jclarke | Wednesday August 15, 2018
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, European Film, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Fantasy, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, War
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Evmr2ZCjWc Copyright © 2017 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. Component 2: Global filmmaking perspectives For this component, learners must study: two non - English language films, one European and one from outside Europe (two -…
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jclarke | Thursday October 19, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Adventure, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Fantasy, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqZzSMIZa0 Copyright © 2017 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. Contexts Context of Production Every film reflects the concerns of its time, the particular way of looking at the world in that culture, that society, that time. …
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jclarke | Sunday September 13, 2015
Categories: OCR A Level, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Fantasy, Film Analysis, Analysis, Horror
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LOOhc2eML4 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. Nosferatu | Film Summary This film’s full title is Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror and it is considered an essential title in the canon of horror cinema, being an…
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jclarke | Sunday September 13, 2015
Categories: OCR A Level, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Fantasy, Film Analysis, Analysis, Horror, History
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Rob Miller | Friday March 14, 2014
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Film Analysis, Key Concepts, Analysis, Representation, Audience, Film Language, Action, History
OCR A2 Film Studies Unit F633: Global Cinema and Critical Perspectives Section A: Messages and Values in Global Cinema click on image to enlarge The study of “two contrasting non-English language texts that derive from different countries of origin?: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China, Honk Kong, Taiwan) 2000 Russian Ark (Russia, Germany) 2002 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Both films, one a Wuxia martial arts/romance hybrid and the other a historical drama-documentary provide audiences…
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Rob Miller | Monday October 01, 2012
Categories: Adventure, Genres & Case Studies, GCSE, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Fantasy, Micro Analysis, Comedy, Film Analysis, Analysis, Action Adventure
Rob Miller | Wednesday November 09, 2011
Categories: CCEA, Adventure, Genres & Case Studies, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Fantasy, Superhero, Film Analysis, Analysis, Action Adventure, Action
Paper 1 | Superhero Films Case Study | Spider-Man “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can; spins a web, any size, catches thieves just like flies look out! Here comes the Spider-Man? Synopsis and Character Profiles Toby Maguire plays Peter Parker, an orphaned, teenage High School student plagued by feelings of inadequacy and rejection. He is stereotypically ‘geeky’ and pines for the ‘girl next door’, Mary Jane Watson (played by Kirsten Dunst), and lives with his Uncle Ben…
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vikiwalden | Monday October 31, 2011
Categories: Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, GCSE, Hot Entries, Amelie, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Romance, Fantasy, Comedy, Film Analysis, Analysis
Paper 2 | Non-Hollywood Films Case Study | Amélie Synopsis Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain is the story of Amélie, a young girl brought up by a strict, nervous schoolteacher and an emotionally cold doctor. The awkwardness and nervous deposition of her parents means Amélie does not meet other children; instead she is left to her own imagination. After her mother dies, her father becomes gradually more reclusive and Amélie decides she will leave as soon as she can. Once she is working…
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