Lesson 8 - Formal / Stylistic Analysis - Director's Visual Style - LILYA 4-EVER

A2film- FM4 Sec A - Urban Stories - Formal Analysis - Director's Visual Style - LILYA 4-EVER on Prezi

Lesson 8 - Formal / Stylistic Analysis - Director's Visual Style - HEAD ON

Copy of A2film- FM4 Sec A - Urban Stories - Formal Analysis - Director's visual style HEAD ON on Prezi

Lesson 8 - Formal / Stylistic Analysis - Director's Visual Style - LA HAINE

Copy of A2film- FM4 Sec A - Urban Stories - Director's Visual Style - LA HAINE on Prezi

Lesson 8 - Formal / Stylistic Analysis - Director's Visual Style - AS TEARS GO BY

Copy of A2film- FM4 Sec A - Urban Stories - AS TEARS GO BY - Director's visual style on Prezi

Lesson 8 - Stylistic / Formal Analysis - Narrative Theory

Copy of A2film- FM4 Sec A - Urban Stories - Formal Comparison on Prezi

Mark Jayne - Cities & Consumption Excerpt

Read from bottom of p173, The City & Popular Culture, to bottom of p178. The most relevant reading for you in terms of our Urban Story films however is from the bottom of p176 (after the list of films) to the end of p178.


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 The handout below takes 3 quotes from the reading above, which are perhaps the most applicable to our study of Urban Stories. For each one, try to think of a relevant example from the films. 


Urban_revision Lesson2_applying Jayne Theory_ACTIVITY 3

Group Analysis presentations - Analysis of the Representation of Power, Poverty & Conflict in case study films

Group 1 - Rhiannon, Afreen & Zac







Group

Prezi from candifilmstudies

2 - Abiola, Heval, Alex & Benas






Group 3 - Gustavo, Max, Boshra & Daisy




Group 4 - Amanee, Kemi, Megan & Stella

Amanee, kemi, megan & stella_Urban Stories - PPC - Thematic Comparison of Case Studies from candifilmstudies

Lesson 6 - Representation of the City - Clips Analysis

A2 FILM STUDIES_thematic Comparison_representation of the City Anlaysis

Lesson 6 Homework

1. Complete "context" timed writing that you began earlier in lesson:

• finish with examples from films
• one paragraph for each film

2. Write a response to the question:

How is the City represented in the case study film you have just analysed in class?

Due in 14th November

Lesson 6 - Comparison of Context of Time & Place in case study film - CLIPS

As Tears Go By - Opening Sequence

 

 

As Tears Go By - Ch 13 - 72 mins 

 

Head On - Opening Sequence

Lilya 4ever - Chapter 6 - The Pentagon
 




La Haine - Opening Sequence



 La Haine
 

Lessons 6 & 7 - Comparison of Key Thematic Issues in Case Study Films

Lesson 5 - Case Study Film 4 - Lilya 4-Ever HOMEWORK

1. Re-read your article and, in your groups, complete the summary grid. I need ONE GRID per group.  This is to be handed in or emailed to me by 17/10/12.

2. Write a 500 word response to ONE of the following questions:

a) What are the messages and values communicated by the director in Lilya 4-ever?

OR

b) How important is mise-en-scene and sound in communicating the messages and values of the director in Lilya 4-ever?

Remember to make reference to the following in your answer to either question:

• context of time and place
• representation of the City & the urban environment
• representation of characters
• themes of power, poverty and conflict
• narrative structure and devices
• stylistic features / technical codes

Lesson 5 - Case Study Film 4 - Lilya 4-Ever, Lukas Moodysson (2002) - Trailer, analysis grid & reading activity instruction

As you watch the trailer for the film make a note of:

1) the common conventions of mise-en-scene, camera, editing and sound that we might expect to see in an urban story film based upon our previous analysis of films and clips
2) the way in which the Urban Environment is represented - does it appear to be friendly and inviting or cold and isolating?
3) the 'journey' we might expect to see the characters go through in the film
4) any thematic issues around power, poverty and conflict that you think the film may explore

 

 

 

 

Lesson 5 - Case Study Film 4 - Lilya 4-Ever, Lukas Moodysson (2002) - Sight & Sound Review

 

 Below is an interesting review from the above issue of Sight & Sound Magazine about Lilya's plight and 'trading' of one urban environment with another. You will need to print the article out in order to read it.

 

Lesson 5 - Case Study Film 4 - Lilya 4-Ever, Lukas Moodysson (2002) - Guardian Newspaper Articles

Below are links to a number of articles about the film and it's director from The Guardian newspaper. 


The first is a review and transcript of an interview with Moodysson at the NFT. Here, Moodysson talks about some of the stylistic and thematic features and influences found in Lilya 4-Ever.

Guardian / NFT Interview with Lukas Moodysson

In this review, Sean O'Hagan explores some of Moodysson's influences when making Lilya 4-ever.

Guardian - Sean O'Hagan article

In this article, Phillip French reviews the film

Guardian - Phillip French 'Cold Comfort' review

Lesson 4 - Case Study Film 3 - Gegen Die Wand, Fatih Akin (2004)

Lesson 3 - Case Study Film 2 - La Haine - Some Reading

La Haine Sight and Sound Article La Haine Representation Article La Haine - Lost in Translation

Lesson 3 - Case Study Film 2 - La Haine

Below is a short film that is part of a series by CNN on directors and the cities they live in. Here, Matthiew Kassovitz, the director of La Haine, briefly offers his point of view about Paris, fellow Parisiennes and certain aspects and areas of Paris that he feels are important cinematically.  He also explains why cities are important backdrops for directors and that, as a director, this helps to communicate the messages in his films.

LESSON 2 - Hong Kong Cinema - AS TEARS GO BY

This is the first part of Episode 2 of Jonathon Ross's documentary ASIAN INVASION. This extract offers some historical context of the Hong Kong film industry and how different New Waves affected generic developments and stylistic features. From watching this, you should be able to see how AS Tears Go By is both a commercial film that adopts some popular action codes and stylistic features explored by Hong Kong directors at the time but also plays with the idea of romance and dramatises the action with his anti-heros and complex, emotional characters who want to leave their urban environment but can't.




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It's a really good documentary and you can find all the episodes on www.youtube.com JONATHON ROSS ASIAN INVASION DOCUMENTARY

Dan's class - Set 2, Homework, lesson 1

A2 Film Studies Homework You are going to create your own Urban Story: • Firstly recap your notes (remember the Prezi: www.urbanstories2012@blogspot.co.uk) to remind yourself of the key themes we discussed in class. • Secondly, using your phone’s camera, take at least 5 photos that characterise the urban experience for you. • Put these in a Word document and create a imaginary synopsis for a short “Urban Story” that that joins them together. Your synopsis should include a main character (give them a name) and should reflect some of the ideas about the urban experience we discussed in class. Due next Friday:

Lesson 1 Homework - set 1 (Louisa)

Reminder of the homework for today's lesson - due in for my lesson next Wednesday:

1)  Analyse one of the following clips and fill out the grid on your handout:

• Bicycle Thieves (on the Prezi)
• Tokyo Story (on the Prezi)
• The Battle of Algiers (on the blog)

2) Pick a minimum of 2 further clips from the Prezi, analyse them and fill out the grid on your handout

3) Write one side of A4 in response to the question: What is an Urban Story?  Your answer should include a definition and consider some of the themes, characters, common props and stylistic codes that we would expect to see. You MUST refer to examples from the clips you have analysed to support your answer.

Below is a reminder of some of the points that you came up with about the Urban Experience, which may help you writing your answer...

Lesson 1 - Metropolis, The Battle of Algiers & Additional clips

Fritz Lang: METROPOLIS (1927) from cinema.antifono on Vimeo.



The Battle of Algiers - 1966
Click on the link to watch the clip on Youtube: http://youtu.be/CXlNsYoZTjU

Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Unit