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Monday, August 15, 2005

Back at the 'Chalkface'

Meanwhile..back at the chalkface... I'm looking at my students thinking maybe some should be doing Scholarship now. Has anyone else had the same epiphany???

Activities for Brainstorm (Large sheet of paper with separate headings)

Style
- hybridisation, use of other art forms (art, photography, avatars, synthespians, animation, anime, marionettes, claymation, CGI); the death of the hero/cowboy; montage, auteur, dialogue - reduction over time? ; black & white, mise-en-scene, impressionistic, representation of women

Context
- marketing, industry, growth of cinema - changing venues/studio ownership to video to dvd to laptop; Bollywood, independents, internet, changes in audience (e.g. family 30s/40s), 16 - 24 (niche/crossover etc)

Genre (Development & Divergence)
- follow a 'path' e.g. dystopian sci fi - 'Metropolis' to 'The Island'; star system; globalisation - web based/digitalisation (DVD); hybridisation (parody); remakes - cross media e.g. Bewitched, Sin City

Technical Developments
- Home theatre/death of cinema; camera; digitalisation/democratisation (home P.C., Handicam); high definition; sound; colour

After brainstorm - divide into 'essay-size' selections
Come up with potential resources/sources

Shape of Essay:
Hypothesis drawm from historical texts
Speculation on future trends/direction (acknowledgement that not all 'new' developments are better.

http://www.pressdaily.com - recommended by Ruth.

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