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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Urban Stories_revision Lesson 2 - Thematic Comparison_final