| Week | Coverage | Outcomes | Possible Homeworks |
| 1 | Suggested that for the first 3 weeks the starters be media based colour connotaion; camera angles etc... Introduce VAMPIRE FILMS -generic conventions - include themes, character, language, audience. Watch NOSFERATU Refer to notes: |
Write an appreciation of the opening of the film paying particular attention to the styleand the time in which it is made. | |
| 2 | Introduce Bela Lugosi's DRACULA
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Watch the fillm for 20 mins. Refer to the notes: Compare the character as presented in the film and the book. Watch other selected extracts. |
A comparisson of Nosferatu and Bela Lugosi's Dracula paying particular attention to the soail context of the films. |
| 3 | Prepare a codes and conventions table. Look at Cliche. Watch parts of Dracula:Prince of Darkness. |
A written piece dealing with how Hammer Horror really invented the horror film cliche, backed up with examples from the film. | |
| 4 | Begin discourse marker starters. watch the documentary on Disk one of Coppola's Dracula |
Students to take notes concentrating on the methods Coppola used when 'stealing from the best'. | comparative paragraphs that use appropriate discourse markers. |
| 5 | Watch |
review of the film that uses discourse markers. Perhaps in the style of Empire magazine | |
| 6 | Factors that may have influenced the production of the film. Look at the instituition produces the film, actors, budget, reviews, posters etc... All the above available online on the IMDB |
students should have detailed notes on the fillm and the society that produced it. They could design theis own posters or costumes with evaluative reports on each etc... Begin work on essay |
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| 7 | Essay | ||