Media representations

Link to a website for teaching
Have been going through some Phantom comics collecting images of 'beautiful' women and how they are represented. Currently working on this for the Year 12 unit standard 7465 Investigate the ways individuals, groups, and issues are represented in the media. Am hoping to use the comic representations of women to get some ideas going - maybe try a forum/wiki with this group.
Another useful site here.

Viral marketing

This wikipedia article has a good definition of what this is about.

Reality TV articles will also be added here:

Cockroach story

Those of you who didn't manage to make it to media breakfast this a.m. would have missed all the excitement, so I'll share the story with you here.

A cockroach (who shall remain nameless and who is no longer with us anyway) A cockroach (humungous ba..ard) jumped/fell/flew from the top shelf in the library kitchen when I pushed a cup in, it landed on (almost) the toaster which was hot because there was toast cooking in it, and then it honest to god jumped in an instant from the toaster into the sink which was full of HOT soapy water. I totally expected it to come flying back up out of there so I watched for ages but it didn't - phew. It's still lying dead on it's back in the water waiting for one of us to bury it - or it was until a braver librarian than me turned up!! Shannon and Michelle can vouch for the truth of this because they were there.

tenebrous

dark and gloomy (quotes that use it are here)

Geopolitics and geoeconomics

In Stan Jones's article 'Go Ape' from metro #148, he refers to geopolitics and geoeconomics. This site has a fairly good explanation of these terms and their implications. Also the wikipedia website which is a bit more heavy going.

Wiki article

Useful article on use of wikis
In today's herald (July 4, 2006) a comment by the technology and telecom dude Peter Nowak - "What I do hate is the company's (Telecom) habit of saying one thing and doing the opposite, and there are many examples of this. A good one was when the Narnia movie came out. Telecom issued a press release patting itself on the back for the good job it had done in providing the connectivity for the production. The Screen Council was virtually apopleptic. Sure, Peter Jackson and the other big films can affordtop-notch service, but the accompanying production industry that was expected to develop after Lord of the Rings hasn't happened because of poor and expensive broadband. The work has gone elsewhere."

Julie Christie info

This is the new reality tv show you can join to 'beg' for money!
Another one which talks about Julie Christie's company Touchdown which is now Eyeworks Touchdown (I'll try to find more).
Sale of format - you'll find this one interesting in light of Geoff's presentation too.

Digitalisation

Essay about Sin City and digitalisation - a few other good essays here too!

Useful brief examples

This page has some useful suggestions and examples of writing sentences for argument.

Fantasy blockbuster movies

One of the topics we focussed on last year was the fantasy blockbuster film industry in New Zealand - keep an eye out for anything on this topic. I have a collection of articles in mags that need photocopying/scanning for addition to your folders.
Start with this Fantasy Fatigue article
and this one
More fantasy film info

Popular culture website

http://www.wsu.edu/%7Eamerstu/pop/tvrguide.html





Look out for the 'Man in the can'!!!

Must read for schol students

Great essay for you to hook into - remember to keep a record (bibliography) of all materials; it's a killer when you have to go back and look for them later!
Just copy and paste the reference info onto a word file - I usually have one on my desktop so I can just keep adding to it - let me know if you need help with this

Interactive lighting lessons

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/qtvr/cineUpdate.jhtml

Another useful lighting site
http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/mise-en-scene.htm

Storyboard lessons

http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/storyboards.html
Good basic how tos to get you started with this. Try it, you might like it.

Two Recent Herald Articles

Click on these under links - one is 'Risk of Location burnout in Bollywood tactics", the other "STudios poaching NZ animators".

Teaching with movies site

This website has teaching guides for some great films that you may find useful.
Awesome stories (or click the link in the sidebar)

Canvas article

In this morning's (Saturday November 12) Canvas section of the NZ Herald there is an article on Rachel Weisz that would be great reading for Messages, Values and Representations for anyone doing 'Celebrities'. Another one on the director who created The Constant Gardner - a John le Carre novel and starring Rachel Weisz is in the Time Out section.
Happy reading.

Editing and Oscars website

http://www.oscars.org/teachersguide/filmediting/introduction.html
Some of you might find this site useful.
This is a google facility that I have not used yet but am going to trial and could be an asset for media teachers.
http://www.screensite.org/article50.html

Media awareness network

Media Awareness Network - 18 Principles of Media Education
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm. This site also has some other useful teacher type stuff.
This one is about product placement in rap music, plenty about MacDs here too.
http://parkinslot.blogspot.com/2005/04/paid-product-placement-in-rap-lyrics.html

Blog of interest

http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/
For the media crew - this is an article of interest that may help spark some discussion for your scholarship/exammy types.
Plus a pic of the beach by our house so we can remember we live there!!!