Revising race

Brilliant website

http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php?pageID=race

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

Mindless genius

http://supercut.org/browse/?type=film&order=name

On realism

Basic overview of shaky cam on wikipedia

Critique of The Bourne Trilogy


When shaky cameras work, and when they don't


From realism to reality: the demise of British TV


Realism in The Wire: it's about more than just camerawork!


Is it real? And does it matter?

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.)

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