Wednesday 19 December 2012
Stereotypical representations of race
10 most racist moments in TV - how many racial slurs can you spot?
50 racial stereoypes
The Arab
White Anglo Saxon male
Indian
Black American
British African
50 racial stereoypes
The Arab
White Anglo Saxon male
Indian
Black American
British African
Monday 17 December 2012
Case Study: Holiday homework
Watch at least one episode of either
The Wire
or
NYPD Blue
or
Midsomer Murders (full episode)
or
The Red Riding Trilogy (second one is here but you should watch the first episode first.)
When you come back, you will need to prepare a case study on one of them.
Here are two excellent case studies that yours should look like:
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/csi-case-study/
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/lewis-case-study/
Cover all sections thoroughly (except for the marketing section, which is optional.
There will be a good prize for the winning group. (The winning group will be the ones who convince the English department that theirs was created by a teacher, not by a student.)
The Wire
or
NYPD Blue
or
Midsomer Murders (full episode)
or
The Red Riding Trilogy (second one is here but you should watch the first episode first.)
When you come back, you will need to prepare a case study on one of them.
Here are two excellent case studies that yours should look like:
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/csi-case-study/
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/lewis-case-study/
Cover all sections thoroughly (except for the marketing section, which is optional.
There will be a good prize for the winning group. (The winning group will be the ones who convince the English department that theirs was created by a teacher, not by a student.)
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Gems on TV this Christmas
Almost all of these are badass films you have to watch. And they're on TV this Christmas.
Check the times, make a date.
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/topratedfilm.asp
Unmissable ones on the list:
TERMINATOR 1 AND 2 (ACTION/THRILLER - the scene I showed you with the spike coming out of the finger of the man coming out of the floor was from Terminator 2)
BLADERUNNER (SCI-FI - one of the greats)
ANGEL HEART (MESSED UP.)
GOODFELLAS (GANGSTER/THRILLER/DRAMA)
CASABLANCA (CLASSIC)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (HORROR/PARODY)
OLDBOY (MESSED UP. That fight scene in the corridor I showed you.)
THE BIRDS (Hitchcock. Creepy.)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Comedy. Genius.)
ALIEN (THRILLER/SCI FI/HORROR. If you haven't seen it you haven't lived.)
GREMLINS (BONKERS.)
SPARTACUS (EPIC)
ENTER THE DRAGON (KICKASS)
ZULU (HAUNTING TRUE STORY)
DIE HARD (THRILLER)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (EPIC)
PREDATOR (Arnie kicking alien arse in a jungle. What more could you want?)
The Ones Miss Missed
You can't go wrong with those films. Here's a few Miss Steventon missed...
ANYTHING BY STANLEY KUBRICK.
Plus:
Thriller/ action
Hard-boiled
Heat
Don't Look Now
The Wages of Fear (French; finest exercise in suspense, ever. The first half hour is boring but worth the wait).
Rope (Hitchcock)
The Godfather I, II, and III
The Beat that my Heart Skipped (French)
Chinatown
LA Confidential
Horror
Psycho
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, NOT the new one)
Rosemary's Baby (wow)
The Shining
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Alien
An American Werewolf in London
The Wicker Man (original with Christopher Lee, NOT the new one)
Messed up
Seconds (1969, John Frankenheimer)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Performance (Nicolas Roeg)
Synecdoche, New York
Romance
When Harry Met Sally (hilarious)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (stunning)
Comedy
Trading Places
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Team America: World Police
Anchorman
Rushmore
Napoleon Dynamite
The Naked Gun
Classics
Sunset Boulevard
The Big Chill
Casablanca
ANYTHING BY STANLEY KUBRICK.
Plus:
Thriller/ action
Hard-boiled
Heat
Don't Look Now
The Wages of Fear (French; finest exercise in suspense, ever. The first half hour is boring but worth the wait).
Rope (Hitchcock)
The Godfather I, II, and III
The Beat that my Heart Skipped (French)
Chinatown
LA Confidential
Horror
Psycho
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, NOT the new one)
Rosemary's Baby (wow)
The Shining
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Alien
An American Werewolf in London
The Wicker Man (original with Christopher Lee, NOT the new one)
Messed up
Seconds (1969, John Frankenheimer)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Performance (Nicolas Roeg)
Synecdoche, New York
Romance
When Harry Met Sally (hilarious)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (stunning)
Comedy
Trading Places
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Team America: World Police
Anchorman
Rushmore
Napoleon Dynamite
The Naked Gun
Classics
Sunset Boulevard
The Big Chill
Casablanca
Friday 7 December 2012
Christmas homework- watch three of these films
Great films for great media students!
A list of Ms Steventons must-view films
1. Citizen Kane (1941) - ANY Orson Welles film
2. Withnail & I - comedy
3. Blade Runner (1982) - sci-fi, excellence.
4. Apocalypse Now (1979) - American epic war film – Francis ford Coppola
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) – Drama – Jack Nicolson at his best
6. Amalie - Any Jean-Pierre Jeunet film, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, feel good films, all amazingly shot.
7. Dr. Strangelove- Comedy - ANY Stanley Kubrick film (2001- Sci-Fi, The Shinning-Horror, The Killing- Thriller)
8. Pulp Fiction - ANY Quentin Tarantino film (Reservoir Dogs, Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds)
9. Big Lebowski – ANY Coen Brothers films - Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?, True Grit and many more.
10. Vertigo - ANY Alfred Hitchcock film
11. Some Like It Hot (1959)- Comedy - My favourite Marilyn Monroe film.
12. Breakfast At Tiffany's – Rom-com - Audrey Hepburn
13. Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese, check out a very young Jodie foster – Any Martin Scorsese film there are too many to mention!
14. The Descent - Very clever in terms of making you feel claustrophobic!
15. Buried – Some great close up shots. Most of the film is from the point of view of a man who has been buried alive. I challenge you to watch this without getting shivers.
16. Alien – So many films reference this, it’s a must view. - A Ridley Scott, masterpiece.
17. Brazil – Robert De-Nero like you have never seen him before. Also a Terry Gilliam film great director, 12 monkeys, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, also amazing!
18. Being John Malkovich – Great Narrative.
19. Big fish – Tim Burton – Another great director. – My other favourites are, Edward Scissor Hands, Beetle Juice and Mars Attacks
20. Fight Club
21. Little ms sunshine – Quirky Fun
22. Raiders of the Lost Arc – Classic Action
23. This is Spinal Tap – mock-umentry
24. Memento – Thriller, Amazing Narrative.
25. Let the Right One in (2008)- Horror/Drama
26. 12 Angry Men - Drama
27. Blazing Saddles – Comedy - ANY MEL BROOKS FILM
28. The Graduate – Classic Drama
29. The Usual Suspects – Thriller
30. Trainspotting - ANY DANNY BOYLE FILM
31. Donnie Darko – Sci-fi/Thriller
32. Night of the living dead – Horror
33. Howls Moving Castle- if you like Disney you have to see a Studio Ghibli, film there are so many.
34. It’s a Wonderful Life – Mandatory viewing for the Christmas period.
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