Themes in La Haine

Themes in La Haine from Naamah Hill

Article One (that you all read)

 

Themes in La Haine from Naamah Hill

Article Two 
 

La Haine themes from Naamah Hill

Unsupervised Lesson 5 Dec

In the last class you looked at the opening scene of  La Haine and how micro elements were used to communicate to the audience. Today you need to choose three other scenes from the film and analyse them for the use of micro element. You will need to choose scenes that you think are important/significant. When you write about them you need to talk about specific features of sound, editing, cinematography and mise en scene (using the correct terms) and try to explain the effect they have on the audience (what do they make us think/feel, what is the director trying to say about representation, key issues, themes etc).  I want the analysis to be strong - like the video essay you saw on the first scene (rewatch in in the post below)
You can use the note sheets provided in class or write up on the computer - this would allow yoy to do screen grabs.

This will be due in on Tuesday, along with your Final Catalogue!

A clockwork orange from JenniferAnnTrimnell

Opening Scene of La Haine

La Haine Opening Scene from Naamah Hill

Extra Information and Readings on La Haine

Interesting article about the theme in La Haine and the way Kassovitz chose to represent them.
Article comparing La Haine and City of God

AHX film and US work 28/11/14 from JenniferAnnTrimnell

Presentation Script

Presentation Script from Naamah Hill

Intro to La Hanie

La Haine Intro from Naamah Hill

Your Presentations on City of God

The film from Naamah Hill

The director from Naamah Hill

City of god setting from Naamah Hill

 

City of God - Characters from Naamah Hill

Unsupervised Lesson 7th Nov

Other themes in City of God from Naamah Hill

City of God Theme statements from Naamah Hill

Micro Analysis of City of God

Micro analysis in City of God from Naamah Hill

 

Micro elements in City of God from Naamah Hill

City of God Follow Up

Check out this documentary about City of God ten years later.  It followes Rocket - the actor around City of God and talks about the impact the film has had. It is on a German website but the subtitles are in English!
http://www.npo.nl/city-of-god-10-years-later/21-08-2014/WO_NTR_613007

Unsupervised Lesson 17 October

1. Make sure your individual presentation on an aspect of City of God is complete (in a digital form) and handed in to me.  They will be posted on the blog.
2. There was a homework task set in the last lesson (500 words on the theme of power and reading/ answering questions on a article in your City of God booklet). Please check that you have done this.
3. Read the 'Social and Historical Context' section of your City of God booklet and complete the activity.
4. Choose one of the six questions at the back of your booklet in full - bullet points are fine but I want the whole page covered in ideas and writing big is not allowed!

I have included extracts for 3 and 4 below in case you have forgotten your booklets.
 

S and h context from Naamah Hill

 

Questions from Naamah Hill

Shocking Cinema - US work 10/10/14

Power in City of God

Power in City of God from Naamah Hill

Unsupervised Lesson 3rd Oct

There are four research tasks outlined below.  As a group you need to decide who is going to do each task. Try to pick one that is going to extend you!

You will have two weeks to complete this task and it needs to be in an electronic form as I will be posting them on this blog.  Try to make it informative and visual.

DUE IN ON 17th Oct - at the start of the lesson

The Film

Your job is to research, prepare and deliver a presentation about the film.  You will need to complete the following:

·         Plot summary of the film

Character profiles (with pictures) of all the key characters and the role they play in the film

•  Key Production information (Dates, key personal, Production Companies, Budget, Funding, Marketing etc)
• Information about the awards won by the film
•   A summary of the way in which this film was viewed by critics (including quotes from reviews – you will need to look at a range of reviews from different sources)
•  The influence this film has had on audiences and film making in Brazil

The Director

Your job is to research, prepare and deliver a presentation about the key creative people behind the film, in particular the director Fernando Meirelles, the co director Katia Lund, the author Paulo Lins and the producer Walter Salles. You need to cover the following in your presentation

• Basic Bio information of each person and how their background might have impacted on the film.
• Other films they have work on (comment on how the are similar/different to City of God)
• Their filmmaking/writing style and how City of God reflects this (maybe watch/analyse a key scene).
•  Meirelles as an auteur and evidence of his style from the film.
•  Any critical acclaim key personal have received and why.

The Setting

This film is set in a place and time that will be unfamiliar to most of the class.  Your job is to research, prepare and deliver a presentation about Brazil in the 1960’s to early 1980’s and about the real City of God.  You need to cover the following areas:

• How City of God (the place) came into being 
•   The role of men and women in this society and at this time 
• The  Education system
• The place of Religion
•  Economic Situation
• Police and Crime
•  Demographic profile of Brazil and the City of God
•  The other, more positive representation of Brazil (and how the film challenges this)

You can use the film as a source of information to help address some of these areas.

The Characters

Your job is  to prepare a presentation on the key characters from the film.Choose 4 of the following characters Lil Ze, Rocket, Carrot, Benny, Knockout Ned, The Tender Trio (treat as one).

You will need to include the following:

• Images of the characters so we can clearly identify them – you may need images of when they were young and old.
• Explain their story – what happens to them across the course of the film, what are the key events that happen to them and how does their story end?
• Explain the relationships they have with the other key characters in the film (Lil Ze, Rocket, Carrot, Benny, Knockout Ned, The Tender Trio and any others that you think are important)
•  Choose one key scenes connected with each character and explain what happens in the scene and why you think the scene are important.
•   Explain how they connect with the central themes of the film – power, poverty and conflict. 

Introduction to City of God

City of God Background from Naamah Hill

Possible Points to cover in the essay question 'How far do the films you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generate debate about the worlds they represent'. If you click on them you should be able to see them full screen.

 

Unsupervised Lesson 26th September

Please see PowerPoint on Emotional Response for work for the unsupervised 26/9 session. I will be checking the task has been completed fully on the Weds - Thank you!

An Introduction to emotional response

https://www.slideshare.net/JenniferAnnTrimnell/emotional-response-to-films-1" title="Emotional response to films 1" target="_blank">Emotional response to films 1

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Selecting Final Sources

Selecting Final Sources Research Project from JenniferAnnTrimnell

Unsupervised Lesson 19 th Sept

Focus Film Note Taking

For each of your focus films you need to select 3 - 5 key scenes that are relevant to your research topic.
For each film you need to:

1. Briefly explain what happens in the scene (narrative/events/characters)
2. Give reasons for why the scene is relevant/ important to your topic - give specific details of the information/ actions that are relevant
3. Provide notes on how the micro features are used (camera/ sound/ editing/ MES)
4. Explain how you would use the scebe and information in your presentation. 

DUE IN 3rd OCT!

Writing up your Catalogue

Writing your catalogue from Naamah Hill

Work Due in on Friday 18th July

Don't forget that you need to hand in 10 Log Sheets, your booklets and detailed notes on one of your focus films this Friday.  You will need to come and find me as we don't have a class on Friday.

Logging your research from Naamah Hill

Documentaries about Brazil

Ross Kemp Extreme Worlds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ihNMLoU7I




Ross Kemp Interview about Brazil

BBC - Welcome to Rio
Part One - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045h914/ad/welcome-to-rio-1-peace
Part Three - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b046s0lj/welcome-to-rio-3-ingenuity 

Favela Rising - Focuses on the area where City of God is set - http://www.linktv.org/programs/favela-rising

The 8 Critical Approaches - Focus for Research

The Critical Approaches from Naamah Hill

Research Booklet

 

Research Booklet from Naamah Hill

Welcome to Film Studies!

Outline of the course

Intro to Film Studies A2 from Naamah Hill

Key Issues to think about for Popular Film and Emotional Responce

Don't forget that there are sample essays in the teachers desk (bottom drawer) but if they disappear I will find you and kill you!!!!

Film Club Booklet

I can't seem to embed this - the school is blocking access (risky, naughty content I guess.....) but here is the hyperlink incase you have lost your copy!

http://www.slideshare.net/naamah/fight-club-booklet

David Fincher as an Auteur

You have taken notes on how David Fincher is an Auteur but I thought this powerpoint was a good way of remembering what you should have found out!

David fincher as auteur from The Henley College

Fight Club and its Social Context

Don't forget that there is an essay to on the last slide......

Fight Club and Postmodernism

Star Power and Fight Club

Homework due Friday 25th April - both questions 1 and 2 on Fight Club Star PowerPoint.

Unsupervised Lesson 3rd April

Gender In Fight Club

Now that you have learnt all about gender in Fight Club you need to complete all the worksheets that relate to gender and masculinity in your Fight Club booklet (it is included somewhere below.....).  You should be reading the article on pages 3 - 6 (and answering the question) as homework for Ms Gillies but there are several worksheets to complete as well!  They will get you to look at the film from a range of viewpoints connected to the Gender Context/Critical Approach.  You need to think about how useful this approach is in terms of helping you to understand the film and its messages. You may need to re watch key scenes again.

Gender in Fight Club

Essay Due 13 March

Fight Club and Institutional Issues

Fight Club and the 8 Critical Approaches

We need to study Fight Club from 8 different viewpoints or approaches.  These approaches are the same ones that your research project was based on.

• Star and performance
• Genre
• Auteur
• Social and Political Context (messages)
• Institutions
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Technology  These last two are not useful when studying Fight Club

Shifty Case Study from Naamah Hill

You need to start finding out about the Institution which produced it - Fox (who is ultimately owned by News Corp and Rupert Murdoch... 0f News of the World/Phone hacking fame.....)

Researching Fight Club from Naamah Hill

Here is a copy of the booklet we will be using for this topic - You can be working through it on your own and at times I will set parts as homework.

David Fincher as an Auteur

Who is David Fincher from Naamah Hill

Auteur-ship: David Fincher 
Auteurs of Obession
The Auteur Stylings of David Fincher
Sense of Cinema
Auteur - David Fincher
David Fincher - Born Again Film Maker
Auteur of the Week
Why I love..... David Fincher
Directing is masochism
David Fincher - An Observation

David fincher as auteur from The Henley College

Summary of Urban Stories

Summary of urban stories 2014 from Naamah Hill