DMeC - Dyari Media Coursework

1)   British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2)   Blinded By The Light  case study research   3)  Regulation - BBFC research and tasks    

Reviews and features 1) What positive points does the review pick out about Capital? What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? The accuracy of the setting and the engaging story. There are some criticisms regarding some of the characters. 2) What references can you find in the reviews and feature to the idea Capital is a 'state-of-the-nation' drama? How does it capture modern-day London? There are references regarding the idea of a "state-of-the-nation" drama regarding the street/area and the community. It captures modern-day London with its diverse community and societal issues. Trailer analysis 1) How does the drama use camerawork to capture London life? It uses a lot of close camera shots to relay the close and personal connections a lot of the characters jave with their friends and family, and to also represent their personal lives. The characters in the drama all know each other one way or another and are all dealing with the same i...

1) Research the BBFC in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? This history of the BBFC page may help. The BBFC is responsible for film regulation and guidance in the United Kingdom. They give age ratings/recommendations to audiences to let them know about a film's content before seeing it. They are funded through fees; film makers pay them to get their film's age rating. They are slightly linked to the government as they're the primary source of age ratings for film and TV in the UK. 2) Read this BBFC guide to how films are rated. Summarise the process in 50 words. Any media is filtered through their Compliance Officers. They watch the film and note down any specific content that sticks out as problematic. They make reports which include: a synopysis, potential issues and a recommended age rating. The final rating and content is peer reviewed by a team before release. 3) Read this BBFC section on landma...

Background reading and production research 1) What is the story behind the production of the film? The whole story of Blinded by the Light is real. It was based on the story of Sarfraz Manzoor and was since adapted into different forms of media such as a book and film . The character Javed is based on him and Roops is based on his best friend.  2) What was the audience reaction to the film? The audiences who saw the film felt personally connected to the film's narrative . Most of them came from different cultural identities - and while some had nothing in common with the main protagonist of the film , they still felt emotionally connected to the narrative and felt like it related a lot to them. 3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the film industry - particularly for lower budget films?  The Sundance Film Festival is a very important part of film history, especially for indie films as it shows the films to a wide audience that otherwise wouldn't have ...

Factsheet #132: British Film Use our brilliant Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet #132 on British Film. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. If it were funded by and/or made in Britain, or has references to British culture . 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? Most films made by Hollywood studios have high budgets , a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories. British films don't have nearly as much of these contexts as Hollywood films ; they can be large budget , high concept films or they can be character driven, small budgeted films . 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? 1960's 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 19...

1) Film poster analysis 2) Mise-en-scene analysis blog tasks 3) Mise-en-scene video recreation and learner response 4) Lighting analysis blog tasks 5) Sound analysis blog tasks 6) Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video and feedback + learner response 7) Cinematography analysis tasks 8) Cinematography video and feedback + learner response 9) Editing video task and learner response 10) Editing blog task - 750 word analysis