Class Notes

E-safety is basically being safe on the internet, not giving out personell details, cyberbullying ect.
 This is what we were taught over the last two days..

Protecting ourselves

• cyber bullying -horrible emails from class mates or other people, facebook status reposted.

• phishing - illigitemt emails from businesses asking for personell details

Protecting our computer

Downloading:

• MALWARE
• ADWARE
• TROJANS

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Childrens drama

Research as much as you can before you start writing so you get the feel of the style in

wich childrens dramas are writen and filmed.

Codes and conventions

Codes = things you expect to see

Conventions = things you expect to happen

Examples of childrens dramas:

Tracy beaker

Queens nose

Bearnards watch

Torchwood

Dr.Who

The sarah jane adventures

Grange hill

Biker grove

Demon headmaster

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Narrative

Defined as "a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occuring in time"

- Bordwell & Thompson Film art 1980

Diegesis - The world created for a story (the starwars world, the lord of the rings world)

Verisimilitude - Believability within the diegesis

Story - All the events referenced in the narrative, plot and backstory)

plot - the events directly incorporated into the action of the text

Narrative range

Unrestricted narration - a narration which has no limits to the imformation that is presented

(i.e a news bulliten)

Restricted narration - only offers minimal informationregarding the narrative (i.e thrillers, most films)

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The Production process

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pre production

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 Commission          IDEA            submission

                                                                                              

 SYNOPSIS

 the plot

SCENE BY SCENE

BREAKDOWN

 meanwhile in the producers office....

scheduling finances

SCRIPT

             several drafts             

CASTING

DESIGN

props

set

cgi

costume

READTHROUGH &

DIRECTOR ASSEMBLES TEAM

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prodution

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FILMING

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post production

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publicity        EDITING         music

TRANSMISSON - if on tv

SCREENING - if film