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Film Studies a Level - Summer Preparatory ‘Springboard’ Work Film Studies A Level - Summer Preparatory ‘Springboard’ work. Before you start: You need to set an individual Film Studies blog. You will use this blog to upload the remaining summer preparation tasks, as well as to showcase all your individual and group work during your A level. This blog will need to be able to upload video, audio, text and images to evidence your practical work for the exam board. Your blog should be clearly named, and identified as you, (eg. YourNameFilmStudies.blogspot.com) Some websites you might want to use. www.blogger.com www.wordpress.com When you have done this, go to our blog at; http://OrleansParkFilmStudies.blogspot.co.uk there will be a post giving you instructions of how to send us the address of your new blog. Task One: An A Level Film Studies student needs to be passionate about film. You will, as part of the course, be required to watch films from a variety of countries over the last 120 years. You will need to challenge yourself by experiencing and analysing films that you would not normally choose to watch for pleasure. 1) To prepare for this task you need to choose at least three of the following categories; a - Any British or American film made after the year 2010 b - Any film made in a language that is not English c - Any film made before 1977 d - Any silent film e - Any film made in black & white f - Any documentary film g - Any film from one of the following directors: Alfred Hitchcock; François Truffaut, David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Yasujirō Ozu, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, Wong Kar-wai, Paul Thomas-Anderson, Orson Welles, Ken Loach, Pedro Pedro Almodóvar, Werner Herzog, Spike Lee, Joel & Ethan Coen, Jean-Luc Godard 2) For each category, choose a film and write a few paragraphs about your favourite scene or sequence from the film explaining why you think that scene or sequence is effective. You must choose a different film for each category. (So you could not, for example, choose ‘Nosferatu’ for both category d) and e) despite it being both silent and black and white) Task Two: Choose a scene from a film you like. You must recreate shot by shot a sequence (30 – 60 seconds) from that scene and upload it to your blog. Your recreation can be in still Please turn over 2 images (like a storyboard), or use video. It should include at least TEN shots. Be creative in how you adapt the scene, in terms of mise-en-scène (costume, props, setting and lighting). Here is an example of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79xDx2_Lyt0 Upload the finished sequence to your blog. Task Three: You need to show your willingness to explore and research new film, by visiting the BFI southbank in London (30mins from St Margarets station, 5 mins from Waterloo) - Map Info Take a photo of either: a) A ticket you have bought for a screening at the BFI Southbank b) A selfie of yourself in the BFI Mediatheque discovering new or archived film c) A selfie of yourself in the BFI Shop, with an interesting film discovery or film book. Upload the image (or video!) with a description, to your blog. Have a nice summer! We will be posting help and information over the summer on the new official Orleans Park Film Blog at: http://orleansparkfilmstudies.blogspot.co.uk/ Remember: All 3 of these tasks must be uploaded to your blog BEFORE your FIRST Film Studies lesson. .
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