Coursework

Film notes

Stylised dialog - used for effect (doesn't sound like everyday speech) - emphasise the character & traits

Script - know how to write a script - to show understanding of macro (narrative) [using stylised dialog]

Textual analysis of 2 films - 40 marks - have to have a point of comparison (macro) - within 10 years (2003) - 1 Hollywood/independent film

MACRO:

Genre

Narrative

Representation - gender, class, youth, Britishness

Rules:

-representation, genre, narrative study - come up with a hypothesis 

What is it that makes them a boy, what is not masculine about them, which one is more masculine - what makes it more of a traditional western sci-Fi & western ~ bigger audience ~ A grade response

1. Points of comparison - what makes them men & women

2. Judgement - what makes them more of a woman etc.

3. Thesis - an explanation as to why

"Genre changes all the time" - made it a hypothesis & explained why

HOMEWORK - presentation - what is my study, key scenes to compare, pitch with previous 3 points

Pick 4 scenes from each film to compare

Equilibrium, disruption, resolution l

Attack the block & super 8 - America likes children and America loves them - children should be seen and not heard, but now we're scared of them ~ America loves them / Noel Clarke 

1. 2 films and macro

2. 3 key scenes EACH

3. Comparison - equilibrium, disruption, resolution - a presentation to the class with main points 

Meaning and messages behind the films