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FM2 – Section A Introduction
Tuesday 11th November 2014
Unit FM2: Section A –Producers & Audience
Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry in the UK.
• YOU WILL learn about the expectations of this section of the exam and what you will be assessed on.
• YOU WILL spend the remainder of the lesson in Groups working towards completing a Research and Presentation Task.
• Review the Learning.
AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the film industry.
A04 Demonstrate the ability to undertake, apply and present research into film topics.
Starter
Using your mini-whiteboards, YOU MUST write down what you think was the TOP 3 performing films of 2014.
Extension – YOU COULD consider the appeal of these films to UK Audiences IF you know the answers!
• YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry in the UK.
Top 10 –Box-Office
(2014)
http://www.the-numbers.com
Top 10 –Box-Office
(2014)
$56.8m $55.6m$55.1m
WHY so popular?3-2-1
YOU MUST write down 3 reasons WHY they were so popular in the UK.YOU SHOULD explain 2 factors that SHOULD have contributed to the films success.Extension – YOU COULD explain HOW 1 of these factors – if it wasn’t there – may have affected the films success at the box-office.
Top 10 –Box-Office
(2014)
$56.8m $55.6m$55.1m
(Warren Buckland – 2009)
$56.8m $55.6m$55.1m
According to Mark Kermode in his book ‘The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex’ (2012) audiences now have….
“Diminished expectations”
• YOU WILL learn about the expectations of this section of the exam and what you will be assessed on.
FM2 – Section A (40 Marks)
• YOU WILL learn about the expectations of this section of the exam and what you will be assessed on.
FM2 – Section A (40 Marks)
One stimulus-response question from a choice of two.
Normally three pieces of stimulus material will be included for each question. These will include one or more of:
• Visual material (including marketing materials, images from the internet and magazine publications)
• Written material (including extracts from trade journals, fan magazines, internet sources and other media)
• Material in table form (including numerical information)
• YOU WILL spend the remainder of the lesson in Groups working towards completing a Research and Presentation Task.
Using some of the information you have learnt today, in your pairs YOU MUST complete the Research expected of you and prepare a Brief 5-10 minute presentation on your findings.
What have you learnt?
Plenary
Using your mini-whiteboards, YOU MUST write down x3 areas you have learnt about the Film Industry today from (a), (b) OR (c)
Extension – YOU COULD give more than x3 areas to demonstrate the progress you have made today.
• Review the Learning.
Homework
Work
Due: Friday 14th November
and
• RESEARCH 2 Case Studies – x1 Hollywood, x1 non-Hollywood (UK, Bollywood, Foreign) – and HOW they apply to the areas covered in (a) – (c)
• Present your findings in a 5 - 10 minute presentation for Friday 14th November – 2 lessons + your own time!