Blogger of the Week

Well done to Lauren M for keeping up with the blogging tasks and posting great-quality information. And congratulations to CP for blogging the concept images for her characters. Keep up the good work, everyone. Coursework is worth 50% and your 20 marks for Research and Planning are easily won if you keep your blog posts up to date.

Career Options

Dear Bloggers,

If you're interested in a career in film or the creative industries, it's worth taking a look at Skillset at http://creativeskillset.org/who_we_help/young_creative_talent. They have lots of information, advice and training available, and a personality test you can take to see what sort of job might suit you.

Calling all film buffs...

Don't miss the new series of 'Cinema's Secret History' on BBC Radio 4 starting tomorrow (16th November) but of course available on BBC iPlayer. See the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083vsj4/episodes/guide. The first episode is about The Script Supervisor.

Blogger of the Week

Congratulations to Lizzy for the second week running at A2 for keeping her exam blog up to date with a post on theorist Judith Butler.

And well done to Grace in Year 12, who did two really great PowerPoint presentations on Slideshare on key camera shots and conventions of romantic crime, plus an informative post on iconic sounds in the romantic crime genre. Great progress!

Midweek Blogger Prize

After a quiet half term holiday, the blogsophere has been buzzing this week, so much so that at A2 we have had to insert a one-off  Midweek Blogger Prize awarded jointly to Jess and Lizzy for creating new exam blogs and writing posts on Todorov, Propp, Levi-Strauss and Barthes after yesterday's lesson. Blogtastic!

Blogger of the Week

Welcome to the new half term, Bloggers. The blogsphere has been quite quiet over the half term holiday, but joint AS winners are Isadora and Kathryn, who both blogged a film review connected to their chosen genre. Blog it up, everyone!

Social Realism

Dear Bloggers,
Since some of you expressed curiosity about the genre of Social Realism, a timely episode of The Film Programme popped up on Radio 4 this week with a discussion about two of my favourite British directors, Andrea Arnold (of 'Fish Tank', Lizzy) and Ken Loach. They both have new films out this month - 'American Honey' (Andrea Arnold) and 'I, Daniel Blake' (Ken Loach). Have a listen to their discussion - it's something you can write about in the AS Audiences and Institutions exam essay, and in the A2 Collective Identity essay!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5jt

There's even a tutorial on the BBC website on how to make a Ken Loach film: http://howtomakeakenloachfilm.com/en/ios

These two films are definitely worth watching at the cinema this month. Here are their trailers:





Then, listen to the 'Woman's Hour' podcast from 18th October, from 15 minutes in, with an interview on 'I, Daniel Blake' http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z3cb1#play: