Blog feedback and learner response

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 WWW: You were a great student at GCSE and I’m delighted to say you still have good habits at A Level! Your blog is up-to-date and I really like the still images you’ve chosen for the mise-en-scene analysis (Home Alone and the Dead Poets Society – classics!) The challenge now is adding the depth and detail required at A Level because it is a big step up from GCSE.

EBI: Your film poster task also doesn’t really do what I wanted you to do. The idea was to analyse each poster and suggest what it might be communicating about narrative or audience (even if you don’t suggest the real answer). Getting a summary of each film from the internet basically makes this pointless. The positive is that you have two years of GCSE experience to fall back on but don’t forget your ability to analyse media texts (particularly unseen texts like these film posters) will be crucial for the 70% exam section of the course.


Reflect on your first month of Film & TV Language. What aspect of Film & TV language have you most enjoyed studying? What is your strongest piece of work so far? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop before we start coursework at the end of Year 12?

I've mostly enjoyed studying key conventions of different genres and analysing film posters to figure out what messages different elements communicate the the audience. I think my strongest piece so far has been mis-en-scene work with still images and videos. My weakest would be working with lighting, I think it will take me a while to get familiar with the terminology but i think i just need to use it in my everyday vocabulary. I think I lack a sense of creativity when it comes to practical's and coursework that comes to most people naturally.


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