Delicious Tags x10

1. http://marlowmedia.co.uk/
2. http://filmauthorship.blogspot.com/
3. http://www.cineschool.org.uk/resources/ChildrenOfMen.pdf
4. http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117480
5. http://print.google.com/
6. http://www.allisonmedia.net/downloads/Year_12/Genre_booklet.pdf
7. http://www.scifi.com/
8. http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_day_film
10. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/CAVPHI_excerpt.pdf

Bibliography

Bibliography:

1. Steve Neale - Genre and Hollywood


2. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/siryan/Screen/Auteur%20Theory.htm - Library information with context of wikipedia and relating it to Alfred Hitchcock


3. http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/publications/16+/auteur.html - Auteur Theory form bfi website


4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A22928772 - some criticism of Auteur Theory by the BBC


5. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190859/ - Alfonso Cuaron information by imdb website


6. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alfonso_cuaron/ - Alfonso Cuaron information by the website Rotten Tomatoes


7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n - Alfonso Cuaron information from wikipedia


8. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3758000/3758101.stm - article relating to Alfonso Cuaron by CBBC, with regards to his film Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban


9. http://www.cinematical.com/2006/12/25/interview-children-ofmen-director-alfonso-cuaron/ - an interview with Alfonso Cuaron about the film Children Of Men, by a website called cinematical


10. http://www.bafta.org/learning/webcasts/a-life-in-pictures-alfonso-cuaron,370,BA.html - information about Alfonso Cuaron by the bafta awards website


11. Film Genre by Rick Altman


12. An introduction to film studies (third edition) by Jill Nelmes
13. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/114077/children.of.men - review of the film children of men, by the website the Guardian
14. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/children_of_men/ - review of the film Children Of Men by the website Rotten Tomatoes
15. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/news?year=2006 - review of the film children of men by the website Imdb
16. http://www.cracked.com/article_15067_surviving-end-world-what-weve-learned-from-movies.html - a online posting about a persons view of apocalyptic/sci-fi films, a negative critic's point of view
17. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/soundtrack - information on the Children Of Men soundtrack by the website Imdb
18. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/sep/22/juliannemoore.thriller - reviews of the film Children Of Men by critics, taken of the Media Guardian website
19. http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2006/childrenofmen.html - website discussing the relation of Children of Men and Christianity
20. http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/09/18/children_of_men_2006_review.shtml - review of the film Children Of Men by the BBC website
21. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sB8sLJSqsHoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA181&dq=Books+On+Uses+and+gratifications+theory+-media&ots=FchABgnNic&sig=OTaX_78e_lBzmJhmkqTOyZjoer8 - online version of the book The Development of Social Cognition and Communication by Bruce D. Homer, Catherine Susan Tamis-LeMonda, focusing on chapter 8, Attachment, theory of mind, and delay of gratification
22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_and_gratifications - definitions as well as information on uses and gratification theory by the website wikipedia
23. http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/usegrat.html - uses and gratification theoory by a website called aber.ac.uk
24. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Communication_Theory/Uses_and_Gratifications - information on communication theory as well as uses and gratifications theory by wikipedia books
25. http://www.mediaknowall.com/alevkeyconcepts/audience.html - information on most media theories including reception, uses and gratifications, hypodermic needle theories, and more, by the website mediaknowall.com
26. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reception_theory - reception theory, definition and more information by wikipedia
27. http://www.savoyhill.co.uk/technique/reception.html - reception theory with regards to most other types of media, for example radio, by a website savoyhill.co.uk
28. http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Reception-Theory.html - definition of reception theory by the website filmreference.co.uk, an encyclopedic website that has information on films and more.
29. http://www.answers.com/topic/reception-theory - definition and more information of reception theory by a website called answers.com

Steve Neale - Genre And Hollywood book

I took out this book from the media department, it is useful to me as it discusses issues that concernes the genre of sci-fi films, as well as listing some useful historical texts.

Action Plan Timetable

1. Attain some more research through books. - Friday 24th October 2008
2. Do some more research on films of same genre. - Thursday 23rd October 2008
3. Gather Information through newspapers and other sources to support idea of world coming to an end. - Monday 27th October 2008
4. Do a spell Check on every piece of work that I do. - Tuesday 21st October 2008(DONE)
5. Watch Children Of Men at least twice - Sunday 26th October 2008
6. Make A bibliography. - Wednesday 22nd October 2008(DONE)
7. practice writing skills in order to be prepared for the amount of wording and be more confident in writing skills. - Monday 3rd November 2008
8. look over all posting to see if I can add anything or modyify. - Friday 24th October 2008
9. Make a List of keywords I can use and relate to my practical production and post up on my blog. - Wednesday 22nd October 2008

Auteur Theory

Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial apparatus of film-making in the same way that a writer uses a pen or a painter uses paint and a paintbrush. It is a medium for the personal artistic expression of the director. The film theorotician, André Bazin, explained that: auteur theory was a way of choosing the personal factor in artistic creation as a standard of referencce, and then assuming that it continues and even progresses from one film to the next. Taken from: http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/siryan/Screen/Auteur%20Theory.htm

http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/publications/16+/auteur.html - Bfi website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A22928772 - BBC

Self Assesment Of Blog

I think that I have done really well with my blog...postings up of research is good, with more links of other sites containing same or similar information, however I do need to comment on my postings...there are quite a few MIGRAIN analysis, but could add more. I have put a music player on blog, which I think is exceptional...good use of youtube clips, I have also highlighted the things that I say in order to show that this is my opinion, which not many other people have done, also my delicious tags are good. However I feel that I could post up some pictures and analyse them.

AO1: I think that my key concepts are quite good for the mean time, however i feel that more detail should be added, for example in the MIGRAIN analysis that I do, I only simplify the main points, it may be important to include the rest. I think that it still needs more work altogether though and possibly could present all the ideas together in one post to make it more clear.

AO2: I think that Ao2 is my strongest, as I have mass amounts on ideas as well as research to back it up, however I once again feel that all of this could be posted up on one post to make it easier to refer to. On the other hand I feel that I have focused more on the Social and political aspect of SHEP, so my target could be to equally get research for the other topics.

AO5: My personal opinion is that I have researched pretty well, with special concentration to books and Internet research, however I once again think that this work could be carried on, as well as being summarised possibly within one post. I think that I know also need to analyse the different texts that I've chosen just to build up on my knowledge on them.

Synoptic Ability: I do not believe that this has had a major concentration, I also believe that this is my weakest point and needs a lot of concentration as I progress. Its just the issue of relating things to my actual topic within language.

Critical Autonomy: I believe that most of my work is critical autonomy, as I have found out most of the work for myself and also come up with my own interpretations, on the other hand I do feel that most of this does need just a little bit more effort, within the terms of just linking everything together, within language terms.

Quality Of Written Communication: I still maintain that I need to work on my language in terms of linking everything together, however Mr. bush did say that everyone needs to use the spell check button when we post something up, which is what I also need to do. However getting the argument across is a different matter, I feel that I am very confident with that, its just language that I need to work on.