Post Four

Research into Short films.

Deadline for this is Friday September 20th. (block 5 have until Monday 23rd)

Read the guidance on Moodle (also some printed copies in GF5).

Conduct  Textual Analysis on 10 Short Films in total.

3 of these can be of films that you analysed during the transition period.
The other 7 need to be original Short films that we did not study in class.

This is a total of 10 per group member

The whole point of this exercise is to apply all 5 media concepts - Genre, Representation, Audience, Narrative and Media Language, to each film.  Lok at the guidance notes for help with this.  See MOODLE for guidance

We appreciate that this is a considerable piece of work - it si quite acceptable to concentrate on some concepts more than others in in some films.  e.g. a short film about Old Age or Disability will lend itself particularly well to a discussion on REPRESENTATION.

Try to research films with a similar time frame (5 mins) - this will help you in assessing what is realistic to achieve in 5 mins.

Be imaginative in how you post this - it does not have to be written - you could present it as a video commentary for instance.  If you do opt for a written style, we expect lots of Screen grabs or Excerpts from the films that you analyse.

PLUS, For each short film that you analyse, discuss how you would like to take any of the ideas forward into your own work.  

Show the connection between films that you have watched and your own work