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A2 FILM STUDIES - FM3 SECTION A SPECIALIST FILM STUDY 1 URBAN STORIES

2012_13_REVISION LESSON 1 Analysing the Key Issues with the Case Study Films

FOCUS: Context of time & placehow can time of production & time of setting be seen in the sequence

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FOCUS: Representation of The City - How is the city seen as a defining presence? Are there any examples of

general struggle, crime or alienation? Are there strangers, hedonism, familiar landmarks?

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FOCUS: Critical PerspectivesApplying Jaynes theory - isthe city as a place full of strangers? the pursuit of

pleasure & hedonism? landmarks that identify the City?

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FOCUS: The Representation of powerHow isAuthority, control, domination, force, strength etc.. conveyed?

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FOCUS: Representation of poverty - Penniless, destitute, disadvantaged, under privileged, deprived...how is it

portrayed?

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FOCUS: Representation of conflictConfrontation, disobey, battle, clash, oppose, incompatible, dispute..- how is

it portrayed?

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FOCUS: Narrative structureCan you see any of Propps stock characters? Does it follow Todorovs linear narrative

of equilibrium, disruption, resolution? Are there any action or enigma codes? Is it a Restricted or Omnipresent

narrative? Does the director employ an open or closed ending?

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FOCUS: Construction of characters- Who are the main characters? How are they constructed as the protagonists?

Do you like them? What issues are they seen to have in relation to the main themes? How are they seen to be the

product of their urban environments? What kind of struggle do they have? Do they belong to any kind of

community?

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FOCUS: Stylistic features CameraAre there any specific camera shots, angles or movement used by the

director to help represent the urban environment or the main thematic issues? Are there any devices or

signature styles used by the director to communicate their ideas about what it might be like to live in city

for the characters?

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FOCUS: Stylistic features Editing - Are there any specific editing featuers used by the director to help represent

the urban environment or the main thematic issuespace, filters, special effects, ellipses etc? Are there any editing

devices or signature styles used by the director to communicate messages about what it might be like to live in city for

the characters?

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FOCUS: Stylistic features Sound - Are there any specific features of the sound both diagetic and non-diagetic

used by the director to help represent how the urban environment sounds or feels, set a tone around the main

thematic issues or reflect the context of time and place? Are there any sound motifs used by the director to

communicate messages about what it might be like to live in city for the characters? How does the use of sub-titling

affect our understanding of the dialogue. Are there any elements of the script that are particularly important?

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FOCUS: Stylistic features MES - Are there any specific aspects of the mes location, setting, costume, proxemics,

props, performance used by the director to help represent the urban environment, set context of time and place

and reinforce messages about the main themes of power, poverty & conflict? Are there any motifs used by the

director to communicate messages about what it might be like to live in city for the characters? How does the use of

MES help the audience to understand the characters, plot development and the themes expressed?

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