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Film Industry: Assessment learner response

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). total=11 grade=C www -there is clearly some good knowledge here about the film and you are not far off the higher levels. ebi -the key concept for this csp is industries only so stay focused on this. You drift too much into audience in Q3 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: _/3; _/6; _/9. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 01-Regulated by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) - that was the 1 mark i missed  2/3 marks received  02 -I mixed up premiers and posters but still got 1 mark for the posters. and i missed a mark out in interviews explanation as it was similar to the social media explanation. 4/6 marks received 03-Some industry figures suggested the film was released too closely to Yesterday

TV: Introduction to TV Drama

  Introduction to TV Drama: Blog tasks Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or  on Google Drive here  (you'll need your Greenford Google login) to find Media Factsheet  #164  on  Television Serial Drama .  Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions to show your comprehensive knowledge of the television drama genre: 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. a serial drama is a show that  it tells  a story, and delivers narrative resolution, in a number of parts over a period of time. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? the traditional  drama  series; 'continuing drama series’, a term they also  use to describe their other long runners: Casualty, Holby City, and  Doctors.   Independent television drama companies were the first to record their dramas exclusively on film-Drama seri

Film Industry: Final index

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

Film Industry: Blinded By The Light case study

  Funding and industry contexts 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? The  budget was $15M.   Blinded By The Light was picked up by New Line Cinema at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival after a bidding war with various other major film distributors. The film had been well received by audiences at the film festival 2) Research the  Bend It Networks website . What other films and projects has the company been involved with? they have been involved with the movie "angus,thogs and perfect snogging","Bend it like beckham", "wonderful afterlife","bride and predjudice" e.g 3) Research Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema  on the Warners website here . Summarise the history of New Line Cinema in a short paragraph. Warner Bros. Pictures  is a part of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which also includes New Line Cinema and Warner Animation Group. it was founded in 1967.   Building on mor

Film regulation and the BBFC - blog task

  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 British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit, and has had the responsibility of classifying films since 1912, video tapes and discs since 1985 , and more recently, online conten t. The BBFC is here to help everyone in the UK choose age-appropriate films, videos and websites, wherever and however they watch or use them. Statutory powers over film remain with the local councils, which can overrule any of the BBFC’s decisions on appeal, passing films we reject, banning films we’ve passed, and even waiving cuts, making new ones, or altering the age ratings for films shown in their area. But generally, from as early as the mid-1920s, local authorities have accepted our decisions. 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 5