DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES FOR YEAR 12.

Students should be aware of these resources as they relate to the Cross-Media Study. The links below will provide some contextual understanding when considering the 'purpose' of documentary. The Lumiere Brothers are considered to be the 'beginning' of documentary filmmaking and documentary photography is often perceived as realism or truth. Is the Lumiere Brothers film footage mediated? Is it subjective? Is it as subjective as fictional filmmaking? I will be referring to these resources in the next session.

Furthermore, what is the purpose of documentary photography?

http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.com/2010/05/documentary-photography.html

http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.com/2010/05/origins-of-documentary-some-resources.html

YEAR 13 LESSON SIXTEEN [26th JAN 11]: Homework.

Students discussed the implications of the 'Andy Coulson' resignation and the majority of the session involved creating notes and developing an essay structure to produce a credible response to the question: Why should 'media regulation' be of interest to a media student?

Homework: Most of the class have an exam next week therefore students have two weeks to produce a response to the regulation question. BF...next week we'll attempt to capture some footage for your coursework. In the next few days I will be posting guidance notes to accompany the notes we made today to ensure that this essay is a sophisticated and detailed response.

BANKSY article on Channel Four News 25th Jan 11.

Yesterday the Banksy documentary 'Exit through the gift shop' was nominated for an Oscar. This was the related news report from Channel Four.

http://blogs.channel4.com/culture/459/459

IS RUPERT MURDOCH GOOD FOR BRITAIN? BBC RADIO 5 DISCUSSION.

This is a link to Nicky Campbell's show on BBC Radio 5 and is a discussion that is particularly relevant to YEAR 13 but may tickle the media taste buds of Year 12. This link will only be available for six days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xwlj6

ADAM CURTIS MEDIA THEORY: 'OH DEARISM'.

Below is a link to a film created by Adam Curtis that was first broadcast on Charlie Brooker's 'Newswipe'. This is an interesting and subjective theory that attempts to explain why television news has the ability to make its audience feel depressed or helpless. This is the theory of 'Oh Dearism'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8moePxHpvok

CHARLIE BROOKER: HOW TV RUINED YOUR LIFE...ESSENTIAL VIEWING.

The first episode of Charlie Brooker's new series was broadcast on BBC 2 last night [Tues 25th]. This is essential viewing for all media students. Obviously Brooker offers an incredibly subjective viewpoint but this is an incredibly engaging and provocative analysis of the role, purpose and influence of media. ESSENTIAL.

The link below will take you to the BBC i-player. This resource may only be available for a couple of weeks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y4csg/How_TV_Ruined_Your_Life_Fear/

YEAR 12 LESSON SIXTEEN [25th JAN 11]: Homework.

Students were encouraged to consider the requirements of the media coursework and the codes and conventions of a trailer. All trailers should provide the audience with information relating to:
GENRE.
CHARACTER.
LOCATION.
PLOT.
Reference was made to the necessity for trailers to be polysemic and access the enigma code but not be 'too' polysemic as this will result in the audience being confused and disinterested.

Below is a series of links to trailers that may help students with their research and provide some inspiration before constructing broadcast media. Note the nature of the editing, use of music, use of text to anchor meaning, use of narrative voice, characterisation etc.
KICK ASS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mxBaXHcFw
THE SOCIAL NETWORK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4
JUNO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0SKf0K3bxg
MAN ON WIRE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5aGddaC-gQ
THE GHOST WRITER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_AerBW0EcI
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHJBdDSTbLw

Students were encouraged to provide a media analysis of the poster advertising MAN ON WIRE and were introduced to the basic capability of the video editing software that can be used to create broadcast media at BGS.

This is an example of broadcast media that could be categorised as belonging to the 'horror genre' and avoids cliche. This is a short film titled Poltergeist created by Prano Bailey-Bond. The editing and use of sound is stunning. However, if you are easily 'scared' you may wish to avoid this film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwdoTwBd_Q

Homework: Watch the three texts that will be the source material for the cross-media study.