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Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule . Work in a group of 3 or 4. Try to keep to between 12-15 shots. Storyboard your shots (include: shot description, brief description of action, duration of shot)

What do you learn about the family from the clip viewed? Comment on: mise en scene camerawork (a. movement b. shot choices) music and sound (diegetic and non-diegetic) ALSO: Complete all outstanding work Add The Grammar of Film to your blog. Add a gadget and create a link list. Add the address for The Grammar of Film to the list and save.

The latest mixtape from the trio responsible for 'Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell' in 2009. Literate wordplay full of on the money cultural references. For fans of Beastie Boys, MF Doom ,Lil Wayne and Girl Talk, the music contains familiar samples from artists as diverse as Jay-Z and The Very Best. This work builds on the music of 'Shut Up, Dude' from earlier this year (added below). Click on images for links.

Gender - male/female Age - old/young Ethnicity -black/white Sexuality - gay/straight Class and status - rich/poor Physical ability/disability - able bodied/disabled Regional identity - north/south Each of the 7 areas have been split into binary opposites. Compose a powerpoint as a pair. Open a slideshare account and upload to slideshare on completion. For each pair of opposites make as many notes as possible. Add images and film clips to illustrate the points you make. What does each heading mean to you?

human is a music and sound design initiative, creating innovative work for commercials, film, television and culture. Instilled with the spirit of a new paradigm, human enables collaboration within a global network of artists. While devoted to maintaining traditional values of excellence, artistry and knowledge, we embrace technology as a means of expanding the boundaries of genre, location and culture. click on image to access website. click on psycho ronald mcdonald for the human vimeo page.

Click on the link above to access the clip from American Beauty. Embedding has been disabled for this clip so you will have to add a link to it from your blog post. Choose an image from the film (google images). Upload this to your blog and embed the URL (the address) for this clip. Then add the notes that you took in class for the last two lessons. How is Lester Burnham represented? He is trapped. How does the filmmaker show this? Add your notes. If you have missed the lesson, watch the clip and complete the task. Also make sure you are up to date with all the work so far.

On close inspection everything is too perfect to have been "just thrown together". Just as much as a Savile Row suit this look is all about fit. The cardigan and shirt are the perfect length, the trousers are perfectly personalized, the shoes well-aged. Consider also how his pose reflects his personality. He is upright and self confident. He doesn't appear to be threatening. He is at ease. This man has style in his bones. This man is called Doug Bilmaier and he heads Ralph Lauren's vintage department. This gentlemen travels the world buying all the great vintage items (frames,books,fixtures etc) that you find decorating Ralph's stores.

You need to understand how these technical elements (in the last post) create specific representations of individuals, groups, events or places and help to articulate specific messages and values that have social significance. Particular areas of representation that may be chosen are: Gender Age Ethnicity Sexuality Class and status Physical ability/disability Regional identity

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these. Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle. Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom. Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls. 　 Editing Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems. Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert. Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects. 　Sound Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound. Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effec...

American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged office worker who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane; Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper and Allison Janney also feature. The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation and redemption.

13 Tzameti is a 2005 film written and directed by Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani. Tzameti is the Georgian word for thirteen. 13 Tzameti is the feature length directorial debut for Babluani. It also marks the acting debut of his younger brother Georges Babluani, who plays the film's protagonist Sébastien. A destitute immigrant worker steals an envelope containing instructions for a mysterious job that could pay out a fortune. Following the instructions, the young man unwittingly becomes trapped in a dark and dangerous situation.

Construct a representation of this man from the picture above. Who is he? What does he do? What's his story?

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program .

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