Representation task: Extract - The Young and the Restless

Hi everyone,

You're going to have to use this link to view the video.  Follow the instructions below.

You should view this extract several times.  during the first screening, you should not make notes; during the second, third and fourth screenings you should make notes, and take 2 minutes after these 2nd, 3rd and 4th viewings (time yourself if possible!) to make further notes.

Extract: The Young and the Restless (season 42, episode 10700, 2015 dir. Sally McDonald)

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs meaning through the following:

• camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• editing
• sound
• mise-en-scene.

Have fun!

- T. Marcus

Term Two Holiday tasks!

Hi girls!

Well done on making it through everything so far!  Make sure you look after yourselves and come back rested!

While you're on break:

1.  Edits / CCR

• I expect that your final edit will be completed and ready for export by the first day of Term Three.
• I will be here next week Tuesday, all day.  Beyond that, there will be no editing during Summit Week.
• Having said that, the 2nd and 3rd weeks of the term break can include edit days upon request only; text me with day requests and we'll go from there.

2.  The Survey-
   Conduct a survey, with the goal of ascertaining film consumption patterns

• Survey should involve at least 40 randomly selected people (not your family!)
• Make it easy on yourself!  Construct a chart that allows you to poll a small group simultaneously rather than one individual at a time!
• Taking the survey should take between 2-5mins at most.  Let people know that.

Data for each person polled should include, but are not solely restricted to:

• Age
• Preferred genre
• Estimated number of movies watched per year
• Estimated number of times they watch those films at a cinema
• Names of top three most frequented cinema establishments
• Most recent movie seen

If film-watching normally takes place at home, do they generally:

• Watch film from start to finish, no breaks
• Watch film with short breaks (get water, answer door, etc)
• Watch film with longer breaks (please specify break length and reason)

It could also be a good idea to find out about people's use of LightBox / Netflix / DVD / other forms of home-viewing, including illegal download.

I've got so much else I'd like us to do but all this is quite enough for the three weeks we have.

Enjoy!

- T. Marcus