Untouchables: Masterclass in tension

First, watch this wonderful scene. Note how it uses cutaways to ratchet up the tension.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lyFtFVgkcc&x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534


Then read this short article, and watch the 11-minute video halfway down. Every shot is broken down for you. A masterclass.






http://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/shot-shot-breakdown-bloodiest-scene-brian-de-palmas-untouchables


Please comment.

Spielberg masterclass - Indiana Jones

How to introduce a character using all four elements in no time at all:
http://vashivisuals.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-cutting-in-camera-part-2/


How to be incredibly racist and get away with it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_Ds2ytz4o

Disability - Advert

How does this play with our existing prejudices of both abled and disabled people?


How does it challenge dominant ideology?


Comment please.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN05UfmIAh4

Coming down the Mountain: disability & editing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQHKC9G_GaU


This was an exam extract a couple of years ago with our first A Level cohort.


Quite a rich one... especially on editing.

Exemplar answers for Doc Martin

Scroll down a few pages - the fourth one is excellent. Third one's almost as good.

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/179236-example-candidate-answers-from-june-2013.pdf


Look at 1 and mark together.


Compare 2 and 3 and award marks.


Look at 4 and anticipate alone.

Representation: revision

The single best revision of Media Studies (Section A) I have ever seen.






https://prezi.com/my9a66cwuwvd/g322-session-pjw-0114/

Designed for teachers, but useful for everyone.

Disability: films and TV to watch

Three great films about disability

Inside I'm Dancing

Les Intouchables

Children of a Lesser God

One great TV show about disability:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables

Available on 4oD. Watch it, it's wonderful. Also possibly a bit patronising. But mostly wonderful.

Gender - was 2014 any better?

A review of sexism in the media, 2014. Short article plus video.


http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/01/05/media-sexist-2014?cmpid=organic-share-mailto

Sexuality: latest TV show about sex...

Cucumber: ‘It’s about sex – really, really about sex’

http://gu.com/p/44pxg

Disability - Should able people play disabled people?

We wouldn’t accept actors blacking up, so why applaud ‘cripping up’?

http://gu.com/p/44zjy

Regional Identity homework - due Monday

International stereotypes...


Task 1: Use the above website to prove that:


1) Stereotypes say as much about the person judging as they do about the person they are judging. (100 words)


2) Stereotypes, while false, are based on an element of truth.


Task 2: Make a map of UK stereotypes based on YOUR perceptions.








Here's  one I've put together for UK stereotypes.
The first one is someone else's, the next two are mine... and then I've left one blank for you.







Task 3: Do some further reading and prepare to discuss:



An article in the Daily Mail on the difference between northern girls and southern girls...






A good collection of links, with songs, videos, and articles on regional differences...

Regional Identity

Extract from Doc Martin. This whole show plays on the idea of a city doctor who's moved to the country... where everyone is much less professional, and much more human.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sNf-MwxTSE


We've been struggling to gather enough evidence from the clips we've been watching, so we're going to play a game with this one.