Sunday, 4 February 2018

Exploring movies

Media Arts Year 10 – Exploring and appreciating the world of film.

There are many films and TV series which are exceptional examples of visual storytelling and the Internet Movie Database IMDB is a comprehensive database, which is a useful reference for exploring the world of Film and Television. The IMDB provides information such as a short film synopsis, cast, crew, awards nominations and trivia for many thousands of films.

It also has a number of lists such as the Top 100 and 250 movies (as rated by IMDB users), as well as guides to the top films in the major genres and suggestions for other films that you may like; based on your browsing habits. 

Activity 1: Use this link to visit the Internet Movie Database’s Top 250 Movies list:  IMDB Top 250
From this list, select 10 films that you have not seen, but are interested in viewing. Be adventurous; choose films from genres that you may not normally watch. Ensure that you select films which are an appropriate age rating.
1.
Dunkirk
2.
Parrots that are Caribbean 
3.
Jaws
4.
Forrest Grump
5.
Mad Max: Furry road
6.
Lord of the rings: The two towers
7.
The room
8.
Blade Runner
9.
The help
10
Logan
Activity 2: Select 2 of your favourite films and complete the following information about each one: 
Information
Film 1
Film 2
Title
The book of Henry
Jumanji 
Genre/s
Thriller/Drama/Crime Film
Fantasy/Action
Director
Colin Trevorrow
Jake Kasdan 
Writer/s
Greg Hurwitz
Chris Mkenna
Cinematographer
John Scwartzman
Gyulla Padoss
Editor
Kevin sttit
Steve Edwards
Lead actors
Naomi Watts
Dwayne Johnson 
Other Information



Activity 3: Select 3 of the following directors and list 4 films that they have directed:
James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Rob Marshall, Christopher Nolan, Yimou Zhang, David Fincher

Complete in the Table below:

Scene 1:
Strong graceful
Hero like serious
Has time to spare because he is gracefully gliding where as in scene 2 he is busy and is walking fast also has machines to do everything for him.
Scene 2:
Unorganised lazy, 
Weak position
He is a really busy man

Screen realest 


Director
4 Film titles
1. David Fincher
Fight Club, Seven, Gone Girl

2.Christopher Nolan 

Dunkirk, The Dark Night, The Dark Night Rises
3.Rob Marshall
Mary Poppins, The Dark woods and nine.

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