Writing Thurs-Fri






ASSESSMENT: Create  A short Movie
Using imovie create a short film about Mary.
Your Mary movie must have at least 3 of the following elements:
  • An explanation of who Mary was
  • What Mary would have done regarding the decision about the defibrillator and graduation?
  • How Mary felt when Jesus was placed on the cross?
  • How Mary is represented in pictures?
  • Other females who are like Mary and why
Ideas: You may want to do a little play/story for each part.
-need to include at least 3 viewing techniques

  • Music and Sound Effects
  • Special Effects
  • Camera Angles: vertical, horizontal, front on, over the shoulder
  • Camera distance (Framing)– long shot, mid shot, close-ups, extreme close up
  • Transitions – fade in, fade out, dissolve





Term 4

 Film Review

Task 1: Planning to write a film review

As with any kind of writing, you need to start by identifying your genre, purpose, audience and style.
Harold Pinter interviewed on Newsnight Review, a film review programme on TV
The first step is to get familiar the genre (or form), so if you are planning to write a film review, start by reading some published film reviews. 


Notice what each review is doing and ask yourself what is the purpose of each review?

A film review should have a number of purposes:
  • To inform. The review needs to tell people who is in the film, who it is by and where or when readers can see it.

  • To describe. The review should describe the story, characters and some of the action - without spoiling the plot or giving too much away!

  • To analyse. A good review gives an opinion on whether the film is good or not and why.

  • To advise. Finally, the review should tell the reader whether or not to go and see the film.

These different purposes will give you a basic structure for your writing.
Also look at audience
Example  is it personal, addressing the reader as "you" and using the kind of expressions that come up in a friendly chat (for example "Thank goodness for..."). While it is informal, its language is fairly adult, using a broad vocabulary. Notice advanced words like "indeterminate, messianic, ominous" and "disappointingly". This is because the audience is young adults choosing to go out to the cinema.
The simplest way of identifying the audience for your review is to choose a publication you want to write for, for example a particular newspaper or magazine.
Ask yourself:

  • Who is the target audience for the film review?
  • What vocabulary does the film review use?
Example

The Golden Compass

Reviewed by Stella Papamichael
Free will is the object of the game in The Golden Compass, a big budget exercise in orienteering where witches and polar bears point the way to enlightenment. You'll have to look between the CG seams to find the original intent of Philip Pullman's atheistic novel, but this isn't the overriding problem. It's that writer/director Chris Weitz doesn't convey a strong enough sense of purpose.
Thank goodness for the star presence of Dakota Blue Richards. She is thoroughly engaging as Lyra, a young girl singled out in prophecy as 'the one' to save all others from some awful yet indeterminate fate. It all sounds a bit messianic really, except that organised religion, represented by The Magisterium, is a force for evil. Nicole Kidman does the ominous eyebrow lifting as a guardian of the establishment who kidnaps children to wrest them from their 'daemons' (the animal sidekicks who embody their better judgment). Among the abductees is Lyra's best friend, and so begins the voyage north to find him.
Many questions raised
Daniel Craig has little to do as Lyra's scientifically minded uncle except hint at potential sequels. The draw is in a simple story of friendship and Lyra's journey of self-discovery. The line-up of curious characters she meets along the way helps to lighten to Pullman's otherwise dark material. Sam Elliot is wryly amusing as a cowboy aeronaut and the spectacle of Lyra being carried across the arctic wastelands on the back of a polar bear (voiced by Ian McKellen) will appeal to the child in everyone. Towards the end, some impressively realised battle scenes up the excitement. Disappointingly though, all this magic and mystery fails to lead to any grand unveiling. There are just too many questions raised and not enough answered. Approach this not as a lesson in the facts of life, just a bit of childish escapism.
The Golden Compass is out in the UK on 5 December 2007.

Analysis of the review of The Golden Compass

We can divide this review into three parts:

  1. Introduction: this gives an overview of who is in the film and what it's about. It also sums up the reviewer's conclusion about the film (so readers can form an opinion without reading the whole of the review)
  2. Paragraph 2: the reviewer then describes the plot and the action, while informing the reader which actor plays which role.
  3. Paragraph 3: the reviewer then analyses the film, talking about the director and then the actors, looking at good things as well as bad things.
  4. Finally: the review informs the reader when the film is out (and sometimes, in a local review, where it can be seen).


Your task is to explore two film reviews from the list below and identify (dot points)

1. Purpose: Who is in the film, who it is by and where or when readers can see it.

2. Describe: Summaries what the story is about

3. Analyse: Did it tell you whether the film is good or not and why.

4. Advise:Did it say whether to watch the film or not.

 5. Is this a good film review. What did they or didn't they include?

Lilo and Stitch


Mary Poppins

Monster Inc


BFG

Lion



Written review
Students read the following review and discuss

 Example of Happy Feet Film Review'

Truly Moving Picture

10/10
Author: tollini from United States
24 October 2006

I saw this film on October 2nd, 2006 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film.

It's not easy being a young penguin when you can't sing and singing well is how you find your one true soul mate. The mating happens when young couples are attracted to each other's own rendition of their heart song. And to make matters even worse, the young penguin, Mumble, is a natural tap dancer, which is not appreciated by his parents or his teachers or the penguin colony. And to top it all off, there is a shortage of fish and no one knows why.

The unhappy young Mumble runs into 5 small Latino penguins from another penguin colony and the adventure takes off. The story line cuts back and forth between the fish shortage environmental mystery and Mumble's attempt to be attractive to Gloria, his love interest. Along the way he runs into penguin eating birds and penguin eating mammals and almost alien-like man made machines.

This is a musical comedy animation and the songs are classic rock and the dance routines are Broadway-theater clever and these songs and dances never stop throughout the film.

Mumble is a loser in the eyes of his peers, and feels a lot of pain. But he is also heroic and brave and optimistic and he never gives up. Those traits do not let him down. Mumble can pass on an important message to young people. It's your attitude that can carry you through successfully in life. It is not always about physical attributes and physical beauty.

Robin Williams voices Ramon, one of the small Latino penguins, and also Lovelace, the film-flam psychic of the Latino penguin colony. Robin Williams' two characters are over the top which is perfect for the normally over the top Robin Williams. This comedic element keeps the film from taking its adult themes too seriously.

FYI – There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where there is a listing of past Truly Moving Picture Award winners that are now either at the theater or available on video.



Plot Summary












Term 3
Image result for happy feet

 Film Study

Week 4

 Complete the following activities

1. Six Thinking Hats – complete grid in small groups; share ideas/ class discussion

2. Taxonomy – Immersion: list 2 songs from the movie and write what they were about and how they enhanced the movie.
Mumble Tap Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA42VrqGKd4

 3. Taxonomy- Remembering: answer questions relating to movie


Students divided into class groups (6W/ 6G) and told to find a partner they don’t usually work with. Students had 20 minutes to complete each task . Class share

4. Taxonomy- Analysing: use a venn diagram to compare and contrast 2 characters from the movie



5. Taxonomy- Evaluating: PMI – appraisal of the movie

6. Taxonomy - Creating: Create another character that could have been included in movie.


 Week 5













Answers to Cloze

Mrs Elchaar and  Mrs Di Bona Writing Group


Mr Lima Writing Group













Image result for persuasive adverts



What is persuasion?

A means of convincing people to buy a certain product, to believe something or act in a certain way, to agree with a point of view.


How do advertisers do this?

They target their audience and use appropriate persuasive techniques.
Common persuasive techniques used in advertising include

Slogan

Repetition

Bandwagon

Testimonial

Emotional Appeal
Expert Opinion


Week 1

Analysing Commericials

Working in pairs you are to select 3 commercials from the list below and analyse them. You record your findings in table form in your writing workbook.



Week 2

Figurative Language
Figurative language is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Writers can use figurative language to make their work more interesting or more dramatic than literal language which simply states facts.

There are a few different ways to use figurative language. See the table below for some figurative language examples and definitions.
Term
Definition
Example
Alliteration 
The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables
The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by
Assonance 
A resemblance of sound in words or syllables
holy & stony
and
Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese
Cliche 
A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace
No pain, no gain
Hyperbole 
Big exaggeration, usually with humour
mile-high ice-cream cones
Idiom 
The language peculiar to a group of people
She sings at the top of her lungs
Metaphor 
Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them
Her hair was silk
Onomatopoeia
Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
buzz, hiss, roar, woof
Personification
Giving something human qualities
The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close
Simile 
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky
Paradox
2 statements are true but cannot be true at the same time
Less is more
Pun
Play on word same sound but have different meaning
A chicken farmer's favourite car is a coupe
Jingle
Short song or jingle used in advertising
Coca Cola
It’s the real thing
Catch Phrase
Well known saying
Too infinity and beyond



Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JzR96TeIiE

 Choose 5 types of persuasive language and write an example for each one.


 Share with a friend, Repeat.
What makes a good commercial?
To make a good commercial you need to,

  1. Represent your brand clearly
  2. Create a storyline
  3. Develop a signature character or theme
  4. Keep it simple
  5. Don’t cut corners
  6. Use persuasive language
Watch the following video,

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3wwzVOwmw

 Think about a commercial you would like to create. In groups of 3 or 4 plan your commercial using a storyboard. 
Week 4

 1. In your google docs you have a file containing different Apple and Samsung advertisement. In groups of 4, analyse each advertisement and complete your worksheet.
2. Watch the following advertisements

You need to analyse Samsung and Apple ads.
What is the ads purpose?
Where would you see it?
What is the ad saying?
Target Market for each ad.
How effective or ineffective is the ad?

 Apple

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR6JtMIdMuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROEIKn8OsGU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4HRfL5tV4


Samsung

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKSVpOwB_jU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKd24UCPYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiYmQIOUts


 3. Analyse how Samsung advertises vs apple
             Difference and similarities between ads.
             Target Market.
             Different mediums they use to advertise (eg radio, print, tv, billboard)
              Celebrity endorsement
              Which ad do you prefer? Why?
How are the adds similar and different? (At least six points)
Plan your persuassive piece



Explore Iphone 7 and Samsung s8. Which phone is better?

 http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s8-vs-iphone-7
http://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s8-vs-iphone-7-clash-of-the-titans



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