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Atonement Pupil Research Questions »

Rob Miller | Thursday November 10, 2011

Categories: Costume Drama, British Film, Research, War, Period Drama, Heritage, Romance, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Research, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

British and American Film Case Study Associated Resources Atonement Pupil Research Questions.doc Use your bibliography of British Film resources to research the following questions: Who directed Atonement? What other projects has the director been involved in and what does this say about his reputation and key specialist areas? Who wrote the novel that Atonement is based on, what do you know about him? What was the name of the Production Company and Theatrical Distributor? How would you describe…
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Atonement Case Study »

Rob Miller | Thursday November 03, 2011

Categories: Costume Drama, British Film, War, Period Drama, Heritage, Romance, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

Overview Director – Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice): experience of big budgets, high production values and of the genre Costume Melodrama. Novel written by Ian McKewan (critically successful author) Genre Costume Melodrama – critically and commercially successful (‘safe’ genre). Arguably Atonement is a hybrid genre – Romance/War Film (built sets, contextual background). Gosford Park, Room with a View Produced and Distributed by Working Title (UK) and Universal Studios (US) – BFI…
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