jclarke | Wednesday August 15, 2018
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, European Film, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Fantasy, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, War
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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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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
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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 September 13, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Fancis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, War
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snDR7XsSkB4 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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vikiwalden | Friday September 01, 2017
Categories: EDUQAS A Level, Adventure, Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Films & Case Studies, Romance, Casablanca, Film Noir, Drama, Film Analysis, Analysis, War
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQTWfGOv1JY 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 | 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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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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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
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jclarke | Tuesday December 03, 2013
Categories: OCR A Level, Genres & Case Studies, Film Industry, Production Companies, A Level, Hot Entries, Film Distribution, Censorship & Regulation, Film Marketing, Film Publicity, Film Promotion, Films & Case Studies, Non-Hollywood Films, Romance, Drama, Film Analysis, Key Concepts, Analysis, Representation, Audience, Film Language, War
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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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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Rob Miller | Thursday November 10, 2011
Categories: Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Romance, Film Research, British Film, Research, Film Analysis, Analysis, War, Period Drama, Heritage, Costume Drama
British and American Film Case Study Associated Resources Atonement Pupil Research Questions.doc Use your bibliography of British Film resources to research the following questions: Who directed Atonement? What other projects has the director been involved in and what does this say about his reputation and key specialist areas? Who wrote the novel that Atonement is based on, what do you know about him? What was the name of the Production Company and Theatrical Distributor? How would you describe…
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Rob Miller | Thursday November 03, 2011
Categories: Genres & Case Studies, A Level, Hot Entries, Films & Case Studies, Hollywood Films, Non-Hollywood Films, Romance, British Film, Film Analysis, Analysis, War, Period Drama, Heritage, Costume Drama
Overview Director – Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice): experience of big budgets, high production values and of the genre Costume Melodrama. Novel written by Ian McKewan (critically successful author) Genre Costume Melodrama – critically and commercially successful (‘safe’ genre). Arguably Atonement is a hybrid genre – Romance/War Film (built sets, contextual background). Gosford Park, Room with a View Produced and Distributed by Working Title (UK) and Universal Studios (US) – BFI…
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