Let the Right One In (2008)

An amazing take on the vampire genre. This was re-made as Let Me In (2010) but I think the Swedish orginal is far superior.

Watch the trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICp4g9p_rgo

I saw this trailer and jumped out of my skin! It's brilliant for looking at horror conventions especially editing and types of shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkwEFKdTckk

I Saw the Devil (2010) is a South Korean movie

Birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45.

A fantastic video of a father who filmed his daughter every week, from birth up until she turned 12 years old and then made this time lapse edit in FCP.

Click here:
http://vimeo.com/40448182

M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)

New music video from M.I.A.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYs0gJD-LE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Interesting to analyse in terms of representation.

The Daily Mail and Stephen Lawrence

In 1997 The Daily Mail printed this audacious front page. Four years after Stephen Lawrence's racist murder in Eltham, the Mail accused five men Gary Dobson, David Norris, Neil and Jamie Acourt and Luke Knight of killing him and challenged them to sue, they never did.

Luke Knight and Neil Acourt were charged with murder in May 1993 , but the charges were dropped in July because of insufficient evidence. Stephen's parents also launched a private prosecution, funded by donations in April 1996, but it collapsed.

In 1997 the Home Secretary Jack Straw, ordered a public inquiry into the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of the case. In 1999 The Macpherson inquiry found the Met to be "institutionally racist". A total of 70 recommendations for reform were made. These proposals included abolishing the double jeopardy rule and criminalising racist statements made in private. Macpherson also called for reform in the British Civil Service, local governments, the National Health Service, schools, and the judicial system, to address issues of institutional racism.

Yesterday Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of murder. Today they have been sentenced to recommended minimum life terms of 15 and 14 years respectively for what the judge described as a "terrible and evil crime". The sentences would have been far longer but the crime had been committed before adulthood, requiring sentencing as juveniles.


The Mail has been celebrating its 1997 front page with Paul Dacre the editor, stating:

 "It's a glorious day for British newspapers, proving that the power of journalism, courageous headlines and relentless campaigning can act as a huge force for good in society and make a major difference to countless lives.
Quite simply, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that if it hadn't been for the Mail's headline in 1997 – "Murderers: The Mail accuses these men of killing" – and our years of campaigning, none of this would have happened."
What do you think?

Deadlines for filming and editiing 2011-2012

1. Completion of filming Friday 16th Dec 2011

XMAS HOLIDAYS

2. Filming captured and to be shown to MMM during first lesson back Wednesday 4th Jan 2012

3. Editing and trailer complete Friday 27th Jan 2012

4. Completion of magazine & film poster Friday 10th Feb 2012

HALF TERM

5. Film premiere and presentation of magazine & film poster Wed 22nd Feb 2012
 12.40 in MS1
6. Evaluations presented to the group and assessed Friday 2nd March 2012

To do:

• Complete filming

• Complete editing

• Take photos for ancillary tasks (magazine cover and film poster)

• Complete ancillary tasks

• Prepare invitations to invite your audience to the film premiere

• Prepare speeches to present your products in the film premiere

• Prepare questionnaires for all products for audience feedback

• Prepare PowerPoint / Prezi evaluations of your complete project, using the four key evaluation questions:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?


3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?


4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Margaret Thatcher's Belgrano critic Diana Gould dies, aged 85

This is one of the best examples of Margaret Thatcher being floored by a member of the public. In May 1983, Diana Gould, a teacher from Cirencester in Gloucestershire, confronted the Prime Minister, on the current affairs television programme Nationwide, about the sinking of the Argentine warship General Belgrano during the Falklands War.

The encounter has since been rated by Radio Times readers as the ninth best interview of all time.

Mrs Gould died last week, aged 85.

It would be an interesting representation case study to compare the Thatcher you see in this clip to the Thatcher represented in 'The Iron Lady', a new film starring Meryl Streep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbY9pTH8IW4