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Welcome to AS Film
StudiesWhat skills do you think you will develop studying film studies?
What do you think we do in Film Studies?
The AS Film Studies course is split in to two distinct sections
FM1 – Exploring Film Form (40%)
FM2 – British & American Film (60%)
Today we will introduce both modules and sample the topics we will be looking at over the next academic year
FM1 – Exploring Film Form (40%)
This unit is coursework based
The unit will focus on the Micro Elements of film and how meaning is constructed
You will be required to complete the following: In-depth analysis – 1,500 word analysis of a film extract of your choice
Creative Project – You must plan, produce and edit a short film or create a series of digital storyboards
What will we be
studying?Micro Elements
You will learn how to ‘read’ a film and analyse how directors can use the micro elements
Cinematography
Performance Sound
Editing
Mise-en-scene
On your handouts note down a definition for each of the terms
Micro Elements
We will identify how the micro elements are manipulated and contribute to sensory impact of the film
Reflecting on our individual responses to films and explore the relationship between films and their spectators
You will then use your knowledge of the micro elements to create a short film or storyboard sequence
Any Questions?
There Will Be Blood
Blade Runner
Star Wars TrilogyIn The Mood For Love
Film StudiesUsing the paper provided make a list of your top ten favourite films – try and provide a reason why these films have made your list
The Godfather Part IIGladiator
UnforgivenSpinal Tap
Vertigo
Dr. Strangelove
Why do we go to the cinema?Working alone, note down answers to the
following questions:
1. What is the purpose of cinema?
2. Why do people go to the cinema?
3. Why role, if any, does film serve in modern society?
Silver Screen... or Mirror? French Film Critic Andre Bazin claimed that
the cinema screen had different meanings for different people
Some, he said, saw the screen as a Mirror
Others thought the screen was a window on the world whilst others felt it was an escape hatch
“The more we see the screen as a mirror rather than an escape hatch, the more we will be prepared for what is to come”
What do you think Bazin was saying with this statement?
What is film?On your handouts provide an example of one film that be can described as:
1. A mirror2. A Window
3. An Escape Hatch
According to Bazin’s definitions what is the purpose of Monster Camp?
Be prepared to explain your answers
Watch the trailer for the ‘Monster Camp’ and answer the following question:
Any Questions?
FM2 – Exam TopicsYou will sit the AS Film Studies examination in May 2013
and will be answering questions on the following areas:
Section A – Audience & Industry
Section B – British Film
Section C – Genre Study
What is film?Film has always been used to discuss and highlight issues that are important to the society that made it
For example –
Invasion of the Body Snatchers was written during the Cold War between the USA & USSR
The films director Don Siegel stated that the aliens in the film represented Russian communists trying to infiltrate the USA during time of war
The aliens are depicted as foreign invaders who pose a threat to the USA – this is how many people saw Communists during this time
What is film?Watch the Trailer for ‘The Terminator’ and answer the following questions:
1. Is this film a Mirror / Window / Escape Hatch
2. What do you think the film is about and what is James Cameron trying to say?
James Cameron stated that he wrote Terminator after a nightmare in which a machine attempted to kill himHe said the film reflected peoples fears that we had become to dependant on technology and if we were not careful its development may spiral out of our control
Director:James Cameron
Budget:$6,400,000
Box Office:$78,019,031
Any Questions?