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WWW: Overall, this is a very solid start to AS Media and I enjoyed reading your blog. You’ve picked out some really interesting clips and images to study which to me suggests you have great potential as a Media student. I’m particularly impressed with Drive – it’s a fascinating film, incredibly atmospheric and not a mainstream release so an excellent choice to analyse. It’s so important for Media students to be engaging with interesting and alternative texts outside of lessons and it looks like you’re already doing this.

EBI: You have a few bits missing or incomplete that we need to keep an eye on. The workload in AS Media is significant and it’s vital you stay on top of it – as long as you’re putting in the five hours or work outside of lessons you’ll be fine. The incomplete work: lighting – still image analysis and Film Noir research; Sound LR – you haven’t discussed who you thought produced the top three sound videos and why. In terms of the work you have posted, you are picking out some interesting details but overall you will need significantly more depth to your analysis in order to reach the higher grades in AS Media. Take the Drive poster – there is so much more you could say about the mise-en-scene here. Why a scorpion on the jacket? What about the neon lights in the background? The shadows? The upturned collar? Is the jacket slightly worn or dirty – what might this signify? Always go the extra mile in your analysis and explore every possible interpretation or detail.

LR: Firstly, make sure you catch up with the missing work by the end of this week. Then, for your LR, reflect on your first month of Film Language. What is your strongest piece of work so far? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?