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.