A2 Film 2014: September 2014

Tuesday 16 September 2014

1.3.2&3 Narrative, Messages and Context

Prepare for Learning 20 mins

Spanish Republican Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJwvNWxu6I

enter war in pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGpOQgBIA-U

Starter: Classic Hollywood Narrative & Propp's Character Archetypes

Does La Haine or Pan's Labyrinth or City of God follow this?

Group 1: Pans Labrynth

Pan’s Labrynth Website & Film Ed resources, SWEDE

Create Meaning

1. Film Narrative Timeline (is it CHN? Cause/effect) beg/mid/end, clear resolution: what is it saying?

2. Fakebook Character Profiles (Archetypes, stock characters, , psychological motivations- why they did what they did in the story?

3. Narrative Framing device: Capture Key Scenes with their Point of view, retell the events from another character's point of view Voki

4. Key events from history that the film deals with - Thematic Board or Video

Group 2: La Haine

Resources: Toilet Scene, Algerian Massacre, Jews in France

Create Meaning

1. Film Narrative Timeline (is it CHN? Cause/effect) beg/mid/end, clear resolution: what is it saying?

2. Fakebook Character Profiles (Archetypes, stock characters, psychological motivations- why they did what they did in the story?

3. Narrative Framing device: Point of view, retell the events from another character's point of view (Vinz & Hubert)

4. Key events from history that the film deals with - Thematic Board or Video

Group 3: City of God

Resources:

Create Meaning

1. Film Narrative Timeline (is it CHN? Cause/effect) beg/mid/end, clear resolution: what is it saying?

2. Fakebook Character Profiles (Archetypes, stock characters, , psychological motivations- why they did what they did in the story?

3. Narrative Framing device: Point of view, retell the events from another character's point of view

4. Key events from history that the film deals with - Thematic Board or Video

Apply to demonstrate

Discuss the role of Narrative in communicating messages and values

Can you find anything in the resources that explains the messages of the film?

Write up your analysis, choosing 5 scenes from the films to focus on and complete the analysis grids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnxN64Ny9AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekzTGDyP4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ylKMmvGuU

Close Textual Analysis La Haine

Lh close analysis from South Sefton College

Friday 5 September 2014

Messages in Blockbuster Action Movies

http://leighmediaa212.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/messages-in-us-action-movies-style.html

Wednesday 3 September 2014

Pre-reading week 1: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Watch this.

Watch La Haine

Identify 5 scenes that you think CHALLENGE the dominate ideas of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.

Leave your comments in the box below
Would this class La Haine as an example of National Cinema? (Yes or No.)

Why? (1 sentence)

Assimilation vs Multiculturalism La HAine Video Essay example

Annotate the video to add your analysis to complete the video

Week 1 Preparitory Work (dectectives) for next week

1. Play Who Dunnit?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/murder/

Who Dunnit is a game where you must work out from the clues (research) you are presented with to formulate an answer (conlcusion) based on your investigation (hypothesis)

What have you learned about the skills required for an investigation:
List 3

2. Look through the studies that the students have conducted last year

Pick one that interests you

3. Analyse & deconstruct the content of these essays under the following colours using Popplet

Primary Sources (references and how they were presented)

Secondary Sources (references and how they were presented)

Hypothesis/Research Questions

Conclusion drawn from each sources/point made

4. Write a commentary of 100 words of:
How each sources interrelates with the next/builds on and develops (ie a Theory is applied to a Textual Analysis)

How the overall conclusion is balanced - how have they arrived at this solution/answer/conclusion

5. Now begin your investigation using this as a starting point:
http://leighmediaa2film14.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/for-reading-week.html

You can either:
Start a new study
or
Continue your study from Module 6
or Develop on one of the studies from last years students*

*YOU MUST BE AWARE OF PLAGIARISM WHICH COULD GET YOU DISQUALIFIED

Be ready to discuss you area of interest with Mr Dixon next session.