Hellboy HomeWork

Task

(a)To plan a complete response to the question:

How are the following used in the extract

-Camera angle, movement and positioning
-Editing
-Special Effects
-Sound
-Mise en scene

Your plan will consist of four or so topic sentences that clearly indicate the type of material you will deal with in your response.


(b) You will then choose one of the paragraphs to complete to the very best of your ability.

You should aim to write about how the different technical codes are used in the part of the extract you have chosen to focus on.

It would be helpful for you to break the extract down into key events, for example:

1. Hellboy (protagonist) reading suddenly engulfed in combat in the lift shaft.
2. we then cut to the underground station
3. the fight then begins – there are several stages to the fight
4. the monster is splattered by the train.

If you deal with the action in this way then your work will have a structure and will convey a sense of the extract to the reader. However, if you tackle the question in this manner then you will have to write about all the technical codes simultaneously. The different parts of the extract will, to a greater or lesser extent, enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of all the technical codes.

Im really sorry if I upset anyone in Mondays lesson, I really am.

Day After Tomorrow Homework

As discussed in class today, I'd like you to write about the use of all five technical codes - camera, sound, effects, editing and mise-en-scene - in the second half of the extract. Remember, write in the present tense and try to convey a sense of the extract as it happens. By doing this you will force yourself to write about all five codes at once because the camera only makes sense when discussed in conjunction with sound etc.
It doesn't matter if you repeat detail mentioned by earlier posts. What I'm interested in looking at is how you structure your response. Can you post by next Monday night - 17th December.

Hamlet Quotations to be (or not to be) committed to memory.

By way of comments in response to this post let us see if we can build up a series of worthwhile quotations as a resource for the A2 Hamlet exam. I will get the ball rolling.

Wise Children article question

The question is...

Why does Jane Ogborn believe that Wise Children is a "typically 'postmodern' novel" and what evidence can you gather from the article to support this point of view?

Please post a short response by Friday 7th December.

Wise Children question

The question is...

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