Friday, 16 January 2015

Year 9 Homework - Sound worksheet


The clips you need to complete your homework to a good standard are all below in one YouTube playlist. You ndo not need to watch them all, but you might need to watch a few minutes from a few different clips. 

The homework is due in on Monday 19th January.




Monday, 12 January 2015

Lack of star power in Woman in Black 2 a problem?



After the first Woman in Black film was a surprise success, the sequel, Woman in Black: Angel of Death has recently been released to less than stellar reviews. The first film received a 66% Fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_woman_in_black_2011/) and took an impressive $127million at the Box Office (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=womaninblack.htm) on a budget of just $15million (http://variety.com/2012/film/news/hammer-nails-coin-from-next-gen-1118051846/).

 This BBC report looks at the effect of Daniel Radcliffe on the possible reasons for the success of the first film and questions the ability of the sequel to fare as well without a star name in the lead role...

How to make it rain...



An interesting and potentially useful short article and video on how to achieve the effect of falling rain when making your own film. 

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/01/how-build-good-diy-rain-machine-15-great-one-60

Golden Globes winners 2015



Last night was the first major awards of the 'season', the Golden Globes.
Find out more about this prestigious event which honours both Film and Television below at the wikipedia link.


More insight to the winners from 2015 can also be found below, via Empire Online which has all the winners and some commentary of key wins.

Friday, 19 December 2014

Invaluable resource for AS Film Studies FM2



I was recently told about this blog and it's quite, quite brilliant. It's well worth bookmarking and worth paying regular attention to; we'll certainly be doing so in lessons and in homework over the coming months. 

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Xmas Homework - Year 12 Film Studies


 

1. Access the BFI 2014 Statistical Yearbook – Link below. Read chapter 2, pages 21 onwards.

BFI Statistical Yearbook 2014 


2.Give a written explanation as to what were the 5 most successful films of 2013 were at the cinema and, in your opinion, 3 reasons for each why they were successful.


                                          DUE IN ON THURSDAY 8th JANUARY