jclarke | Tuesday September 10, 2019
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE Copyright © 2019 Edusites. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for educational use within the subscribing school only. Copying or lending of any part of this document in any form or by any means to external bodies and / or individuals is prohibited. Context: Amy Winehouse 'Popstar' There’s an idea that’s elegantly expressed by the novelist Italo Calvino) that’s worth engaging with and…
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Morag Larsen | Sunday November 25, 2018
Categories: OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, IB Film Resources, IB, A Level, Film Analysis, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Copyright © 2018 Edusites. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for educational use within the subscribing school only. Copying or lending of any part of this document in any form or by any means to external bodies and / or individuals is prohibited. The Context of a Documentary Film Cinema is always evolving and it’s an exciting process to explore and to understand the different genres within it. Increasingly, many documentary films are transcending their original…
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jclarke | Sunday November 25, 2018
Categories: OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
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Amy Charlewood | Tuesday November 19, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A2, Theory, EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Documentary, Spectatorship Theory, Cinema Verite, A Level, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Definition and Introduction As one might expect the term experimental cinema is difficult to define clearly and by its very nature avoids simplistic categorisation. Within the movement itself there has been frequent debate over its definition. Fred Camper discusses experimental film-makers such as Peter Kubelka and Stan Brackage who questioned titles like ‘Avant-garde’ for suggesting experimental cinema is intrinsically European, ‘different…
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karenardouin | Monday June 10, 2013
Categories: Documentary, Film Library, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Independent
click on image to enlarge With reference to the films you have studied for this topic, how far can it be said that different kinds of documentaries offer different kinds of spectator experiences? The spectator experience is dependent on a number of factors including environment of reception for example (where it is seen) and specifically purpose, whether to entertain, inform, educate or persuade. Documentaries are diverse in content and can suggest degrees of realism. Mediated content is often…
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karenardouin | Monday June 10, 2013
Categories: Documentary, Hot Entries
click on image to enlarge ‘A common experience for the spectator when watching a documentary is to be manipulated by the filmmakers’. How far do you agree with this statement? (35) Generally, documentaries are created in order to impart information and, in the main, to persuade the audience into believing a particular viewpoint. The contract between audience and filmmaker is considered along with the code of ethics with regard to documenting the real. For example, there are…
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jclarke | Friday March 08, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Realism, Soviet Montage, Social Realism, Documentary, Man With A Movie Camera, Production Companies, World Cinema, A Level, Film Industry, Film Distribution, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
click on image to enlarge Cinema is always evolving. The constantly changing quality of film styles is exciting and since the beginnings of film history many nations around the world have developed their own distinct cinematic style and this continues today in the twenty-first century. During the early part of the twentieth century one country that contributed very significantly to the development of early cinema, was Russia and now, in 2013, almost a century later, the particular film style…
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Rob Miller | Tuesday November 01, 2011
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Spectatorship and Documentary Synopsis and Character Profiles Supersize Me is a documentary by independent film maker, Morgan Spurlock, about Spurlock himself spending 30 days in sequence, in 2003, eating only McDonalds food, three times a day with the ensuing affect on his health – the title of film reflects his pledge of having to eat a Supersize meal (the largest on the menu) if asked. The film explores the fast food giant’s corporate influence, and lack of nutrition in its products, with…
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Rob Miller | Tuesday November 01, 2011
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, Man With A Movie Camera, Silent, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Classic, Analysis, Independent
Spectatorship and Documentary Synopsis and Character Profiles Man with a Movie Camera is an innovative silent 1929 Documentary, set in a number of cities in the Soviet Union, including Odessa (near where Eisenstein shot the iconic Odessa Steps sequence in Battleship Potemkin). Fundamentally, and on a manifest level, it is about a day in the life of a city and audiences are introduced to a city literally waking up – individuals washing and bathing, Tram Sheds opening, tramps waking up on park…
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