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Pan’s Labyrinth Single Film Study »

jclarke | Wednesday August 15, 2018

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, War, European Film, Fantasy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

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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Beasts of the Southern Wild Single Film Study »

jclarke | Thursday October 19, 2017

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, Adventure, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Fantasy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

YouTube Link: 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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Nosferatu Single Film Summary »

jclarke | Sunday September 13, 2015

Categories: OCR A Level, Horror, Fantasy, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

YouTube Link: 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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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Single Film Summary »

jclarke | Sunday September 13, 2015

Categories: OCR A Level, History, Horror, Fantasy, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGbTmzEfB3s 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 Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Film Summary This film is widely considered to be the film that established the Expressionist style within popular cinema. Its sets were…
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Messages and Values in Global Cinema »

Rob Miller | Friday March 14, 2014

Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Drama, Action, History, Fantasy, Romance, World Cinema, A Level, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts

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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Student Example of Micro Analysis | High Level Work »

Rob Miller | Monday October 01, 2012

Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Micro Analysis, GCSE, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Action Adventure

Associated Resources GCSE Film Studies Micro Analysis A* Grade Example.doc
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Spider-Man Case Study »

Rob Miller | Wednesday November 09, 2011

Categories: CCEA, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Superhero, Analysis, Action Adventure

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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Amélie Case Study »

vikiwalden | Monday October 31, 2011

Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Amelie, World Cinema, GCSE, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, 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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