daffyd's media coursework - Mr Bush

  1) What is the story behind the production of the film? The film is based on journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s real life and his memoir Greetings From Bury Park , about growing up British-Pakistani in the 1980s and finding identity through Bruce Springsteen’s music. 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? Audiences reacted very positively at Sundance, with strong emotional responses and a standing ovation, leading to a major bidding war. 3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the film industry - particularly for lower budget films?  Sundance gives independent films exposure, critical attention, and access to distributors that smaller films wouldn’t otherwise get. 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? The budget was about $15 million , funded by companies including Bend It Films, Ingenious Media, Levantine Films, and Cornerstone Films. 2) Research the  Bend It Networ...

  1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A British film is one that can be identified as British by key production criteria — for example being made in Britain, having British creative personnel, funding or subject matter that reflects British culture. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? A Hollywood production context is generally bigger-budget, studio-led and globally oriented, whereas the British film production context tends to be smaller scale, often co-produced with American 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? The James Bond franchise began with the first film Dr. No in 1962 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? In the 1970s and 1980s British film censorship began to relax some earlier strict limits, with classification changes that allowed more graphic sex, violence and challenging content to reach...

 1) Film & TV Language: Film poster analysis 2) Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene blog task 3) Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene recreation     LR 4) Lighting blog task 5) Sound analysis: blog task 6) Film & TV Language: Sound notes and practical task 7) Film & TV Language: Cinematography practical task 8) Cinematography video feedback/learner response 9) Film & TV Language: Editing practical video    LR 10) Film & TV Language: Editing blog task

  1) Type up your feedback/comments from your teacher. good planning some good closeups cinematography  contrapuntal sound? pov shot creative approach(silent using titles) slow editing cinematography blurred 2) Type up your feedback from fellow students. good use of editing use of props shot reversal shot contrapuntal sound improve narrative 3) Now reflect on your video. Did you meet the brief and successfully include the three key editing aspects we have learned? I feel as i had hit the aspects yewt i still need to improve on all of them and make sure that my shots and editting are  4) What were the strengths and weaknesses of your final film? Write a detailed analysis picking out specific shots, edits and any other aspect of film language you think is relevant. I feel like i was able to work around the audio issue in a creative yet engaging way however i feel asif my narrative and camerawork could be improved, regardless to the fact of being short of a cameraman i could...