International Baccalaureate
Your initial proposal Please complete this Google form prior to our meeting, Group Meeting Miss Hales and Mr Gregson will be meeting with groups of students studying each film to discuss genre, narrative and representation. Your work is assessed in three areas: Cultural / historical / institutional context surrounding the film (8 marks) Your analysis… Read more Your Micro Analysis
Here are the dates and deadlines for the Textual Analysis Essay: Group Seminars on Films and Initial Research Beginning Wednesday 19th January First Meeting: Film, Sequence & Question Drafted Week Beginning 24th January Draft of first 1,000 words Friday 4th February Second Meeting on first 1,000 words (Question Confirmed) Week Beginning 7th February Full Draft… Read more Textual Analysis Dates & Deadlines
Your Initial Response Complete one of these documents in preparation Context / Film Research. You’ve got one week to conduct the research necessary to help you understand your chosen film: Character Representation Narrative Genre Visual Style Context Critical Reception (Reviews) By the end of the week you will submit a proposed sequence from your film… Read more Textual Analysis Film Research Sources
City of God (2002) Meirelles & Lund M (1931) Lang Mudbound (2017) Rees Only Available through Netflix
Here are three example textual analysis essays from previous years. Please read through one of them carefully and give it three separate marks in accordance with the mark scheme, which you can find here. Essay 01 Essay 02 Essay 03 Important Please note that these three films are no longer on the list of films… Read more Previous Students’ Work – Assessment
Macro study refers to the big picture – the big ideas surrounding the whole film. Genre, Narrative & Representation You will need to come to some quick and early conclusions about your chosen film as a whole under these three headings. Here is a copy of a document similar to one which you will get… Read more Film Studies Macro Refresher
Assessment and Structure Assessed Examples Grade 7 Grade 5 Grade 3
So, let’s get back down to the micro… This is a process that you should be familiar with: Identify specific examples of production techniques: Cinematography Editing Sound Mise-en-scene These examples must be named with a technical term Analyse the impact that technique, in combination with others, on the audience? How do ‘we’ read the text? Previous blog posts… Read more Micro Analysis Refresher
Immediately after Christmas we will start towards your textual analysis essay, which is worth 35% (SL) or 30% (HL). You must submit: A textual analysis (1,750 words max) A list of all sources used The details of this assessment are. Textual analysis of a film extract no more than 5 minutes. Students consider the cultural… Read more Textual Analysis Preparation
How we study a film: Example: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Doyle: The context and macro analysis have been done for you below… your teacher will talk you through it: Your Micro Analysis. Remember TEAS: Identify the term used to describe the micro technique. Name a specific example from the sequence. Analyse the meaning / impact for the… Read more Film Recap