Spectatorship Introduction

1. Spectatorship and
Film

2. Starter
• Key to spectatorship is the following idea:
EXPECTATION Vs RESPONSE
Looking at the film posters in front of you, comment
on your expectations from this films WITHOUT
APPLYING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR
CONTENT!

7. James Bond
Clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouygpJqUAv8&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DouygpJqUAv8&has_verified=What type of text is this?
So what is the preferred reading?
How might we analyse this clip with a negotiated or oppositional
reading?

8. Task
- Group One: Intellectual film
- Group Two: Provocative film
- Group Three: Throw Away/Spectacular film
In your groups, choose a film within your category and
offer the three different readings from within that film.

9. STARTER
Think of two films which immersed you, and two which
were a clearer construct

10. Central Imagining
‘FEELING’
Creates This is a physical response.
This is translated to the spectator by the director (textual)
It uses micro elements to incite the feeling
Watching the clip below, comment on how the director has used micro
elements to make us feel the character’s pain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vo3INoJZLA&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%

11. A-Central Imagining
The difference is we feel less, but can imagine more
Rather than a physical response, we have an emotional response
A-Central imagining is reliant on the individual spectator’s
experiences (extra-textual)
Discuss, as a group, our individual responses to the following clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzR5Jnd6bU

12. Your Task
• On your blogs, create a spectatorship section...
• Now choose four film clips - two Central and two A-Central.
• Underneath each clip, write down the micro elements
the director utilised, or, your personal response to the
clip.
• Be prepared to present at the end of the lesson.