First year version
Lesson 1
- Select one horror film poster and one horror film trailer by using Google image search and Youtube.
- The films you select can be of any horror subgenre. Subgenres of horror include psychological horror, zombie films, vampire films, supernatural horror and so on.
- Two examples of very different horror films are The Shining and Twilight.
- Using PowerPoint or even a notepad and pen, analyze how media language constructs meaning in these media.
- This task is very simple, but it links to your next mock exam, so please complete extensive notes!
Lesson 2
Click here. Click on the theatrical poster for Kiss Of The Vampire, copy it, and paste it in to a PowerPoint slide.
Using the toolkit for textual analysis, label and analyze this poster in terms of what meanings it constructs. The more meanings, the better, but please make sure to link each one to a specific example of media language, eg lexis, MES, costume
Click here to watch the trailer to Kiss if the Vampire. What genre conventions are used in this film? In what ways can this film be seen to be British? And, most importantly, why do horror films not look, sound and feel like this any more?
Second year version
Watch the trailers to at least two of the following science fiction films, and make extensive notes on how these trailers use genre conventions both conventionally and atypically in order to address and to target their audiences.
The Matrix
Split Second
Blade Runner2049
Arrival
High Life
Starship Troopers
2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Wars Episode One
Ghost In The Shell
Close Encounters
Johnny Mnemonic
Independence Day
The Thing
The Blob
Or absolutely any sci-fi films you want!
Having knowledge and understanding of sci-fi conventions is essential for not only the final exam, but also your KA6 mock exam, coming up just before Christmas!