The document provides guidance and feedback for students on their film assessment blogs. It encourages students to: 1) Make their blog posts more readable by using paragraphs and simpler designs. 2) Learn how to embed images and videos to illustrate their posts. 3) Focus on film auteurs for future blog posts, studying directors with unique and recognizable styles like Tim Burton. 4) Write a short review on an animation style, genre, studio or auteur they want to analyze in more depth for their final assessment.

1. L4 Critical Study Dave Harte [email_address] @daveharte

2. Today Assessment – a review Looking ahead to our next assessment Author/Auteur – focus on film-makers Blogging workshop Film (2-4)

3. Assessment - a review

4. What I liked Reading them always interesting great breadth to them told me what you like to watch emerging professionals

5. Particularly strong References – where did you find this information? History with a focus – e.g.: rotoscoping Engagement with industry Pictures and Videos

6. What I didn’t like Lack of paragraphs We all need to do more reading …..

7. About your blogs Make the text readable Simpler designs? Learn how to embed pictures and video Align left or flush – not centre!! Learn to link to other blogs, other sources Read and comment on each others’ work

8. Towards our final assessment More blogging! Becoming more expert on a particular area. Critical Evaluation – reflecting on your emerging expertise Reading more books

9. Focus on filmmakers Auteurs Term from 1950s French Film critics Bel ie ved films had a central ‘author’ Unique style across series of films Name some Auteurs ….

10. Auteurs Case study – Tim Burton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IKggAYL_rE

11. Auteurs What makes a film the work of an Auteur? narrative structure (e.g. Tarantino) Theme (subject matter) Animation Style (e.g. Aardman) Cinematography (lighting) Traits (similar actors, locations) Genre Outlook/Approach…..

12. Auteurs Some Animation Auteurs? Nick Park Hayao Miyazaki Hideaki Anno Guillermo Del Toro Hanna-Barbara Chuck Jones

13. Auteurs In groups: Name an Auteur list/draw aspects of the filmmaker’s auteurship Present back to group

14. TASK: on your own blog: Write a short review (400 words) of an animation style/genre/studio/auteur that you would like to focus on in detail. Tell us: A little about it Why you have chosen it Why it will be good for analysis

15. Please, Please, Please: Reference a book or two or three (find out how to reference ….) Make links to other resources Illustrate it with images/videos Talk about in our next class