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

Unsupervised Lesson 19 December

Today you are focusing on the themes of La Haine.  You need to read the article below (including the comments made by other people at the end) and complete the Theme Task sheet.  Use your own knowledge and ideas about the film but you can also research a bit on the internet and read other parts of your La Haine booklet.
Don't forget that you need to have analysed  scenes from the film, taking screen grabs to highlight your points.
You also need to be working on your Creative project - coming up with an idea and choosing which format you are going to work in

The Reading

The Theme Task Sheet

Micro Analysis of La Haine - Own Choice of Scenes

Now that you have looked in detail at the opening scenes, you need to choose up to 4 other scenes to study.  Try to choose scenes that are significant to the plot, representation, themes etc.
Good ones could include the DJ scene, the toilet scene, the ending, gate crashing the Art gallery, the Eiffel Tower scene, the run ins with the skinheads, the police interrogation scene, the visit to Asterix etc