Film Studies A2 FS4 – Film: Making Meaning 2

The study of… Practical activities related to meaning production. One is research-based; the other involves creative work. Both activities, though in different ways, focus on the ways in which meaning production negotiates tensions between authorship, medium-specific conventions and professional practices. Practical activities related to meaning production. One is research-based; the other involves creative work. Both activities, though in different ways, focus on the ways in which meaning production negotiates tensions between authorship, medium-specific conventions and professional practices. Close observation of the features of particular films that inform the practical activities: their form, style and themes Close observation of the features of particular films that inform the practical activities: their form, style and themes

Specific recurring features across a group of films based on the input of auteur and/or performer and/or genre Specific recurring features across a group of films based on the input of auteur and/or performer and/or genre Critical approaches used in film studies, with emphasis on the relationship of some or all of: authorship/performance/genre to institutional structures; Critical approaches used in film studies, with emphasis on the relationship of some or all of: authorship/performance/genre to institutional structures;

Assessed by two projects: Research Project and Presentation (50%): Research Project and Presentation (50%): –Catalogue of research materials –Commentary upon the research materials, investigating a problematic in the form of a 1000-word presentation script –Evaluation Practical Application of Learning – Creative Work (50%) Practical Application of Learning – Creative Work (50%) –Aims and Rationale –Finished practical project (film journalism, screenwriting, film/video-making) –Self-Evaluation

FS5 – Studies in World Cinema The study of… The study of… The variety of film forms and institutional contexts in World Cinema and, as appropriate, their significance in film history. The variety of film forms and institutional contexts in World Cinema and, as appropriate, their significance in film history. Characteristic features of different kinds of cinema. Characteristic features of different kinds of cinema. The differences between, and similarities to, the mainstream commercial narrative form of Hollywood-type cinema. The differences between, and similarities to, the mainstream commercial narrative form of Hollywood-type cinema. A developing overview of film history and film culture, within a contextual and historical study. A developing overview of film history and film culture, within a contextual and historical study.

Section A – Film Styles and Movements A comparative study of films from different surrealist styles such as A comparative study of films from different surrealist styles such as Alice (Svankmajer) Alice (Svankmajer) The phantom of Liberty (Bunuel) The phantom of Liberty (Bunuel)

Section B - Close Study : Contemporary World Cinema City of God (Lund & Meirelles, Brazil, 2002) –Contextual study, reflecting auteur, national cinema or institutional issues, as well as a broader cultural and social framework.

Assessment –Assessed by 1 ½ hour exam, with two essays: One on the single case study, one on the comparative study –Externally assessed, counts for 30% of A2 marks

FS6 – Critical Studies The study of… The study of…  Film texts, and the broader study of cinema in social and economic contexts.  Critical approaches used in the analysis of film texts. –Section A – The Film Text and Spectator: Specialist Studies in Shocking Cinema –Section B – Producers and Audiences: Issues and Debates - The Dominance of Hollywood and indigenous film production

FS6 – Critical Studies –Section C – Messages and Values: Critical Approaches to Gendered Film Studies –Assessed by 1 ½ hour exam, with three essays, one from each area of study –Externally assessed, counts for 30% of A2 marks –As a synoptic unit, it is also concerned with the academic skills required to draw together learning from different parts of the course.