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Look at these new sources of inspiration that look at drug abuse or the communications breakdown between children and their parents.

ART – Brett Whitely

MUSIC – Neil Young

FILM – Trainspotting

1.What is the artist trying to communicate?

2.How do they attempt to do so?

 3.What techniques are they employing?

4. How does their work communicate emotion or feeling?

5.What makes the piece an effective form of communication?

Go to http://www.porchlight.org.uk/

1.  What do you think of the design of the website?  Discuss colour/font/what grabs your attention.

2.  What year did Porchlight start?

3. What images do you see on the home page?

4.  What do you think after watching Jay’s film?  What emotions did you feel?

5.  Watch 35 years of changing lives – what role does porchlight provide and how have they helped homeless people over the years?

6. Browse through the photo gallery – what sort of images are shown and how do they make you feel?

7. What is porchlights slogan?

8.  What other stories can you find to do with homeless people and how do they make you feel?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/

An excellent site for film reviews

As well as the film you have shot and edited you will need to include

Aims and Ideas: (including inspiration)

Script:

Characters:

Film Synopsis: (what the film is about)

Evaluation: (pre-production – what each person did/how well the shoot went/the complications that you had to deal with/the editing process/budget/costume)

AS FILM STUDIES

 Wed 21st Oct – Film Analysis (1st Draft)

Wed 4th Nov – Film Synopsis

wed 25th Nov – Photostoryboard (1st Draft)

Wed 2nd Dec – Film Storyboard

Wed 9th Dec – All coursework due (Including evaluation of storyboard)

A2 FILM STUDIES

Wed 11th Nov – Small Scale Research Project

Wed 25th Nov – Rushes of film

Wed 9th Dec – all coursework due

 FIRDAY 11TH DECMEBER!!!!

Tuesday 20th Oct – Film Analysis (1st Draft)

Wednesday 21st Oct – Film Synopsis

Tuesday 20th Nov – Photostoryboard (1st Draft)

Tuesday 1st Dec – Film Storyboard

Tuesday 15th Dec – All coursework due (Including evaluation of storyboard)

Thursday 22nd October – School Mag front cover, contents and production report on blog

Thursday 26th Novemeber – Music Mag front cover, contents

Thursday 10th Decemeber – Music Mag completed (including double paged spread and evaluation)