FM1 Micro Analysis Coursework

By now, you should all have a film, extract and micro-features to analyse chosen for your coursework. If you were absent on Friday and have not made a final decision the please email Miss Ryan this weekend with film clips you are considering.

We are going to dedicate periods 2 and 3 on Tuesday to the coursework. You will be able to work on it for two solid hours in school so you will need to remember:

1. Over this weekend, work on your micro-analysis. Save the changes you make and ensure that the piece of work that is furthest along is saved into your Dropbox folder so that you can access it in school
2. Bring a copy of your film or your chosen extract (digital version or DVD)
3. Bring your headphones

You will be in Room 110 for periods 2 and 3 on Tuesday.

 

The deadline for your micro-analysis draft is Monday 26th November 2012



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Exploring Section A

Hello Year 12,

I hope that you have had a good holiday and have made excellent progress with your micro analysis.  I wanted to give you a preview of some of our work for next half-term.  In my lessons, we will focus on aspects of the Section A exam.   We will start with an investigation of the production, distribution (including marketing) and exhibition of films.  The following link to the micro site from the Film Distributors' Association (FDA) is excellent, as it allows you to explore the essential life of a film after its production phase.

http://www.launchingfilms.tv/

Key questions to explore are:

What happens to a film when the producers and director have completed it?

How does it get into cinemas and how do audiences become aware of it and interested in seeing it?

Please take a look and watch some of the clips as this will inform our learning next week.

Mrs Q

Just Checking In

Hello all,

Just popping by to see how you're getting on with your Face/Off micro-analyses. If you are stuck then please do email me and remember to try to send me some ideas that you've had for your film clips as soon as possible so that I can check them out for you.

If you haven't started your micro analysis then do so as soon as possible.

Hope you're enjoying your break,

Miss Ryan

Twilight Micro Analysis Example

The original posting can be found here with the example of a short micro analysis : http://filmstudiesatcampion.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/below-is-mini-sample-of-micro-analysis.html

Remember that your analysis should be of a clip that is 3-5 minutes in length and you should write 1500 words. The length of the Twilight film clip is only about 60 seconds and the word count is approx 180 words... As I may have mentioned in class, it is extremely hard to find a decent scene for analysis in this film. Don't use Twilight!