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** 8/9 Today we watched clips from two films, Gatacca and Bladerunner, and compared the two main central protagonists. We finished off by writing a paragraph on Ray Ferrier, war of the worlds main character and compared him to other sci-fi characters. I found it hard to come up with a opening sentence. ** || ** Today in lesson we looked at what makes a good blockbuster and finished watching independance day. Then we looked at how big special effects can make and how well known structures like the White House and the Empire state building can look so small and be destroyed that easily. And we looked at how camera angles can things look so big and so small. ** ** 8/9 Today we watched some parts of Bladerunner and Gattaca, and compared the two main characters. We then wrote a paragraph on Ray Ferrier from war of the worlds. I found it hard to start it of and to put a lot of detail into it. ** || **4/7 Today in the lesson i have learnt what makes a good sci-fi blockbuster.At first we gathered up ideas, then applied them to the film Independence day. In this lesson i have learnt what a universal central protagonist is and how Independence day grabs the audiences attention. What i would like to focus on more is how special effects are used well. 11/7 Today in lesson i have learnt what i should include when writing an essay. We watched the end of Independence day then wrote a paragraph on a key feature all blockbusters use as the question was how does independence day conform a typical blockbuster.What i would like to focus on more is denotation and connotation.** **today we learnt what makes a good blockbuster and how special effects are used. i found out what a universal central protaganist is and how they are in films. i would like to learn more about how tension is built in a sci-fi film.** **﻿** today we wached the end of independece day. we learned what key tkings to write in a essay to answer the question 'how a film conforms with a typical blockbuster'. we also wrote a paragraph on how independence day conforms with one key feature of a blockbuster. today we watched and analysed the day after tomorrow and how it conformed with a typical blockbuster and how the film builds tension we also practiced making a statement into an anaylitical piece of writing. today we were preparing for an essay we watched the opening scenes of gattica and blade runner and compared the central protaganist to ray off war of the worlds we did this by writing a paragraph in a essay style. || ** Today we focused on what makes a good blockbuster and five main parts to a film which builds up tension. The first and last parts are the sameThese are that it stays quiet and the movie builds up tension as it goes along. ** ** 11th july 2011 ** ** Today we focused on the ending of a good blockbuster. this blockbuster was called Independence Day! We needed to find out what makes a good ending in common blockbusters! Heros are common but also some peolpe who you dont think are heros and dont act like heros seem to end up as a hero in their own way!!!! ** ** 16th July 2011 ** ** today we looked at how main events in a film ﻿creates tension within that film. we looked at The Day After Tommorow and how key events effect the main characters. We also looked at the typical features within a sci-fi film. Over this term we have looked at heros within a film, the five main parts to a sci-fi blockbuster and typcal events within a sci-fi film. Next term we will be looking at other sci-fi films looks war of the worlds. We have mainly been watching Roland Emmerich films as he was a brilliant director but also how his films link to others he has created in his lifetime career!!!!!!! ** ** 18th July 2011 ** ** today we looked at invasion of the body snatchers and war of the worlds and how they corresponded with eachother making the films scary and if not more sci-fi related. We started of the lesson talking about the 1950's and films from that era and so on. We also looked at ways the 1950's started of a new range of sci-fi and a new range of story lines within sci-fi films from that decade!!!! ** ** 7th september 2011 ** ** Today we started to analys Gattaca and another film. we also started to write a paragraph preparing for when we do our first essay. We also had to look at our homework to see what comments miss had put. In the paragraph we had to include key terms and camera angles. I thought the detail was kind of easy but one of my weaknesses is key terms that have to be used. I did manage to put a few in but not alot. when we come to finish the pragraphs i will try ro add some more key terms and camera angles and a little more detail iff possible! ** || Today we looked at what makes a good blockbuster.we continued to watch the film independence day and looked at stereotypical elements sic-fi films use to build tension.we compared the elements of sci - fi with modern-day happenings to see how sic-fi films link into the modern day to build up tension and make the viewers put themselves in a real life situation. Today we looked at what key terms and expessions we should include in our essays. we analysed Independence day and looked at how it conforms to typical sci - fi and blockbuster convetions at the end of the film. we wrote a paragraph to see how well we could include our elements of our list in our essay. Today we anlysed "The day after tommorow" we looked at what we had leant over the last few lessons to analyse the camera angles and bokes famileis etc... Overal in this term we have been looking at blockbusters and what they all include.Both sci-f films minority report and The day after tomorow both have broken familes. This is a aspect of what typical blockbusters include, for example harry potter, twilight. Today in class we watched 2 more films to compare them with ray from war of the worlds. We then went on to write a paragraph comparing them i found it hard to include camera angles and lighting effects. || ** Dias, Millicent ** ** Today we learnt about what makes a good blockbuster. Then we carried on watching independence day and looked at how special effects are used and how the audiences attention is grabbed. We also looked at what buildings are knocked down in sci-fi films and what that symbolises. ** ** Today we looked at characteristics of blockbuster films. Then we watched the end od independence day and looked at how independence day is a typical blockbuster and how it would appeal to the audience. Lastly we wrote a paragraph with things we should include in an essay. ** ** Today in the lesson we watched the beginning of the day after tomorrow and looked at how it conforms a typical blockbuster film. It had lots of special effects, parallel narratives and a broken family in it and from what we have learnt in the last lessons we knew that these were all characteristics of a blockbuster film. ** ** Today in leson we watched two examples of sci-fi films (gattica and bladerunner), and analysed the characters. Then we had to compare them to ray ferriers character in wars of the world. We then had to write an essay paragraph. I find it hard look at camera angles and i find it hard to compare the characters. ** ||
 * ** Appleton, Emily ** ||
 * ** Banfield, Luke: 15/7 Today in lesson we started to watch 'The Day After Tomorrow' we looked how it was similar to other sci-fi blockbusters e.g. a impossible problem. All together in this topic I have learnt new words like central protagonist which means main character. Also different camera angles such as a low angled shot which makes something seem bigger and more powerfull. **
 * ** Brass, Jack **
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 * 15/7 Today we started to watch the film The day after tomorrow. We made notes on how it conform to a typical sci-fi blockbuster. I have learnt that a high angled shot makes the scene e.g New York look more vulnerable in the state of disruption. Also i have learnt that a low angled shot makes the scene look bigger to show it is more powerful.**
 * Overall in this topic,blockbusters i have learnt many things. Firstly, i have learnt what ingredients a good blockbuster should include.I have also learnt many new key terms such as parallel narratives and stock characters. Another thing i have learnt is Todorors Theory which is a structure that Todoror believed all narratives followed but the producer of Independence day and The day after tomorrow likes to play with the structure.**
 * 7/9 Today we watched some clips from two sci-fi movies. We then wrote a paragraph comparing the two central protagonists with Ray Ferrier the central protagonist from War of the Worlds. I found comparing them hard as i didn't know how to start a comparing sentence.** ||
 * ====‍ ** Carr, Emma today we have thought about five main things that are needed to make a good blockbuster also what makes a good epic sci-fi blockbuster realy grab the audiences attention.I would like to focus on more of the older sci-fi movies.Like how far we have come on both before and after special effects first were used.we watched independence day as an example as a sci-fi blockbuster. **11/7 Today we watched the end of independence day and compaired it to the typical sci-fi blockbuster ending.For example does it grab the audiences attention and why? Also we concentraited on how to make a good essay/paragraph.I'd like to focus more on writing and the style we can use.**15/7 Today we began watching the day after tomorrow we made notes on how the film conforms to a blockbuster.It contains all the tention and special effects of a blockbuster.My sumary overall for a blockbuster is -must have tention,central protagonist,special effects,well known director,famous actors,paralel naratives and a good story.I would still like to focus more on how to make a good essay.**7/9 today we watched two clips from sci- fi films we compaired ray ferrier ,the central protagonist in war of the worlds, to other sci- fi central protagonoists. I would like to learn more on how to lengthen an essay without going off from the task or what your trying to explain. ==== ||
 * ** Christi, Joash **
 * ** Coxon, Benjamin Today we focused on what is and makes a good blockbuster and how special effects are incorpreted into a film. I also found out what a universal centeral protaganist is and how effective they are in films, i would like to learn more about how different buildings are used to create a real life effect:) ** ||
 * ** Dale, Lucy **
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