Film Studies

British film since 1995 - Two film study Main Theories Todorov’s stage of narrative based on ‘cause’ and ‘effect’ There is a distinction between the ‘PLOT’ and the ‘STORY’ Plot - Summing up the ‘action’/events Story - The plot is fleshed out with characters, emotions, and context AND this same plot can be constructed into a narrative in a number of ways - USING NARRATIVE DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES. Story unfolds as ‘cause’ and ‘effect’ from the first equilibrium to the last equilibrium - The final equilibrium is not the same as the beginning. Everything that has happened in the interim. TODOROV 5 KEY STAGES Equilibrium  Something happens - Sets the narrative in motion A realisation that something has happened Trying to put things right New equilibrium at the end Vladmir Propp: archetypal characters Archetypal characters He argues that a good story always needs a specific set of archetypes The characters themselves are not important - focus is on their role on function as a type...

  ‘Captain Fantastic reflects the extent to which contemporary US culture and society is divided’  The movie ‘Captain Fantastic’ follows the story of Ben and his six children as they go about life living deep in the woods of Washington state where they are isolated from society. Throughout this film, you can see the contemporary divide between Ben and the rest of the world as when they start to mix, their views and ideologies seem to clash. Ben has a different Idea to how the world should work compared to the rest of the modern world. His views focus on physically training his children in order to hunt and fight, he steers away from the modern education system, and he also thinks exposing his children to the cold hard truth is what best for them. These views and ideologies contrasts greatly with those of modern US society, and shows how contemporary US culture and society is divided depending on what your beliefs are. The first key scene which shows how divided culture and...

  Film styles and Movements - Cinematic Boundaries List of different film Movements French new wave Italian Neo-realism Soviet montage German expressionism Free cinema British New wave Dogme 95 Mexican new wave cinema Film styles Avant Garde Experimental film and cinema Documentary - Cinema Vérité  Arthouse Noir Anime French New Wave La Nouvelle Vague Emerged in the late 1950s Characterised by tis own rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions Experimentation within the spirit of iconoclasm Iconoclasm - Social belief of the destruction of icons and other images and monuments related to politics or religion New wave filmmakers explored new editing approaches as well as visual style, narrative and engagement in the social and political changes Use of irony or explores existential themes  Considered the most influential  Auteurs: François Truffaut Alan Resnais Jean Luc-Godard Jacques Rivette Agnès Varda   Ital...