Getting Started

Some tips to help with your blog.

Remember we need academic tone and reference to media theorists, not just Wikkip.


Research

Film: you should write up your viewing of a range of films to explore

Generic iconography – how does it use it? How do we know the genre? What does the film do with the iconography – conform, subvert? Is there anything new about the iconography – think about genre cycles and where the film is on the cycle.

Target audience – How does the film speak t its target audience, can we identify the target audience

Narrative structure – get some theory in

Trailers. Much as above but there is more opportunity for some close textual analysis.


Film magazines – you should look at several including “Total Film”, “Empire” and “Sight and Sound”.
Look at layout, what is on the front cover or a review page.
Target audience – who is this mag aimed at?


Posters – look at several and analyse them – colour semiotics etc. How do they show genre? What else might be important? How are they laid out .


Planning

Locations_ where and why

Time plan – for filming, capturing, editing, post production, test screenings

Location shooting plan –how does everybody know what’s happening where and when?

Planning revisions – production meetings to discuss progress and re set dates if things are not right

Storyboard (WMM file)