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8th July We looked at Parallel Narratives. This is when a film shows you what's going on at different places at different times and has more than one storyline. We also compared Independence Day and The Day After tomorrow and what were their similarities and differences. Key Words: Connotes, Parallel Narratives, Stock Charactors. Laura Jackson.
 * ** Hoggarth, Ruby ** ||
 * ** Jackson, Laura ** ||
 * ** Jones, Ella ** ||
 * ** Laskey, Jack ** ||
 * ** McGough, Eleanor ** ||
 * **Palmer, Amber** ||
 * ** Pernet, Genevieve ** ||
 * ** Peverell, Hannah ** ||
 * ** Proctor, Joshua ** ||
 * ** Pye, Jenny ** ||

8th July: we watched more of Independence Day and watched a clip of The Day After Tomorrow then wrote a paragraph comparing how they were similar and different. We also learnt what Parallel Narratives are and recapped media language. Jenny Pye

9th July We looked at a the beginning of 'The Day After Tomorrow' (2004), which we then compared to the beginning of 'Independence Day' (2008). We wrote about the parallel narratives and how they were featured in the movie. We wrote a paragraph comparing the similarities and differences between the two movies, using the Media Terminology we learnt over the past few lessons. Amber S. Palmer

8th July: We watched the opening of 'The Day After Tomorrow'(2004) and some more of 'Independence Day'(2008) and we wrote about their similarities and differences. We looked at what parallel narratives were and looked at them in both the films. We also looked at media language we had covered. Evie Pernet

8th July we looked at parallel narratives, this is when, in a film the director decides to show two completely separate narratives at the same time. We also watched the start of The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and also a bit more of Independence Day (2008), we then wrote a paragraph comparing the similarities and differences of the two films. Jack Laskey

8th July We started to watch the day after tomorrow, and a bit more of Independence day. We then compared the two films because they are by the same company and director, and wrote a paragraph using key words. We also talked about parallel narratives which are different strands of the same stories which tend to only make sense at the end of the story. Ella Jones

8th July: We watched more of Independence day and the begining of the day after tomorrow. We discussed the parallel narratives of the films and wrote down paragraphs comparing them. We used many media words. Hannah Peverell

We watched the beginning of The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and compared it to Independence Day, We have looked at parallel narratives and stock characters, e.g Comedy Character, damsel in distress, ,. etc. - Eleanor McGough

9th september 2011 Today we watched the start of Invasion of the Body Statchers (1956) and wrote a paragraph describing the characters and also c comparing it to War of the Worlds (2005). I hope we will watch more of Invasion of the Body Snatchers Because I think it looks like a good film. Jack Laskey

9th September 2011 Today we watched the opening to 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and we took notes on characters, costumes and looked a bit at Todorovs theory. We compared the Invasion of the Body Snatchers with War of the Worlds (2005) looking at what the characters have in common and the similarity in the narratives. I think it would be good if we could watch the rest of War of the Worlds because I found it really good. Evie Pernet

9th September 2011 Today we watched the equilibrium of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956) we made notes on the characters personalities and costumes. We then compared the film to ' War of the Worlds (2005)' finding the similarities and differences between the two. I think it would be great if we could watch more of war of the worlds as I found it very intresting and exciting! Zoe Anderson

<span style="color: #b10b0f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9th september 2011 <span style="color: #da3e0b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We watched the beginning of "Invasion of the body snatchers" and we compared this to the opening of "War of the worlds". We wrote notes on the stock characters and how each story is set up. " Invasion of the body snatchers" is in black and white, so this was a bit different to what we usually watch, but I think it's a really good film for when it was made (1956). Ella Jones

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">9th September 2011 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">We watched the opening of War of the Worlds (2005) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956) and made notes on the setting and storyline, but mostly on the stereotypical charators featured in both films. I enjoyed the films, particularly War of the Worlds. So I hope we will be able to see more of them. Laura Jackson.

11th September 2011

We watched the beginning of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and compared it to War of the Worlds. There are a lot of stereotypical characters, like Doctor Bennell (I think that's his name anyway) who is a stereotypical doctor, and Becky Driscoll, a very feminine damsel-in-distress type, who cares for her appearence a lot. Eleanor McGough

<span style="color: #8b00cc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">11th September 2011 <span style="color: #8b00cc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">We watched the beggining of Invasions of the Body Snatchers (1956) and compared it to the begginging of War if the worlds (2005) we looked at the similarities between them and looked at the stereotypical characters and identifeied how the characters came across to the audience. <span style="color: #8b00cc; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Hannah Peverell

<span style="color: #08bab5; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">11th September <span style="color: #08bab5; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">We watched the opening of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)' and then compared the similarities and differences to the opening of 'War of the Worlds (2005)'. In each of the movies we looked at the stereotypical characters we had seen so far, their type of costumes and what kind of personality they had. I really enjoyed War of the Worlds and as I had already watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I knew what was going to happen. Therefore it didn't make it a very enjoyable movie to watch. Amber S. Palmer

//<span style="color: #ce86e9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">11th September // //<span style="color: #ce86e9; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">We watched the beginning of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" we wrote notes on characters and personalities. Also we compared "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to "War of the Worlds." We identified stereotypical characters and how characters were portrayed. Jenny Pye. //

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//<span style="color: #bf86d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Recently we watched the beginning of War of the Worlds. So far, I have found this to be a very enjoyable film and I am rather looking forward to watching the rest of it. Ray Ferrier, who is one of the main characters and the unexpected hero in the movie, is quite an interesting character. He has two children and he is divorced, although he is divorced it seems as though he is emotionally attached, and to an extent, in still love with his ex-wife May Ann. //