a shot list and storyboard. The shot list should be a word document and the storyboard should be designed hand drawn using the templates.

The groups are as follows:

1. Toby, Amy, Tori, Rachel
2. Ellie, Sophie, Georgia, Conor
3. Penny, Ella, Siham, Leona
4. Sam, Aimee, Jordan
5. Freya, Kate, Jade
6. Mika, Cody, Abbie