A word for those students in 12 B - both B1 and B2

It came to light in the last few days of term that many of you still hadn't completed the editing essay. There have been several opportunities in class to complete this work (despite protests to the contrary) and extra time of two weeks has been given since this issue was first raised to allow you to complete this work. Several students in B and all of the students in E were able to complete the work and therefore this shows it was perfectly possible to get the work done.

Having found that some of you still haven't completed the work, you were asked to complete as much as you could in one hour's lesson. Some of you have submitted a couple of lines, a paragraph, or no work at all. This is clearly unacceptable for A-Level students' output in one hour (or even half and hour!).

We set this work back on the 11th November (and all the things needed to complete have been on the blog since). Even a completed mindmap was uploaded on 23rd Nov - the deadline was 8th Dec and you've had a further two extra weeks since then. If you are one of the students who hasn't handed in a complete essay for the Pillow Talk vs Fringe essay, this is forewarning that we will still be expecting this work to be completed.

If you are following this blog as we have asked, you will have a chance to do this over the holidays - all you need is on the blogs and you can contact Mrs T in the usual fashion at any time if you need help. Those of you who still don't have the work in January will be given one week further to complete the essay or we will be forced to consider your suitability for the next part of the course where reliability and meeting deadlines is extremely important - not the least because YOUR WORK (or lack thereof) will directly affect the exam results of others. As responsible educators, we will not be acting in the best interests of reliable, hard-working students if we knowingly put them in groups with students who have repeatedly shown they are incapable of getting work done as required, despite so much extra time and support.

The majority of students have managed this work and if you are one of those, well done! Enjoy your Christmas and we'll see you in January!

Christmas Homework

Just a quick reminder of what the Christmas holiday work is:

1. Complete a storyboard for the first few minutes of a film that you have 'invented'. This can be ANY genre and must be something YOU have made up. Please use the Storyboard sheets we gave you OR if you wish to use another method, please ensure the same details that are on the sheet are on your version of the storyboard. Copies were given out in class but can be viewed and downloaded HERE. There are lots of sheets in the teaching pack to support you if you're still unsure about storyboarding and they can also be accessed via Scribd's MediaMonkey account (see links top right). Alternatively, google "storyboard" for hundreds of online pages of additional help and images.

2. Please watch as many Films and TV Dramas as you can over the holidays, trying to think about the aspects of Film Language that we have been covering in the last term (SOUND, LIGHT, CAMERA MOVEMENT, EDITING, Mise-en-scene, COLOUR, FRAMING).

Sound Effects - Foley Track

Here's the track for yr12 B to watch - sorry it's up late! It's only a few minutes long...

Using this BLOG!!

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You can link your blog to ours by using a "blog link" gadget (in the design page) which will show you when we have posted something new OR alternatively you can use any of the subscribe methods (facebook, twitter, RSS feeds etc) at the top right of this blog!

Editing - some questions to help you...