A 1500 word feature has been our assignment for the past 2 weeks, it could be about anything we wanted.
We looked at different types (investigatve,entertainment,comment,critical,informative) from the daily mail. I found a little john feature on the politicians new autobigraphys, why is britian so hooked on crisps and a feature on government crack down on immigration. I found it hard to distingush a feature at first but now i know more, im amazed at how many there really are.
I choose to expand on a piece i had submitted to the lynn news about sibling rivalry which came about after the labour leadership conference.
I enjoyed the research to back it up, seeing what the consequence was of sibling rivalry and how its linked to many parents having an only child. I got bang on 1500 words so i was proud of myself :) It was published in the LynnNews but i wasnt too happy as they cut out a lot so i came across as quite heartless and my sister a saint when its actually the opposite.
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Friday, 8 October 2010
Films
Eurgh..
If there is one thing i hate, it is reviewing a film, you can never please everyone and being critical requires alot of film viewing whilst making notes. Your comments will always be critisized as well which i dont like when im not sure about what im writing about, hence the eurgh.
I chose Inception, which turned out to be a big mistake in the end, having only seen it once, and a few months ago, it was very difficulty to criticise all aspects in 500 words.
I couldn't remeber all the actors or what happened in what order which is why i hate thispiece and is probably one of the worst pieces i have written.
I think it would have been better if we could go away and watch a film and do it in a proper critics style, helping us evaluate our selves and our ability to take on a task such as a review.
If there is one thing i hate, it is reviewing a film, you can never please everyone and being critical requires alot of film viewing whilst making notes. Your comments will always be critisized as well which i dont like when im not sure about what im writing about, hence the eurgh.
I chose Inception, which turned out to be a big mistake in the end, having only seen it once, and a few months ago, it was very difficulty to criticise all aspects in 500 words.
I couldn't remeber all the actors or what happened in what order which is why i hate thispiece and is probably one of the worst pieces i have written.
I think it would have been better if we could go away and watch a film and do it in a proper critics style, helping us evaluate our selves and our ability to take on a task such as a review.
17th sept
Today was our first A2 Journalism lesson with Tony, who is replacing Johnny. He gave us multiple handouts from the Times newspaper of people that have written a pieceabout themselves titled, a day in the life of...
I really liked reading them about the teenage detective and David Hoffman because I never expected a teenage detective and so it was interesting reading about her day and what she has to do. David Hoffman’s piece was very unexpected though, I never knew he prayed every night and was so laid-back as a father.
Then we were set our task; to write a similar piece about our lives, sticking to the Times style choice.
I liked writing pieces like this because I want to be a columnist one day so this is something I enjoy writing about, sharing my opinion and incorporating my life in to a piece of work.
I could have written a lot more about my day but that would mean me going off on extended tangents which I don’t think would have been appropriate and would have disrupted the flow of the piece. But it could have also made the piece more witty and accessible to teenagers who could relate to what I was saying.
I really liked reading them about the teenage detective and David Hoffman because I never expected a teenage detective and so it was interesting reading about her day and what she has to do. David Hoffman’s piece was very unexpected though, I never knew he prayed every night and was so laid-back as a father.
Then we were set our task; to write a similar piece about our lives, sticking to the Times style choice.
I liked writing pieces like this because I want to be a columnist one day so this is something I enjoy writing about, sharing my opinion and incorporating my life in to a piece of work.
I could have written a lot more about my day but that would mean me going off on extended tangents which I don’t think would have been appropriate and would have disrupted the flow of the piece. But it could have also made the piece more witty and accessible to teenagers who could relate to what I was saying.
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