SESSION 1 Introduction to media studies
Our AL course is CIE 9607.
We work from class blogs in years 12 and 13.
You create your own individual blog on Blogger using your own email address (not your school one). You can start now if you know how but you don't have to.
If not, make a folder on your desktop called MEDIA and save your work into the folder. You can email me work at jmann@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Today we will look at the main 4 KEY CONCEPTS:
- representation
- media language
- industry
- audience
- genre conventions: what conventions do Bond films have?
- what kinds of locations are depicted and why?
- Mise-en-scène means 'everything put on the set' : what do you notice about the sets, clothes, gadgets and so on?
- how characters are represented and parodied
- what the 'media language' is: camerawork, sound, mise-en-scène, editing
Time to learn about camerawork from Prof Daniel Chandler in The Grammar of TV and Film
Read
- Camera Techniques: Distance and Angle
Camera Techniques: Movement
TASK:
Take some photos using a variety of different shot types (high angle, low angle, close-up, extreme close up, point of view shot, two shot, canted angle, bird's eye view, over the shoulder shot, mid shot, long shot).
If you are confident using a photo collage tool, label them. If you can, write a line underneath about what the angle achieves, like this:
SESSION 2 + 3 Film Openings
In this session, we look at one particular aspect of films: title sequences on The Art of The Title website, using the The Art of the Title site. Under each title, there are terms to help you think about describing what you see.
First: is a title sequence the same as a 'film opening'?
What do most film title sequences have in common?
What does an audience expect to get out of a title sequence?
We look at some title sequences to observe their features.
visualizes the life journey of Captain Marvel
superhero with cosmic superpower
highly stylized
superhero with cosmic superpower
highly stylized
highlights the era’s clash between Chinese- and English-speaking cultures
martial arts-inspired title sequence
three-color palette
blends stills and action-heavy fight animation.
See (2019) directed by Francis Lawrence
Congratulations to studio Imaginary Forces on their Excellence in Title Design Award for their work on TV series See (2019) at the The SXSW 2020 Title Design Competition
Far in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight,
and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to
survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins is born with
sight.
Other entrants can be seen here. Viewer discretion advised.
Netflix science fiction-horror series
Other entrants can be seen here. Viewer discretion advised.
Stranger Things (2016) directed by Sean Levy
Netflix science fiction-horror series
glowing red edges
typeface is Benguiat, chosen for its associations with early ’80s Stephen King paperbacks 
Nerve (2016) directed by Henry Joost and Ariel “Rel” Schulman
In Nerve, “Watchers” challenge “Players” to complete ever more embarrassing and dangerous stunts for cash.
celebration of millennial screen culture
each title references a website, app, game interface, or other screen culture
rapid-fire
has mass appeal
typography has a significant role in storytelling
bold and impactful text and graphic elements pop up
3D animated type looks like it was ripped straight from a Geocities page
in Nerve, new dares pops up in the middle of the screen
strong sense of rhythm
Split (2017) directed by M. Night Shyamalan is the introduction to a fractured mind
minimal: three simple ingredients
a black screen, white typography
the typeface Helvetica
a glimpse into a fractured mind
sliced-up frames
nightmarish
Mindhunter (2017) directed by David Fincher
Mindhunter is a Netflix drama based on the true story of the man who pioneered the science of profiling serial killers. The genre is signaled in the title sequence.
It has a period feel
Realism is important
There is a distinctive visual style
It feels cold like an interrogation room
The color palette is desaturated
SESSION 4 Film Posters
SESSION 5 Film Websites
We are going to look at the FILM INDUSTRY here http://cie9607.blogspot.com/2020/05/film-industry.html
Our case study is a British film called "Sorry We Missed You" and we will look at the trailer, the film website, the social media links and the audience for the film.SESSION 6 Sound Design
We are going to look at sound design with the focus on Munich (2005, directed by Spielberg)
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kavxsXhzD48&t=206s SEE WITH YOUR EARS: SPIELBERG AND SOUND DESIGN |
Next, let's identify the terminology used to identify sound
An impressive presentation on sound design from Sam (above). When you do exploratory work of any kind - photos, video, editing, gifs - you can post them on your blog as evidence of your Preliminary Exercises.
Film Sound Techniques and Theory using this presentation
Once you have studied sound terminology, make a presentation in any way that you like on your blog to show that you have understood the language of sound.
SESSION 7 TV Drama
This afternoon's class is about one of our exam topics, TV Drama.
Same link as for previous classes - meet.google.com/ppf-tggy-ouq
You can see the sort of tasks that we do by looking on the class blog on the page entitled TEXTS & CONTEXTS: TV DRAMA here
We often use Netflix to find TV drama extracts (being careful of the age certificates as you are under 18) and we also upload extracts to our own ClickView.
You will see that the extract is screened a total of 4 times and during the screenings you can start answering the question. The task is to analyse how people, places and ideas are conveyed by the 'language' of moving image: the mise-en-scène, camerawork, sound and editing.
We will then look at the extract from Coming Down The Mountain and analyse it in the same way. The link opens the exam text in YouTube.
SESSION 8 TV DRAMA
SESSION 8 TV DRAMA
You watched Coming Down The Mountain after class ended on Tuesday.
Now we start to analyse the film language:
mise-en-scène - production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties
- lighting, colour design
• shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point-ofview shot, over-the-shoulder shot, and variations of these
• angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle
• movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom
• composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
sound
- diegetic and non-diegetic sound, synchronous/asynchronous sound, sound effects, sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective;
- soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound)
editing
- cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway, insert
- other transitions: dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.
SESSION 9 The Film Industry: distribution
An introduction to the 'value chain' of the film industry. First, the 2020 showreel from the British Film Commission
The distributor. Learn from the FDA site presentation here.
As part of your preliminary exercises, you will make a title sequence like Delicatessen yourself, using the camera to travel over a set of objects that set the scene and launch the narrative. Examples are on the students' own class blogs.
Aim for this sort of layout and quality here and here http://sm1648.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-widowmaker-2015-this-is-title.html
Notice the title, the use of colour to pick out key terms and the sense of personal engagement.
Research and present the film Captain Marvell. Focus on industry and audience issues: who made it, the target audience, how it was marketed and publicised.
Use Piktochart like this BY FRIDAY PLEASE
There are many different templates like this one
Watch the trailer here. How does the trailer engage audiences?
The distributor. Learn from the FDA site presentation here.
SESSION 10 Research: Photographers / Film makers & Visual Style
The term 'visual style' refers to the way in which a photographer composes an image in terms of structure, form and use of lighting. For example, a style may be informal, provocative, intriguing or shocking. A single photo may tell a story; a set of objects that the camera travels over may do the same. Think of the opening title sequence to Delicatessen (dir. Jean Pierre Jeunet, 1999) which introduces the place, historical period and characters so succintly. Sherlock Holmes (dir. Guy Ritchie, 2009) is equally distinctive.As part of your preliminary exercises, you will make a title sequence like Delicatessen yourself, using the camera to travel over a set of objects that set the scene and launch the narrative. Examples are on the students' own class blogs.
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| Jeff Wall (2001) Rainfilled Suitcase (2001) |
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| Dorothea Lange - Migrant Mother (1936) |
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| Ansell Adams Clearing Winter Storm at Yosemite (1937) |
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| Weegee The Critics (1943) |
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| Don McCullin The Battle for the City of Hue, South Vietnam, US Marine Inside Civilian House (1968, printed 2013) |
SESSION 11 Art of the Title individual analysis
Today in class you will work individually to produce one analysis of a title sequence from Art of The Title. As you should have already done one, this will be the second of three. The third I would like you to do for homework by Sunday 21/06/20 and upload to yoir blog or if you do not have one yet, to Classroom.Aim for this sort of layout and quality here and here http://sm1648.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-widowmaker-2015-this-is-title.html
Notice the title, the use of colour to pick out key terms and the sense of personal engagement.
SESSION 12 The Film Industry: Disney as a case study
When we write answers to the exam essay question on the film industry, we limit ourselves to a handful of case studies: a couple from 'The Big Six' like Disney's Rogue One A Star Wars Story and Captain Marvell.Research and present the film Captain Marvell. Focus on industry and audience issues: who made it, the target audience, how it was marketed and publicised.
Use Piktochart like this BY FRIDAY PLEASE
There are many different templates like this one
SESSION 13 The Film Industry: UK film case studies
When we write answers to the exam essay question on the film industry, we limit ourselves to a handful of case studies: four from the UK film industry, such as the production company Working Title and its film Legend (dir. Brian Helgeland, 2015).
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