Cinematic Techniques

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Bad Education Research

1. What channel is Bad Education initially broadcast on?
2. What other comedies (sitcoms/scripted comedies) does this channel broadcast?
3. What is the target audience for Bad Education? Give three clear reasons for your this.
4. Who are the cast?
5. How do they appeal to the target audience?
6. What shows have the main cast members appeared in before?
7. What time is Bad Education first broadcast?
8. Why do you think it is broadcast at such a time?
9. When is Bad Education repeated?
10. What channels is it repeated on?
11. What is it about the setting of the show that appeals to the target audience?
12. What has the critical reception been? Find some reviews of the show. Are they good, bad or mixed?
13. In your opinion, in what ways is Bad Education 'funny'.
14. What pleasure does Bad Education offer an audience? These might include such pleasures as:

• narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution, 
• character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
• pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
• pleasures of difference-within-repetition
• performance unpredictability and spontaneity
• transgressive pleasures
• specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Year 11 Half Term Homework

• Complete the research into Bad Education.
• Hand your work in on the first lesson back after half term: Wednesday 29th October Period 1

Creativity:CD Cover Activity 1

THE ACTIVITY

1. Generate a name for your band by using WikiPedia's random page selector tool, and using the first article title on whichever page pops up. No matter how weird or lame that band name sounds.
2. Generate an album title by cutting and pasting the last four words of the final quote on whichever page appears when you click on the quotationspage's random quote selector tool. No matter what those four words turn out to be.
3. Finally, visit Flickr's Most Interesting page -- a random selection of some of the interesting things discovered on Flickr within the last 7 days -- and download the third picture on that page. (Even better: Click on this link to get a Flickr photo that's licensed under Creative Commons.) Again -- no cheating! You must use the photo, no matter how you feel about it.
4. Using Photoshop (or whatever method you prefer), put all of these elements together and create your very own CD cover.

My version:

Artist Name: Togendai Station

Album Title: Come Back From It

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When you've completed your CD Cover, answer the following in your journal:

1. Did you crop or manipulate the image in any way? If so why?
2. Why did you choose your font?
3. Why did you lay the text out in a particular way? What effect were you trying to achieve?
4. Is your finished CD Cover a success or not? Give reasons for your answer.

Year 11: Work To Do

By the end of the lesson Friday 17th October period 2 you need to have completed the following:

• Answered all the questions in the TV Comedy: Introduction post
• Answered all the questions in the TV Comedy: Research post
• Finished your TV viewing diary and present it in a suitable format
• Print out all your work and hand to me by the end of the lesson

Extension task

Research Task on Bad Education (see separate blog post)

TV Comedy: Research

1. List all the BBC channels.
2. What is the target audience for each channel?
3. How do they all differ?
4. What type of programmes do they tend to show? List five of the most popular for each channel. Classify the programmes by genre.
5. List all the ITV channels.
6. What is the target audience for each channel?
7. How do they all differ?
8. What type of programmes do they tend to show? List five of the most popular for each channel. Classify the programmes by genre.
9. List all the Channel 4 channels.
10. What is the target audience for each channel?
11. How do they all differ?
12. What type of programmes do they tend to show? List five of the most popular for each channel. Classify the programmes by genre.

TV Comedy: Introduction

1. What is the BBC?
2. Name as many BBC programmes as possible.
3. Which ones do you watch? 
4. What times are they shown on TV?
5. What is the Licence fee?
6. How much does it cost?
7. What is ITV?
8. Name as many ITV programmes as possible.
9. Which ones do you watch?
10. What times are they shown on TV?
11. What is the 'Watershed'?

Homework

Over the next week, keep a diary of all the TV programmes you watch, the time they are on and the channels they are broadcast on. 
If you only watch programmes on Netflix or Amazon Instant Video then still compile a list of shows watched, along with the times you viewed them.

Deadline: Wednesday 15th October