Our Further Learning Recommendations
Doing
Look at some examples from the ‘Done in 60 Seconds‘ YouTube!
Write a review for a film/TV Show/theatre production/art exhibition.
Write it in a journalistic style, as it might be formatted in The New Review supplement of The Observer newspaper.
Research into the BBC as an institution. Create a fact file based around-
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When the company was founded
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The BBC Royal Charter
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The Values and ethos of the BBC
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BBC funding
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The future of the company
Present this as either a presentation or booklet of information
Research into Warner Brothers as a conglomerate. Create a timeline of their history.
Visit the Warner Brother’s Studio Tour – take notes on how mise-en-scene and other filmmaking techniques were utilised in the making of a blockbuster/tent-pole film.
Watching and Listening
Watch this documentary on The Avengers,which discusses 1960s TV
Watch The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Play either Lego Batman Lego Star Wars or Lego Jurassic Park Video Game.
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How do they compare to film?
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How does the video game aspect develop audience interaction?
Reading
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.
Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard’s assignment – find them and then “retire” them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn’t want to be found…
Heartstopper Volume One by Alice Oseman
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator’s fortune.