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Legacy OCR A Level Film Studies »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Legacy
New OCR A Level Film Studies Resources We are developing a series of new resources for the new A Level Film Studies specs. These include an overview planner, teaching guide, online slides, student workbook and a glossary. Legacy Resources Welcome to Edusites Film’s comprehensive resources and materials link covering every aspect of the OCR AS and A2 Film Studies specification. Studying film is a skill and a pleasure for both students and teachers focussing on key areas of academic study and we…
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Last Minute Mock Exam Questions - OCR H410/01 Film History »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level
Section A - Film Form in US Cinema from the Silent Era to 1990 Answer Questions 1 and 2 With reference to a sequence from the film made between 1930-1960 which you have studied, explain how mise-en-scene has been used to create meaning in the sequence. With reference to a sequence from the film made between 1961-1990 which you have studied, explain how performance has been used to create meaning in the sequence. Answer either Question 3 or Question 4 To what extent does the selection and…
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OCR A2 Film Sec A Messages and Values in Global Film: Battleship Potemkin & Les Quatre Cents Coups »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, Drama, Crime, History, War, World Cinema, A Level, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies, Analysis
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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OCR A2 Film Sec B Critical Engagement with Film & Cinema: Authorship in Contemporary Cinema »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Film Analysis, Analysis
2. How far do you agree with the statement that the director is the true author of the filmmaking process? (50) An auteur implies someone with overall control and also someone with their own recognisable style. Audiences with cultural capital who watch a Hitchcock film may see immediately that it is directed by him because of the cinematography, mise-en-scene and visual style, sound but also importantly editing. It is the ‘look’ of the film that identifies his role and this is the primary…
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OCR A2 Film Studies Creative Investigation in Film »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level
The purpose of this unit is to assess students’ ability to independently research, investigate and analyse a film based topic and present the findings and to assess the students’ application of knowledge and understanding to the planning and construction of a creative realisation. It is also designed to assess students’ application of knowledge and understanding in evaluating their own work. This project is produced independently but may have the assistance of others. 1. Research a.…
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OCR A2 Film Sec A Messages and Values in Global Film: Battleship Potemkin & Good Bye, Lenin! »
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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Exemplar OCR A2 Lesson Plan | Introduction to F633 Section A »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, World Cinema, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies
Associated Resources Edusites Lesson Plan Template.docx NB. Please note this is a suggested template, your school may require a different layout. Length of Lesson (minutes): 60 Lesson Title: An Introduction to F633 Global Cinema and Critical Perspectives Section A: Messages and Values in Global Film Context This lesson would be delivered early in term one to embed the notion of non-English language global cinema and develop a critical approach to film analysis required for the whole of F633.…
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Recommended A2 Film Studies Theorists »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, Theory, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Hot Entries, Audience, Representation, Key Concepts
The following theorists represent a selection of film theorists (from many) whose work can be cited in both A Level Film Studies coursework and external assessment, for both WJEC and OCR. For example, OCR Film Studies Section B F633 suggests: “candidates are encouraged to engage with critical frameworks relevant to the topic area? e.g. Film Regulation, Authorship and Film and Audience Experience while WJEC Film Studies FM4 states that students should: “apply key concepts and critical…
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F634: Creative Investigation in Film Guide »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Marketing, Audience, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Posters, Film Poster Analysis, Key Concepts
The purpose of this unit is to assess students’ ability to independently research, investigate and analyse a film based topic and present the findings; secondly, to assess the students’ application of knowledge and understanding to the planning and construction of a creative realisation; and finally, to assess candidate’s application of knowledge and understanding in evaluating their own work. 1. ResearchIndependent Research Project: 40 marks Planning: evidence of planning for a filmed…
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OCR A2 Film Studies: 31 Week Scheme of Work »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Hot Entries
click on image to enlarge F633: Global Cinema and Critical Perspectives F634: Creative Investigations in Film This scheme provides a basic outline, in terms of structure and timescales over the period of one academic year – it is expected throughout the year that teachers will generate their own additional resources and materials. Edusites Film have suggested only a research investigation for F634 and have recommended only that Film Regulation and Classification be studied for F633…
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Messages and Values in Global Cinema »
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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OCR A Level Film Studies Recommended Texts »
Categories: OCR A Level, OCR A2, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Genres & Case Studies
AS Film Studies Section A Films to teach 7 Frameworks for Analysis – Representation, Messages and Values, Genre, Narrative, Theme, Style and Authorship Red Road (2006): Style and Authorship Fish Tank (2009): Style, Representation, Messages and Values, Genre and Authorship Millions (2004): Style, Genre and Authorship Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Style, Genre and Authorship Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005): Style, Representation and Authorship Frankenweenie (2012): Style, Representation…
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Spectatorship and Early Cinema Before 1917 »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, Theory, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, Production Companies, Spectatorship Theory, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Analysis, Film Language, Representation, Analysis, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Cinema is now nearly 120 years old and it’s a magnificently broad, deep, complex and exciting subject. It’s understandably easy to think that the way films are now is how they have always been, in terms of their technology and particularly how they organize (tell) their stories. However, this isn’t the case and so it’s important for us to be aware that all forms of cultural expression evolve across time and that they are subject to many influences, intended or…
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Developments in 21st Century Cinema and Film (2000-Present) »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, EDUQAS AS, Production Companies, World Cinema, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Audience, Film Promotion, Film Language, Representation, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Key Concepts
click on image to enlarge Film is technology. It’s an obvious point, and an essential one. Film established itself as a symbol of the modern, mechanical age of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and so it is particularly interesting to now witness how the medium is moving into the digital age. Indeed, we should perhaps talk not of new technology but of now technology because it is so quickly ever changing and evolving. In Western Europe we live in an increasingly digital and…
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Authorship in Contemporary Cinema: The Films of Danny Boyle and Tim Burton »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, Theory, Film Theory, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, EDUQAS AS, Auteur Theory, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Analysis, Films & Case Studies, Analysis
click on image to enlarge As we know, there are a fascinating range of ways in which to explore what cinema is; for example: how it achieves its impact on an audience, how technology informs creative choices and how a particular film can tell us something of the culture that produced it. These are all ways of understanding the relationship between text and context. However, the concept that remains perhaps most popular, accessible and fundamental to our thinking about cinema, perhaps because it…
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Film Regulation and Classification »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, EDUQAS AS, A Level, Film Industry, Hot Entries, Censorship & Regulation
click on image to enlarge Britain is one of the most highly regulated nations in the ‘west’ in terms of what can be shown at cinemas and in this resource we will explore aspects of the institutional roles of film regulation and classification and the dynamic that is legally required to operate between the institutions of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and the film industry. To put it very simply, if you want your film distributed and shown to the paying public, at a cinema…
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Film and Audience Experience »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, EDUQAS AS, A Level, Hot Entries, Audience, Key Concepts
Everyone seems to enjoy talking about movies. Why is that? Not everyone enjoys talking about sport or politics or literature or cookery or healthcare for example. The variety of movies we talk about is diverse. Films are made to be watched by audiences. It’s the most obvious fact to state but it does remind us of a set of fundamental concerns. This resource will concern itself with a number of issues that you can also revisit in more detailed in several of our other FilmEdu resources. For…
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KS5 Film Studies Starters »
Categories: EDUQAS A2, OCR A Level, EDUQAS A Level, OCR A2, EDUQAS AS, A Level, Hot Entries
Synergy Starter Ask students to come up with as many ways that they can use synergy to sell a film. You can give them the genre / narrative, or get them to come up with this. Works best in small groups. Compare and add to one another’s ideas. See What is Synergy? for assistance. Explore The Theory ICT Give the students a range of film theories to explore. You can share these out amongst the group, or get them to focus on one a lesson so you can discuss it later. Examples include Post…
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