FILM HISTORY PRESENTATIONS - Friday 8th April

Starter:
First task is to finish off any bits and pieces relating to yesterday's practical work on mise-en-scene. You'll need to work quickly and effectively here, which should be okay as you did some thorough and - may I add - impressive planning/research yesterday.


Any groups totally satisfied with their shots can use this time to upload them onto blogs, including an explanation - a paragraph of roughly 100 words should do it - of the effects you wanted to create with the shot, and HOW you created these effects.

Main course:

Forgive the slightly awkward jump here to something rather different. It's time to focus on your Individual Film History oral presentations. You'll start planning them today in class.

YOUR HOMEWORK THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE WEEKS (INCL EXEAT) WILL BE TO RESEARCH, PREPARE AND PRACTICE YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION.

You need to choose a DECADE of film (from 1910s onwards). No student can pick the SAME decade

You need to cover the following in your presentation:

• Important Movements and traditions in film (eg. French Impressionist Cinema is a Movement) during this decade
• Important film makers, actors, etc who were widely regarded/started their careers - why were they important
• Major films and what made them important, what the films tell us about the culture they came from (you should focus on films from AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES)
• Important innovations and technical developments in film
• Outside influences on the world of film in terms of financial and sociocultural context.  

2000s - T Wetzel

1990s - H Oleksuk

1980s - S Cantini Budden
1970s - Manuel Denegri

1960s - S Espina
1950s - Ernesto Travato
1940s - Ramiro Villegas
1930s - G Brun
1920s - V Galindez
1910s - C Juni

How to research - you will find the "useful websites" section on the blog helpful. Particularly, I urge you to read the Filmsite website, which will be a useful STARTING POINT to start exploring your assigned decade

DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, 27th APRIL.

Happy hunting.