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Year 10 Home Learning - Autumn 2

 

During November and December you will be expected to spend at approximately an hour each week to developing your understanding of the topic being studied in class.

 

This work will run alongside your controlled assessment topic and will form the basis for your coursework.

Week 1: 3 x Poster analyses

Part 1:

Annotate at least 3 of the teen drama film posters.

Identify the codes and conventions of the posters i.e. title, tagline etc

Then explore the connotations of the mise en scene and discuss the camerawork being used.

Part 2: Reflect on what you have learnt.  Identify 8 - 10 things that should be included on a teen drama poster.

Week 3: Questionnaire, analysis and reflection

Part 1: Create a questionnaire to ask a teenage target audience about what they would like to see in a teen drama film poster to encourage them to go and see the film.

You may want to ask questions about:

Age/gender/favourite teen stereotype/clear cliche narrative/main protagonist's gender/colours/interesting title which links to film/font - serif or sans serif/tagline - funny or more revealing/actors - unknown or famous/plain background or school setting etc.

Part 2: Get 10 people to respond to your questionnaire.  Analyse the feedback (statistics/graphs) and reflect on what is important to the target audience.

Week 5: Design 2 x teen drama posters for your own film

Part 1: Sketch and colour 2 posters to advertise your teen drama film.  Make 1 poster landscape and the other portrait.

Use the same title, tagline and try to reflect the plot of your story and follow the codes and conventions of the genre.  Can you use the feedback from your target audience to help your design choices?

Make sure they are not too similar.

Part 2: Get audience feedback (statistics/graphs) and reflect on what the target audience liked and disliked about your drafts.  What did they say could be improved?

Week 2: Genre Conventions

Explore the codes and conventions of the teen drama genre.

Identify:

  • Cliche narrative

  • Characters - especially stereotypes

  • Settings

  • Iconography (i.e transformation, sport/challenge, parties)

Include screenshots from existing films to demonstrate research.

 

Week 4: Your own teen drama

Part 1: Come up with your own teen drama blurb (no spoilers!).  Make sure it follows a cliche narrative and features stereotypes and iconography of the genre.

It should be between 50 - 100 words.

Part 2: Come up with 3 possible titles and taglines for your film.

Ask 10 people which title and tagline they prefer and then decide on your final choice.

 

Week 6: Type up your essay

No explanation needed.

 

Week 7: Final 2 draft posters

Part 1: Using the feedback that you have obtained on your earlier two drafts, sketch and colour 2 final posters.  Again, one portrait and 1 landscape. 

Part 2: Briefly explain how you have responded to the feedback.

Week 8: Cover page

Create a cover page which contains:

  • Title: B321 Portfolio - Teen Drama Posters

  • Candidate name

  • Candidate number

  • Centre Number

  • Centre name

Include images of teen drama posters and screenshots from films to make it unique to you.

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