Four Weddings and a Funeral

Dear Year 12,

I got a horrible shock when pretty much all of you said you hadn't ever seen 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I have been reliably informed that it is on Channel Four this weekend (Saturday 14th November) at 9.30pm.

So, no excuses after this weekend - I want you all to be able to discuss the representation of British culture in 'Four Weddings' on Monday morning. If possible, compared and contrasted with a more contemporary film ('This is England' will be the film we'll all have seen).

Enjoy Hugh Grant at his bumbling best!

Harvard Referencing

If you click on the link above it will take you to the Newman University College page on referencing. This page shows you how to reference using the Harvard Referencing System which is what we will be using in class for your FM3 annotated catalogues.

Select, from the A-Z list, what it is you are trying to reference and use the table to help you to structure your reference.

Use this web page to start you off and, if you are having difficulty (and if you are don't worry - it's a tricky one to get your head round!) then ask me!

Is British Cinema in Crisis?

In this article from Time Out (2007), a range of UK film industry experts were interviewed about what they considered the state of British film to be:

http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/3224/the-state-of-uk-cinema.html

Please complete the reading of the article for discussion in our next lesson.

Alfred Hitchcock

I saw, on BBC the other night, a television programme on Alfred Hitchcock by Paul Merton who is a huge Hitchcock fan. I thought it would be useful for Liam but have been unable to find it on iPlayer.

Instead, Liam, here are some links that might prove useful for you:

1. The BBC Four site for the documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j09r4

2. The Paul Merton website: http://paulmerton.com/hitchcock.html

3. 'The Master of Suspense': http://hitchcock.tv/

4. Hitchcock Online: http://www.hitchcock.nl/

Libraries Website

Several of you are yet to use the library to do any research for your project.

Before you go to a library please use the Birmingham Libraries online catalogue search to decide where to go:

http://libcat.bham.org.uk/cgi-bin/vps2.6_viewpoint.sh

Click on the 'Full Catalogue Search', type in a key word to do with your research project and, as we did in the libraries research lesson, view details on the book and find out what library it's in. Do an additional search on the book's ISBN if there isn't enough information on the library website. You can use the http://www.waterstones.co.uk/ website to help with this.

If you can, reserve the book and go and get it. If you can't reserve it it may be reference only so go in, ask for help from a librarian (they won't bite or behave like the old one from Ghostbusters!) and photocopy the pages you need.

Tips:
1. Bring your library card
2. Check location and opening hours of the library you are going to
3. Make a list of key words you can look up in the index of larger books