urban stories_revision lesson 2 - thematic comparison_final
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FM3 WORLD CINEMAUrban Stories
Revision Lesson 2
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Revision Lesson Focus
1. Context of time and place
2. Representation of the city
3. Representation of Key SocialThemes
4. Close study analysis thematiccomparison
5. Past exam questions
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Exam Requirements
Section A of exam Specialist Film Study 1 Choice of 2 questions
1 question thematic focus
1 question formal focus
answer 1 question
1 hour
35 marks
Discuss 2 main case study films in detail & 2 further case study films in lessdetail
What will the examiners look for?1. An appreciation of the messages and values in the films studied
2. An understanding of how wider social themes are represented
3. An understanding of the formal elements & visual style used by thedirector
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Exam Technique
Aim for Triangulation
URBANSTORIES
Messages & Values
Formal elements
&
visual style
Representation
of wider social
themes
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Context of Time & Place
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Each focus film represents a different
time and place
1. Geographicallywhere was each film produced & set?
2. historically
when was each film made & set?
The content of each film may therefore:
allude to the historical events that occurred atthe time
offer specific messages and values by thedirector about these events or attitudes towardsthem.
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Context of Time & Place
HONG
KONG,
1988
EAST
MEETSWEST /
GANG
CULTURE
AS TEARS
GO BY
FRANCE,1995
SOCIAL &RACIAL
UNREST /
RIOTING
LA HAINE
GERMANY/ TURKEY,
2004
EUROPEANUNION /
IMMIGRAT-
ION
GEGEN DIE
WAND
SWEDEN /ESTONIA,
2002
UNEMPLOY-MENT /
POST-
IMPERIALISM
LILYA 4-EVER
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Representation of the City
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Why is the City important in Urban
Stories?
What is an Urban Story? A tale based on urban or city life
Characters lives are shaped by their existence within theurban environment
What is the focus of the Urban story? Urban stories tend to focus on 4 main ideas to do with
struggle: Within communities
Between communities and ruling classes
Living with crime
Feeling alienated
Which focus does each case study film have?
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Critical Perspectives
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The City as an important character in
all cinema
Critical perspectives about the representationof the City in Film
The City as a defining force
images of the city in film shape ideas about what
a city is like: How it looks
What happens in it
Projects these images globally
Mark Jayne, Cities & Consumption (2005)
Cities at the Movies
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qCXYz4Gfis8C&pg=PA178&dq=mark+jayne+cities+and+consumption+representation+of+the+city&hl=en&ei=SQPMTfaJJJDUgQeOn7XmBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAAhttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qCXYz4Gfis8C&pg=PA178&dq=mark+jayne+cities+and+consumption+representation+of+the+city&hl=en&ei=SQPMTfaJJJDUgQeOn7XmBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA -
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Key Themes
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POWER, POVERTY, CONFLICT
Integral to films that explore: the city
the lives of the characters who are shaped by the City
Power
Ability to do, act, produce; a specific ability Strength, force, or energy in action
Poverty
The state of having little or no money / few or no
material possessions
Conflict
To fight, battle, contend; to be antagonistic,incompatible, contradictory; be in opposition to; clash
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Power, Poverty & Conflict
KEY
THEMES
POWER
POVERTY
CONFLICT
WORD
WORD
WORD
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Close Study Analysis
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Thematic comparison
Context of time & place
Representation of The City
Critical Perspectives
Representation of power
Representation of poverty
Representation of conflict
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Past Exam Questions
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Past Exam Questions
Exam questions with a thematic focus:
1. To what extent do you think the films you have
studied present either clear or ambiguousmessages about the worlds they represent?
2. How far do the films you have studied for this
topic offer an analysis of the social issues they
present? (June 2010)
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