Monthly Archives: November 2011

Monsters: Gareth Edwards

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Michelle Cannon

I watched ‘Monsters‘ recently – a low budget sci-fi/road-movie/love story (usefully a 12 certificate). I’d read about its guerilla movie-making approach. Any trailer you see will translate as ‘just another derivative horror movie’, but it’s much more (or rather less) … Continue reading →

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Jafar Panahi

Posted on November 22, 2011 by markreid1895

At the weekend I saw Jafar Panahi’s This is not a Film.  Panahi is under house arrest in Tehran having been convicted of the political crime of making films critical of the state.  He has been forbidden from making films … Continue reading →

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People, movement, actions

Posted on November 18, 2011 by markreid1895

A couple of clips here to support the category of ‘real actions and actitivies’  in real/ fiction.  From Kes, the famous Brian Glover footie sequence: And the caning scene.   Loach and Tony Garnett told the boys in the scene that … Continue reading →

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Task 1: Interacting with reality

Posted on November 17, 2011 by standrewswoodhall

During the first task, the children considered their interactions with the space around them – how could they connect with their chosen setting – what connections might be expected – what might be unexpected? Very quickly, the children noticed that … Continue reading →

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Michael Rosen on play, story, talk

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Michelle Cannon

This is a continuation of Julia’s first film task post + comments. ‘Play, story and talk’ can be applied to any given film exercise, but playing/talking with ‘what’s real and what’s not real’, ‘the composed and spontaneous’ etc seems a … Continue reading →

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St. Andrew’s Cinematheque Club first session

Posted on November 16, 2011 by standrewswoodhall

To get the group thinking about this year’s theme of reality and fiction, I decided to give the children some time to explore ‘reality’ with the cameras in a pre-task task. We filmed in the park next door to school … Continue reading →

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Useful video clips

Posted on November 13, 2011 by kljonesy

I thought it would be useful if we could collect video clip ideas in a central space that everyone has access to. I haven’t collected my ideas fully for how to teach the new concepts yet, but off the bat … Continue reading →

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Real/Fiction film essai briefs

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Michelle Cannon

Here are the briefs for the exercises supporting real/ fiction (the 2011/12 theme).  Rough translations offered after each exercises paragraph. RÈGLES DU JEU LA PART DU RÉEL DANS LA FICTION Ateliers 2011-12 EXERCICES Chaque classe réalisera en groupes au moins … Continue reading →

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Excerpts from film writing on real/fiction

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Michelle Cannon

Alain Bergala (AB) – observations on the role of the real in films of fiction. Cinémathèque, Paris Sept 2011 AB talks about delving into the interior world of the film-maker to access those fleeting notions: the barely perceptible cinematic decisions, … Continue reading →

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New pages – readings and exercises

Posted on November 4, 2011 by markreid1895

I’ve just put up a new page under Cent ans de jeunesse themes – this year’s exercise briefs, and translations of excerpted reading translated from our handout by Michelle Cannon.

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