Year 12 Homework - complete the question we started researching about Trance, with reference to one other film and then COMMENT on someone else's answer.

Trance Research

1.  Digital Spy - info on where it was filmed
2.  movieblog.com  Marlena Riddle - review of the film.
3.  MSN - Danny Boyle biography where he discusses Trance
4.  contactmusic.com explains how he hired and started working with someone who made all the music for Trance.
5.  Twitter
6.  INterview with Danny Boyle, James Macavoy and Vincent Castle - Londonfilmreview.com

Year 12 Lesson - finish these sentences and write your own exam questions:

1.  Do you believe that....
2.  Do the products in your case study.....
3.  In your opinion, and based on your case study, do you think that audiences....
4.  In what way do the institutions from your case study....

Next up - you need to think about developing your answers.  Based on what we did yesterday about Trance, brainstorm the answer to this question.

In what way do the institutions involved in Trance try to connect with and empower their audience?

 

 

Do the following for your film:

 

1.  One marketing campaign  - find and make notes on ready to teach someone else. 

2.  One analysis of a scene - find on youtube, make notes onto your blog.

 

 

 

Case Study Checklist

Analyse the trailer

2. Analyse the website

3. Analyse a fan site

4. Find a few twitter comments about it 5. read a few articles from different websites about it.

6. Find out how much it cost to make

7. Find out what awards it won.

8. Find out if there are any additional things being sold like posters/other merchandise.

9. Know who was producing it and what else they had produced. The same for directing.

10. Find out about the marketing campaign and how they did it

11. Look at what fans were saying about the film, perhaps watch some interviews with the cast and director.

12. Find out what impact winning awards had on the film and its' box office takings.

13. Think of theories to apply to the film and what sorts of questions they would be good to use in.

14. Look at old mark schemes and see what sorts of things they are looking for and what the questions were.

15. Practice answering questions and think about what I felt I should have known but didn't and how I could find out that information.

Ok Year 12.  We need to do some serious work on your case studies.  Well done those of you who have thoroughly researched your films, and can clearly apply this research to any question.  I was impressed with the depth of knowledge shown by some of you.  However, some people have clearly done nothing outside of lessons, and some people didn't even use the research I have seen!!!!!

SECTION B OF THE EXAM IS ABOUT THREE FILMS YOU HAVE STUDIED.

Remembering this is imperative for your studies. 

Strengths of the answers included:

Matt's studies of the representation of Time in his films.  Perhaps the most clearly structured essay that I read, it showed an interest in what he was studying and he developed his answer well.  He had researched and remembered things to include.

Sophie Cockett - the depth of her answer was great, and she had included lots of very specific examples, like quotes from youtube and fan forums. 

Sophie Jones.  Apart from time constraints, Sophie's answer was shaping up nicely.  She has also done her research and this shows.

Amy Hines - another well structured response that showed independent research.

Active research is important from now on, and I would advise finding something about your film each day. 

Today's lesson will focus on how to research and