Writing, Theatre, Poster Design, Films, Education and Attempted Wit
Media posts for educational purposes.
The new NETFLIX series RATCHED debuts in September. Starring Sarah Paulson and created by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story), the series explores the character of Nurse Mildred Ratched from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. Louise Fletcher won an Oscar for her performance as Ratched in Milos Forman's movie from 1975, and from the look … Continue reading RATCHED posters
A look at some of the most recognisable movie posters from the James Bond films starring Sean Connery and George Lazenby.
This exercise is designed to blend a few techniques, mixed media and expand a range of skills. The starting point is for the students to understand what monologues are, and to watch two very informative YouTube clips on storyboards and shot composition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyML8xuKfoc Understanding Shot Types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQsvhq28sOI Introduction to Storyboarding The next section is an … Continue reading Monologue and Storyboard Challenge
It’s been a strange year for cinemas, and studios must be playing a bit of a guessing game when trying to figure out if and when to have their big budget movies released in cinemas. Bond 25, NO TIME TO DIE was the first to delay its release from April to November, and eventually some … Continue reading When are the BIG MOVIES coming out in 2020?
A female-driven comic book movie with beloved characters, made at a tempestuous time for DC movies, after the failure of Fox's Dark Phoenix and the wild success of Marvel's Avengers Endgame. No pressure then.
Media Test 4 asks the pupils to examine the poster for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011). They should consider categories (medium, purpose, tone, genre) and the use of print media language (image, colour, background, font) and music. Media Test 5 is a fill in the blanks quiz challenging the students to identify a … Continue reading Media Knowledge Test 4 and 5
This test is a simple fill in the blanks quiz, asking students to identify the different types of SHOT TYPE, CAMERA ANGLE and COMPOSITION. This is inspired by the LET HITCHCOCK TEACH YOU SHOT COMPOSITION AND RULES information sheet I have previously published (link at bottom of post). I've also included a short quiz on … Continue reading Media Knowledge Test 3
This poster for Casino Royale is very striking - and was one of the posters used during the initial publicity for the film in 2006. In any simple poster analysis, we would ask students to discuss the background, use of imagery or colour, the use and position of graphics or fonts (as well as the … Continue reading Casino Royale – poster analysis
The dictionary definition of “sinister” would likely say that the word means something evil, or something that threatens or promises evil or the foreshadowing of dangerous people or events. early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite … Continue reading The SINISTER side
Media Test 1 is a POSTER ANALYSIS question which asks the student to discuss the use of: FONTCOLOUR CONNOTATIONSCAMERA ANGLESLIGHT AND SHADOWLAYOUT in POSTER DESIGN. My previous posts on poster design analysis are linked at the bottom of this article. Both Test 1 and Test 2 are in the pdf link below (or can be … Continue reading Media Knowledge Test 1 and 2
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