Drafting Your Script By the beginning of next week (Monday 2nd December) you must have completed a first draft of your script. This will probably be in the form of a rough essay. If you have followed the planning document I introduced last week, it should look something like this: Introduction, justification and context Comparative […]
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Planning & Structuring The Comparative Study
Before we start scripting the essay we need to develop a structure that allows you to illustrate your research, understanding of the whole films, their context and how these big ideas and revealed in the cinematic style (micro). So, recap what you have learnt so far: What have you learnt from your research into: Genre […]
Exemplar Comparative Essays
TASK Assess the degree to which the examples below meet the assessment criteria: Example 1 List of Sources Example 2 List of Sources Example 3 List of Sources
Your Research
Recording Your Research Over the next week in lessons and for independent study you must conduct some independent research into: Your film focus Your two films You need to aim to find approx 5 research sources that helped you understand your film focus and analyse your own films/sequences using that approach: These sources should include: […]
Your Comparative Study Ideas
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Film Theory
Task: Research one of the following film theories: Feminist Film Theory Marxist Film Theory Soviet Montage Structuralism & Film Postmodern Film Find a short definition that sums up the theoretical approach. Name an important theorist. Identify 3 films which are considered important within that theory. Identify 3 recent films which might be explored using the […]
Film Movements
Watch this From this video choose one film movement which you would like to learn more about. Find a secondary research source that introduces and explain the film movement you have chosen and list 5 films that came out of your film movement. Write a one sentence definition for that film movement, which describes it’s look and […]
Film Genre & Style
Genre Analysis Sound easy? Well it is! Genre analysis is done in three steps. 1 Define the corpus. That is, agree on a group of films that you think are ‘pure’ example of the genre. This definition may be done in combination with secondary research. So: Fantasy Corpus: Lord of the Rings Harry Potter Shrek […]
Choosing a Personal Movie
TASK: Choose three films you would love to study. Some advice: Avoid big franchises movies Use films that have been on your watch list for a while. Find films which have won awards or been critically well received. Find directors who go against the mainstream. Who are working as independents. Think of the sorts of […]
The Comparative Study
Key Information Here is the guidance from the IB Film Specification Guide The Comparative Video Essay. Here is the assessment criteria Dates and Deadline Script Deadline – Monday 25th November Draft 1 Deadline – Monday 9th December Final Deadline – Friday 20th December Schedule: Week 1 Introduction to film focus: Genre & Style Film Theory […]