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OCR Film Studies Paper 1
Section B: European Cinema History
This section focuses upon the study of at least two major European movements or stylistic developments in film history, characterised by the significant contribution they made and continue to...
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Categories: A Level, Eduqas (WJEC) A Level, WJEC A2, FM4, Section A: World Cinema, Analysis, Film Analysis, Film History, Cinema in Context, Film Industry, Film Distribution, Production Companies, Films & Case Studies, World Cinema, À Bout de Souffle, Les Quatre Cents Coups, Genres & Case Studies, French New Wave, Key Concepts, Audience, Film Language, Representation
click on image to enlargeIn 1950, when he was only nineteen years old, Jean-Luc Godard, one day to become one the great filmmakers, wrote a piece for the French publication Gazette du Cinema called Towards A Political Cinema. Even at this young age, Godard was aware of cinema’s power to communicate ideas.
Jean-Luc Godard examines a strip of film
click on image to enlargeFilm history describes a wide range of film movements that have each had an often-short lifespan that’s been quite specific but the legacies of which have endured.
A movement in film, or indeed...
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