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The Birth of a Nation Single Film Study »

Barry Rainsford | Wednesday November 29, 2017

Categories: OCR A Level, David Wark Griffith, Silent Era, The Birth of a Nation, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, History, War

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UPOkIpR0A 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. Rationale Section A of Paper 1 focuses upon the micro-elements of film form and the construction of meaning and response by both filmmaker and spectator, with a…
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Selma Single Film Study »

jclarke | Wednesday November 22, 2017

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Ava DuVernay, Selma, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, History

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B74p2yHUHHQ 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. To…
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OCR A2 Film Sec A Messages and Values in Global Film: Battleship Potemkin & Les Quatre Cents Coups »

Rob Miller | Tuesday September 15, 2015

Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, Crime, History, War

1. How is style and theme used in communicating messages and values in the films you have studied? (50) The two films I have studied are Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin from 1925 and Francois Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) from 1959. Both films are encoded with a filmmaking style that both reflects a period in cinematic history and also with narrative themes deeply embedded revealing underlying messages and values. ‘Potemkin’ is considered a classic of 1920s…
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Single Film Summary »

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

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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OCR A2 Film Sec A Messages and Values in Global Film: Battleship Potemkin & Good Bye, Lenin! »

Rob Miller | Friday September 11, 2015

Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Goodbye Lenin, Non-Hollywood Films, Romance, Comedy, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, History, War

Battleship Potemkin (Russia, 1925) Good Bye, Lenin! (Germany, 2003) Battleship Potemkin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNT6xyopdBs (whole film) Historical, Socio-political and Cultural Issues incorporating Authorship Battleship Potemkin (Potemkin) is a film rooted in Russian history, a fragile peasant economy was ruled by a Tsarist autocracy until revolution and war in 1905 saw a wave of mass political and social unrest spread through the Russian Empire. This included strikes, peasant unrest…
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The Battle of Algiers (1966) Case Study »

Rob Miller | Wednesday October 29, 2014

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

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5Pz8KJeU4 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. In 2010, The Guardian newspaper published a story entitled “Algeria (national football squad) prepare for World Cup battle by watching The Battle of Algiers.?.…
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Messages and Values in Global Cinema »

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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Film and Thatcher’s Britain »

jclarke | Tuesday December 03, 2013

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Genres & Case Studies, Film Industry, A Level, Hot Entries, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Film Promotion, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Romance, Comedy, Drama, Film Analysis, Key Concepts, Analysis, Representation, Audience, Film Language, Sport, History

click on image to enlarge One of the key issues to be explored in our study of film is that of representation. As such, it’s fair to say that there’s an established, and largely agreed upon, understanding that film, like other media and forms of cultural expression, can reflect back to us aspects of the conditions in which we live or have lived with. Certainly, there’s scope for us to think about how British cinema has, in more or less ‘obvious’ ways, reflected back to us a point of…
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Popular Film & Emotional Response: Understanding Emotional Responses »

vikiwalden | Monday March 25, 2013

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS A2, Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Thriller, Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama, Film Analysis, Key Concepts, Analysis, Representation, Audience, Film Language, Action, Crime, History

click on image to enlarge Students can find studying spectatorship challenging.  There are many theories of spectatorship, but starting with the theory can lead students to list theoretical ideas rather than engage with the texts. Let’s not forget this A2 Film Studies unit is about “emotional responses? more than critical ones. This is a good place to start with students. What is “emotion?? What is “popular film?? And what elements of the film experience trigger emotional…
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Case Study »

vikiwalden | Thursday September 06, 2012

Categories: Genres & Case Studies, World Cinema, GCSE, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, Children, History, War

Paper 2 | Non-Hollywood Film Synopsis 8 year old Bruno doesn’t have a care in the world as he pretends to be a plane flying through the streets of Berlin, on his way back from school. He is blissfully ignorant of the terror happening around him – Jewish families being rounded up and transported out of the city. When he returns home however, his family are preparing for a celebration. His father, Ralf, has received a promotion that means they must all leave the capital; a move that will…
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Milk Case Study »

Rob Miller | Tuesday November 08, 2011

Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, History, Social Realism

Synopsis and Character Profiles Milk is a film based on a true story (narrative fact) about openly gay civil rights activist, Harvey Milk, who eventually - after many struggles and defeats - finally serves in public office as a San Francisco Supervisor in the Mayor’s Office. The film ends with his assassination in 1978 by political nemesis, Social Conservative Dan White. Played by Sean Penn, the film opens with 40 year old Milk in 1978 narrating and recording a monologue “only to be played…
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Titanic Case Study »

vikiwalden | Wednesday November 02, 2011

Categories: Adventure, Genres & Case Studies, GCSE, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Disaster, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, History

Paper 1 | Disaster Movies Case Study | Titanic Synopsis The credit sequence shows archive footage of the real Titanic taking off for its maiden (and only) voyage. An excavation team, led by Brock, search the Titanic wreck for Hartley’s chest, but when they find it, it does not have the treasure they were looking for- a necklace: the heart of the ocean. However, they do discovered a drawing of a woman, Rose, which they advertise on the news. Rose, aged 101, sees the news programme and contacts…
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