We Media and Democracy

Keep an eye out for stories in the media about Twitter, Facebook, Social media, blogs etc and how they have been active or used in news stories. Keep a record of what you find.

It is really helpful if you have begun to build your own resource bank for use as evidence for essays on this topic.

Blog post update and video to watch

Below is a list of posts you need to have completed before school starts again in September. Remember to use a variety of technologies and presentation techniques and to keep your work up to date.

Posts on your blogs:

1.       Foley sound description / what it is / why it is used...

2.       Foley sounds filmed or narrated

3.       Recreation of a scene from a film - plus explanation

4.       Positive and negative representation of the school film - plus explanation

5.       Introduction to Film Noir – History / FN as a genre

6.       Conventions of FN

7.       Analysis of 4 FN films - with screen grabs or clips

I shall be showing you this documentary in class but here is the link so you can also watch it yourselves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8uCuKxe4yk&list=PLZW60hsde6uK8-r6zBDtQgyfROljVIrWu

or type in on YouTube: PBS American Cinema Film Noir

Foley Sound and an Introduction to Film Noir

This week you need to get your FOLEY SOUND videos finished and uploaded to your blogs, along with a short commentary and description of what Foley Sound is.

Most of you also need to get your RECREATION films uploaded with your evaluations too.

This week we will be watching DOUBLE INDEMNITY after looking at a power point presentation on the conventions and history of Film Noir.

Complete the grid sheet [see green pack] for this film and over the summer do at least TWO more one of which should be DETOUR plus some RESEARCH into the HISTORY and CONVENTIONS of this genre.

See Show My Homework for all the sheets and ppts etc.