Richard Gent | Monday March 11, 2024
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, British Film, Horror, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
click on image to enlarge How do genre conventions in the films that you have studied link with messages and values? (40) My chosen genre is horror and the two texts I have chosen to focus on are The Wicker Man (1973) and 28 Days Later (2002). The Wicker Man falls into the sub genre of horror and psychological thriller, with its own recognisable codes and conventions. As a film that was seen as problematical then in 1973 (hence its X/18 certificate) it has since become a cult classic exploring…
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jclarke | Tuesday April 18, 2023
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, Adventure, Comedy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Copyright © 2023 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 studying a film such as Sightseers, we are considering a film that’s regarded as a contemporary ‘classic’, and perhaps even a ‘cult’ film. There are a wealth of ideas to engage with in the…
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jclarke | Thursday March 10, 2022
Categories: Drama, Thriller, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Introduction Exploring films that have been produced outside of those made and distributed globally by the Hollywood film studios offers us an exciting opportunity to broaden our horizons: in terms of storytelling (the way of telling, or organizing the elements of a story), the stories themselves become of broader interest in other cultures and their cinemas. Watching films from around the world, rather than only those made by American and British film producers is an…
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Rob Miller | Friday October 01, 2021
Categories: OCR A Level, Drama, British Film, Comedy, Romance, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Institutional Factors | Distribution Submarine was written and directed by Richard Ayoade and released at UK cinemas in March 2011 after significant critical success at festivals including the London Film Festival (LFF) but particularly the Toronto Film Festival. Toronto success secured the film a distribution contract with the Weinstein Company (formerly Disney owned Miramax) – Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s company in essence can be described as a ‘Mini Major’ film…
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Graham Panton | Wednesday November 13, 2019
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, A Level, Richard Linklater, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/IiDztHS3Wos 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. Contexts Context of Production Films are shaped by the contexts in which they are produced. They can therefore be understood in more depth by placing them within two…
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jclarke | Tuesday September 10, 2019
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Documentary, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
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jclarke | Monday February 11, 2019
Categories: Drama, Horror, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
YouTube link to trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htlsOf3PnGY 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 Cinema is always evolving and it’s exciting to witness, to explore and to understand. A film such as The Babadook is a horror / fantasy fusion…
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jclarke | Saturday January 19, 2019
Categories: OCR A Level, Drama, Crime, Independent Film, Gus Van Sant, Thriller, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube link to trailer:
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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
YouTube Link:
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jclarke | Monday September 03, 2018
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, Crime, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
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jclarke | Monday July 02, 2018
Categories: OCR A Level, International/Non English Language, Experimental, Short, World Cinema, Non-Hollywood Films
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5K1ARvyvAc 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. Introduction In studying a film that is widely regarded as a ‘classic’, there’s typically find a wealth of discourse to engage with and Un Chien…
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jclarke | Thursday June 28, 2018
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
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Richard Gent | Thursday March 01, 2018
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, World Cinema, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Key Concepts
Click to see our Revision Part 1: Knowledge Organisers The exam reports from the Summer 2018 AS exams identified areas for development which may well be similar for the A Level students taking the exam this summer. I certainly identified with some of the issues as they were very similar to ones I had seen on the student attempts at the Mock exams. A knowledge organiser (KO) sets out the important, useful and powerful knowledge on a topic on a single page. Linked below are Knowledge Organisers…
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Richard Gent | Tuesday February 27, 2018
Categories: OCR A Level, World Cinema, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Key Concepts
Click to see our Revision Part 1: Knowledge Organisers The exam reports from the Summer 2018 AS exams identified areas for development which may well be similar for the A Level students taking the exam this summer. I certainly identified with some of the issues as they were very similar to ones I had seen on the student attempts at the Mock exams. A knowledge organiser (KO) sets out the important, useful and powerful knowledge on a topic on a single page. Linked below are Knowledge Organisers…
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Barry Rainsford | Wednesday November 29, 2017
Categories: OCR A Level, Drama, History, War, The Birth of a Nation, David Wark Griffith, Silent Era, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
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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jclarke | Wednesday November 22, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, Crime, Film Library, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
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Richard Gent | Thursday November 09, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YToU70X6O_Y 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. *Please note that this film title uses an ampersand in the title rather than the word. Throughout this single film study it is referred to as Secrets & Lies by Mike…
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Richard Gent | Thursday November 09, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Drama, A Level, Film Analysis, Trainspotting, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LuxOYIpu-I 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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vikiwalden | Wednesday November 08, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Horror, Edgar Wright, Comedy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
YouTube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LIfcaZ4pC-4 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 Films are shaped by the contexts in which they are produced. They can therefore be understood in more depth by placing them within two…
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Rob Miller | Thursday November 19, 2015
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Horror, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Section B: British Film Topics – British Film and Genre To answer this question, students must show a detailed knowledge of a minimum of two films. This resource explores two contemporary British horror films and can be used in conjunction with the following other case studies and exemplars: British Film and Genre (Horror and Comedy) 28 Days Later Case Study The Wicker Man Case Study WJEC AS Film Studies FM2 Section B British Film Horror Exemplar Past Exam Questions Analysis of both films…
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Rob Miller | Tuesday September 22, 2015
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Comedy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Independent Film Case Study: The Inbetweeners Movie (Palmer, 2011) This resource focuses on one crossover independent film, The Inbetweeners Movie. It is intended to be used as stimulus in helping to understand the definitions of independent film. For a full guide on Section A please access WJEC AS FM2 British & American Film Producers and Audiences Resource Items. The Inbetweeners Movie (Inbetweeners) from 2011 crosses over from independent to mainstream film even in title: the name having…
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Rob Miller | Wednesday September 16, 2015
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Drama, Horror, Romance, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Independent Film Case Study: Only Lovers Left Alive (Jarmusch, 2014) This resource focuses on one independent film, Only Lovers Left Alive. It is intended to be used as stimulus in helping to understand the definitions of independent film. For a full guide on Section A please access: WJEC AS FM2 British & American Film Producers and Audiences Resource Items. Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) was directed by Jim Jarmusch and starred Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska.…
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Rob Miller | Friday September 11, 2015
Categories: OCR A Level, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Comedy, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
This resource will be studying the seven frameworks for analysis in Gone Too Far (2014) and Sightseers (2012). Gone Too Far! Authorship Gone Too Far! (GTF) is a British-Nigerian comedy/social realist drama directed by Destiny Ekaragha. She is only the third black British woman to have directed a feature length film that received UK theatrical distribution (cinemas). All of her previous short films premiered at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) while GTF premiered at LFF in October 2013 and had…
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Rob Miller | Friday September 11, 2015
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Drama, History, War, Comedy, Romance, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Goodbye Lenin, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
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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jclarke | Friday September 04, 2015
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Production Companies, World Cinema, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
Across the varied and diverse ways in which a film text can encode and emphasise meanings and a specific viewpoint on or presentation of a subject, realism is a key aesthetic and formal choice and approach that has functioned as a key creative direction of so much western expression across literature and the visual arts. This resource, then, explores the characteristics of a particular film style that we call neorealism. It stems from post World War Two Italian cinema and its influence has been…
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Rob Miller | Thursday July 16, 2015
Categories: Cinematography, EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Micro Analysis, A Level, Hot Entries, Key Skills, Mise-en-Scene, Macro Analysis, Up, Gravity, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shining, Skyfall, Genre, Narrative, Editing, Pre-Production, Planning, Production Zone, Shot Analysis, Moving Image Production, Film Analysis, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Analysis, Film Opening Analysis, Key Concepts
Overview Analysis of a 3-5 min Film Extract – Mise-en-Scene, Cinematography and Editing only: (30 Marks) Creative Project – Planning, Producing and Editing a 2 min approx. film sequence of between 10-25 shots (50 Marks) Reflective Analysis – (10 Marks) Edusites Film recommends a logical time to introduce the FM1 coursework is in week 6, the second week in October, 1 week before the Half Term. By then, students will have learnt skills of textual analysis in regards to micro and macro…
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Rob Miller | Thursday November 06, 2014
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Drama, Comedy, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
click on image to enlarge FM2 Section B: British Film Topics – British Film and Culture When we use the term ’British film and culture’ we are stating, or at least implying a connection between specific films and how they are partly, and in significant ways the product of a wider national cultural discourse and identity. In this context, a film can contribute to the way that a nation communicates messages and values about itself. In terms of film, these messages and values find expression…
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jclarke | Friday September 26, 2014
Categories: British Film, Hot Entries, Non-Hollywood Films
click on image to enlarge Introduction Lynne Ramsay, the director of the film Morvern Callar has made the valuable observation that “I love to see great dialogue in the cinema but I hate to see ‘Film TV’. When I go to the cinema I want to have a cinematic experience….I like dialogue when it’s used in a way where the body language says the complete opposite…? [1] Ramsay’s emphasis on the importance of the non-verbal is highly relevant in relation to…
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jclarke | Thursday July 10, 2014
Categories: Drama, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Introduction Lynne Ramsay’s film Ratcatcher is a key British production of the late 1990s and is notable for its thoughtful and sensitive focus on the representation of a young person. The film explores the representation of childhood, guilt and atonement in a dysfunctional environment. Although on the paper 2, GCSE list of films, Vicky LeBeau’s analysis of the narrative and ideological function that children typically embody in movies can apply when she writes…
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Rob Miller | Wednesday April 16, 2014
Categories: X-Men, GCSE, Hot Entries, Mock Exams, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Superhero, GCSE Mock Exams
Associated Resources
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Mock Exam Paper 1 A Grade Response 2013.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 A-B Exemplar The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Mock Exam Paper 2 A Grade Response 2013.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Mock Exam Paper 2 D-C Grade Response 2013.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Non Hollywood Exemplars
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 1 A-B Grade Response Summer 2014.docx
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jclarke | Wednesday April 16, 2014
Categories: Drama, Adventure, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge In this resource we will consider the film Rabbit Proof Fence (2002) and explore some aspects of its film style, by which we mean the choices made the filmmakers in terms of how they deploy sound and vision. As such, we are considering the storytelling devices with which the film expresses a range of meanings and values embodied within the drama. Through the way that the stylistic choices of the film’s producers’ (writer/director/producer/actors/camera/sound/music)…
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Rob Miller | Friday March 14, 2014
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, A Level, Hot Entries, Production Zone, Audio Production, Print Production, Moving Image Production, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Analysis
Overview 20% of A Level Qualification, 40% of AS An Analysis of a Film Extract: (30 Marks) Creative Project: (40 Marks) Reflective Analysis: (10 Marks) FM1 Unit Introduction WJEC: “This unit focuses on the micro features of film and the construction of meaning and emotion?. Macro features form the basis for the examined AS module, FM2 although it is accepted by the exam board that it is often difficult to separate macro features narrative and genre from a micro analysis. In this regard,…
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jclarke | Thursday March 06, 2014
Categories: Drama, Horror, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Exploring Film Outside Hollywood: The Devil’s Backbone (2001 – Spain/Mexico) Introduction In his book The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettelheim writes that “The deep inner conflicts originating in our primitive drives and our violent emotions are all denied in much of children’s literature, and so the child is not helped in coping with them. But the child is subject to desperate feelings of loudness and isolation, and often experiences mortal anxiety.? [1]…
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Amy Charlewood | Wednesday February 12, 2014
Categories: 1990 Onwards, Drama, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Animation, Key Concepts
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Exploring Film Outside Hollywood: Persepolis (2007) Introduction and Synopsis Persepolis (2007) is based on a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi’s called The Complete Persepolis and is a coming-of-age memoir that tells of the author’s experiences growing up during and in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. Persepolis was also adapted into a 2007 animated film of the same name, written and directed by Satrapi along with Vincent Paronnaud. …
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jclarke | Tuesday February 11, 2014
Categories: Theory, Film Theory, EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, British Film, Production Companies, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge While we often first think and refer to contemporary examples of film stars when we study film, it’s useful and valuable to consider film stars whose work has featured across several decades. More specifically for us as British audiences, it’s of particular interest to consider British film stars both in terms of the interest of their performances, and also in terms of how these performances offer representations of national identity and gender in combination.…
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Richard Gent | Wednesday December 04, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, British Film, Horror, Production Companies, Comedy, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge The British Film Industry is successful and thriving but as Jill Nelmes identified in An Introduction to Film Studies can be defined on a number or levels and by a range of “disparate films, genres and movements?. In addition to this there are arguments over what is a British Film and as such, there have been many attempts to define British Film over the years. A useful definition that the BFI proposed in 1996 was that films could be described and culturally…
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jclarke | Tuesday December 03, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Sport, Drama, History, Comedy, Romance, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
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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jclarke | Tuesday December 03, 2013
Categories: OCR A Level, Drama, War, Production Companies, Romance, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge World War Two impacted ferociously on Great Britain: cities were attacked by German bombers, air battles were fought and daily life was severely tested over the six years of conflict. It’s understandable though, if the war seems a long, long time ago to you. Cinema, however, offers us a meaningful way to reconnect with, and reflect on the event and to develop a sense of the relationship between World War Two and British cinema. Attendance at cinemas was acutely…
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Rob Miller | Friday October 04, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, World Cinema, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
AS Film Studies Films to teach Core Concepts/British Film Topics/Comparative Study The Shining (1980): Film Form/Mise-en-Scene Beautiful Lies (2010): Genre Avatar (2009): Production, Distribution but also representation and genre Cowboys and Aliens (2011): Hybrid Genre Hot Fuzz (2007): Hybrid Genre, British Film Production Companies Warm Bodies (2013): Hybrid Genre Milk (2008): Independent American Social Realism Precious (2009): Independent American Social Realism About Time (2013): Working…
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Rob Miller | Friday October 04, 2013
Categories: World Cinema, GCSE, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
Non-Superhero Films – Areas of Study Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011): Production values and genre Titanic (1997): Film Form, Narrative, genre and representation Cloverfield (2008): Genre and production values The Bourne Identity (2002): Narrative, film franchises and genre The King’s Speech (2010): Film Form, Film funding, genre and representation Gulliver’s Travels (2010): Hybrid comedy, Action Adventure Star Trek into Darkness (2013): Genre, sequels, franchises and…
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vikiwalden | Monday March 25, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A2, EDUQAS A Level, Science Fiction, Drama, Action, Crime, History, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, World Cinema, A Level, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
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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jclarke | Friday March 22, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Social Realism, British Film, Crime, Production Companies, Thriller, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Audience, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Independent, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Crime and cinema have a longstanding relationship. Going right back to early cinema one of the landmark silent films was The Great Train Robbery (1903). There is a shot in that film which is overtly referenced as the last shot that we see in the American crime film GoodFellas (1990). click on image to enlarge However, whereas we might argue that the criminal life that’s represented in the Hollywood-produced GoodFellas is somewhat glamourised and told in an overtly…
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jclarke | Friday March 08, 2013
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Social Realism, British Film, Production Companies, A Level, Film Industry, Film Distribution, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
click on image to enlarge Introduction National identity and cinema are inextricably connected around the world. Within this national cinema dynamic is to be found the question of what it might mean to ‘be British’, or, more specifically, English. It’s a question that’s the basis of a longstanding narrative that relates powerfully to our filmic identity and, more immediately, our identity as an island nation, physically and culturally (and economically) separate to the mainland of…
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Rob Miller | Wednesday January 09, 2013
Categories: X-Men, GCSE, Hot Entries, Mock Exams, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Superhero, GCSE Mock Exams
Associated Resources
WJEC GCSE Film Sudies Mock Exam Paper 1 2013.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Mock Exam Paper 2 2013.docx
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Rob Miller | Wednesday January 09, 2013
Categories: GCSE, Hot Entries, Mock Exams, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Superhero, GCSE Mock Exams
Associated Resources
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 1 Mark Scheme 2013.docx
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Mark Scheme 2013.docx
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jclarke | Thursday December 20, 2012
Categories: Theory, Film Theory, EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, Social Realism, British Film, Production Companies, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Trainspotting, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Key Concepts
Ewan McGregor is a major British film star who has appeared in a wide range of films that have been released globally since 1994. His career has combined performances in a range of lower budgeted feature films and work in highly budgeted, event films released by the major film studios. Over the course of almost twenty years McGregor has appeared in nearly fifty films. Professionally trained as an actor at London’s Guildhall, McGregor hails from Scotland and the narrative of his career…
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karenardouin | Wednesday December 19, 2012
Categories: Drama, Horror, World Cinema, GCSE, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
Associated Resources
WJEC GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Non Hollywood High Level Exemplar The Devil’s Backbone.doc
GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Non Hollywood B Grade Exemplar.doc
GCSE Film Studies Paper 2 Non Hollywood C Grade Exemplar.doc
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vikiwalden | Monday November 05, 2012
Categories: Drama, British Film, GCSE, Hot Entries, Audience, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Independent, Key Concepts
Paper 2 | Non-Hollywood Film | Yasmin Synopsis The opening of Yasmin reveals a Britain where racism prevails. Khalid and his son (Nasir) open the shutter of the family shop, which has been coated in racist graffiti. Nas proceeds to sing morning prayers – his voice echoes over the city and surrounding hills through the loud speaker - calling everyone to prayer. Several Muslims are seen hurriedly preparing, except one - Yasmin. In a field, just outside of town, she swaps her hijab for skinny…
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vikiwalden | Monday November 05, 2012
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, EDUQAS AS, British Film, Horror, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies
FM2: Close Study Topic British Horror: The Wicker Man Director: Robin Hardy Writers: Anthony Shaffer (Screenplay), [David Pinner - Ritual novel] Cast: Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Ingrid Pitt, Diane Cilento Synopsis Sergeant Howie, a police officer from mainland Scotland, arrives on a remote island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan. As he tours the island, questioning residents and looking for clues, he falls deeper inside the rabbit hole – discovering customs that…
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nicoleponsford | Tuesday September 11, 2012
Categories: OCR A Level, Mystery, Drama, British Film, Action, Horror, Comedy, Thriller, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis, Independent
In both the exam and in the coursework, candidates will be asked to study English Language Texts. They are NOT able to study the same texts for both sections and will prepare for this in different ways. For example, the coursework will act as a catalyst for their creative work in their portfolios. In the exam, students will have part of a two hour exam to answer a specific (unseen) question on an aspect of the film. Both the coursework and examination texts will have shared aspects. This is…
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