Set work for Thursday

2 Teams: 1hr 30 mins

Jasmine, Luke, Grace, Benn, Danica, David (Pan's Labrynth)
vs
Cara, Ollie, Martin, Peter, Layla, Beckie (Amelie)

Task: Split into research teams for your documentary to find visuals, B-roll, and footage for your documentary

1. Explore the historical political & social contexts of the countries studied

France in 1995-2000's compare with films like La Haine, investigate Paris Riots -interview Ms Wace, French department

or

Spain 1940's - Interview Spanish Teachers, Spanish Civil War (me)

Conclusion: How have these contexts affected the messages/themes of the film?

2. Reception/audience response to the films (rotten tomatoes, facebook groups, blogs, IMDB) domestic & global/box office criticism/reviews, how the films were received in their own countries. 

Conclusion: What messages did critics read into these films, what criticisms?

3. Authorship - Profile the Directors - Produce a Family tree & Bio - main actors/producers/filmography/style/genre preferences. 

Conclusion: What themes or messages are they interested in exploring across their work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG4rfHNBqR8





http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/mar/29/short-history-spanish-cinema
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/gallery/2013/jan/12/world-cinema-pictures#/?picture=402252740&index=4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2001/oct/05/1?INTCMP=SRCH
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/oct/18/amelie-sweet-smell-success
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6hk0WVDZfsiZFNuTVlwMnpwZnc/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/mindhole-blowers-20-facts-about-pans-labyrinth-that-might-make-you-believe-in-magic.php

http://filmexperience.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/distant-relatives-spirit-of-beehive-and.html

The Auteur Theory

Theories of authorship part 1 from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Theories of authorship part 2 andrew sarris from South Sefton Sixth Form College

http://sssfcfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/auteur-theory.html

Vert 12 - Auteur from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Mark Kermode on Foreign Langauge Remakes

Girl with Dragon Tattoo remake Video Essay

AUTHORSHIP or "The Autuer"

Objective: To develop your Research skills and know about Authorship

Outcomes:

C. Investigate your director & examine their style, themes & messages

B. Analyse how their work develops themes & messages

A. Explain why they are an Auteur

Research your Director

Get 9 key images 

1. STYLE - VISUAL, NARRATIVE, SCRIPTING

2. GENRES OR ACROSS - WHY?

3. THEMES & MESSAGES ARE THEY INTERESTED IN THROUGH THEIR FILMS - CONTINUED

4. FILMOGRAPHY - WHICH FILMS HAVE CRITICS PRAISED & WHY?

5 RESOURCES -

1. IMDB IS

2. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRAILER or

3. FRENCH AUTEUR THEORY IS - GOOGLE "A _ _ _ E / B_ _ _ N"

4. Book/Academic Article

Are they an auteur

Any problems with this theory?

Keep list of your links & Book references

Who is this author

Give out Sight & Sound for homework reading - related to director or movement

Jasmine: Alien
Cara: Bad Leutenant
David: Independent films track down
Peter: Cronenberg
Benn: The Wrestler
Luke: Clint Eastwood
Ollie: Who needs critics
Beckie: Panic Room
Layla: Indiewood
Grace:
Martin: Films that time forgot
Danica: Cahiers du cinema

Coursework Module 6

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A Study of National Cinema with either: 

• Historical contextualisation
• Foreign cinema contextualisation

What is National Cinema?

Coursework rules:

No texts that have already been taught in class or last year

Centres must not ‘teach’ the content for the areas of research - it is expected that each candidate’s work will reflect individual choice of research topic.

Teachers will provide candidates with an overview of how to:

• Make sense of ideas and theories
• Contextualise their investigation using secondary research sources (eg the work of recognised theorists)
• Analyse primary materials (textual analysis of films)

Must be Film Theory or Historical Context relevant to your area of study eg: 

• British National Identity (Higson)
• Feminism (Mulvey/ EA Kaplan)
• Postmodernism (Jameson - recycling ideas, Lyotard - a lack of Narrative or Genre structure)
• Psychoanalysis (Freud)
• Star Theory (Dyer)
• Marxism (Ideology and Dominant Ideas to maintain a class system)
• Authorship (Bazin - The Auteur)

In your study for Module 6 with Mr Dixon you will be taught how to:

• formulate hypotheses
• evaluate and draw conclusions from their findings
• present findings
• reference source materials appropriately.

Your study will be on: 

• Genre
• Representation
• Narrative
• Themes
• Values (messages)

Group 1, 2, 3: Historical influence on contemporary (2003-pres)

Classic Westerns and Django Unchained

Hammer Horror/Video Nasties to Modern Horror

Gangster/Mafia films influence on Modern Gangster

War films influence on Inglorious Basterds

French New Wave on US Independent

Dogma 95 influence on US Independent

German Expressionism influence on Tim Burton

Group 4: Foreign & English Adaptation

Girl with Dragon Tattoo

Old Boy to modern equivalent

Ringu to The Ring

Group 5: The representation of minorities/women in a national cinema

Bollywood (Ind)

Volver (Spa)

Once were Warriors (NZ)

City of God (Braz)

 

The research study should be presented as a sustained piece of work of between you as a group 2500 - 3000 words and include:

1. an introduction explaining the focus the research
2. a description of key texts both primary and secondary (textual studies of films and theorist/critics analysis, contexts surrounding its production)
3. the aims of the research - what the candidate is seeking to find out/prove hypothesis or series of research questions.
4. a discussion of ideas, texts, and secondary research in light of the candidate's aims
5. conclusions - a clear statement of what the candidate has discovered in response to their aims
6. a bibliography and filmography.

• Make sense of ideas and theories
• Contextualise their investigation using secondary research sources (eg the work of recognised theorists)
• Analyse primary materials (textual analysis of films)

Intro to Global Cinema: Case Study City of God

Lesson 3 intro to section a & world cinema from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 1 Research and Context booklet from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Lesson 2 - National Cinema from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 2 amelie handout from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 4 Favela & Drug War - Context from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 4 City of God Slide show - Stills from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 7 genre from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 7 genre convention handout from South Sefton Sixth Form College

City of God - Genre City of God is part of the 'crime' genre and does follow the conventions of the genre. However it is also a social document giving it's audience an insight in the causes and effects of crime in some of Brazil's most deprived areas. Directors can use the conventions of a generic style to inform their story telling and highlight key issues For example - the reliance of guns and violence from Lil Ze is part of the crime genre - but it also indicates that guns are easily obtainable in the slums of Rio and that violence is used to keep large areas of territory under control

Cog 8 Narrative from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Lil ze cycle from South Sefton Sixth Form College

Cog 8 Narrative Handout from South Sefton Sixth Form College

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Unit F633: Global Cinema & Critical Approaches

Section A: Message & Values in Global Film (Non English) - yes foreign!

Our texts: Pans Labrynth & City of God

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1 hr 

Comaprative analysis

Contrasting texts

Contextual influences on filmmaking -  historical - ideological - social context

Macro: Genre, Messages, Authorship  
Representation (childhood) Style (heightend reality bleaker/brghter)

Micro: special effects, locations, costumes, actors, editing, camera, sound

Example question:

"Narrative plays a significant role in communicating messages & values' To what extent is this evident in the films you have studied?"

In Module 6 we will...  

Research & Critical Thinking activity - Prepare a documentary film on

Team 1: Pans Labrynth

Team 2: La Haine
Team 3: City of God

1. Explore the historical political & social contexts of the countries studied

France in 1995-2000's compare with films like La Haine, investigate Paris Riots - interview Mr Shepherd, French department

or

Spain 1940's - Interview Spanish Teachers, Spanish Civil War (me)

2. Reception/audience response to the films (rotten tomatoes, facebook groups, blogs, IMDB) domestic & global/box office criticism/reviews, how the films were received in their own countries. What messages did critics read into these films?

3. Authorship - Profile the Directors - Family tree & bio - main actors actors/producers/films/style/genre. What themes or messages are they interested in exploring across their work

Prepare for a video essay of all the collected research (can use interviews & clips) - How do the the films compare & contrast