Key scene analysis

1. Homework
Revise for a short Test on areas we have covered so
far for this Case Study.
Due:
TODAY – Wednesday 25th February

2. Entrance Activity
You have 5 minutes to complete the Test you have been given.
YOU WILL then peer assess to establish WWW and what could be EBI for
that student and then reflect on your own personal targets.

3. Feedback
YOU MUST Peer assess another students answers to see WWW and what could be EBI.
Feedback for the student is absolutely key!

4. Answers
1) ‘Belfast in the early 70’s was total chaos’
2) 1974 – The Troubles
3) Daniel Day-Lewis
4) “I want you to have some respect”
5) ‘The Setup’ – ‘The confrontation’ – ‘The resolution’

5. Answers
6) Free Love & Dope
7) Broken Frame, LOW ANGLE shot
8) Stereotypes –
Angry? Resentful? Hatred? Patriotic? Prejudice?
British Authority?

6. Based on the feedback you have been given,
YOU MUST note down x3 Targets that WILL
improve your chances of meeting your potential
for this section of the exam.

7. Stereotypes
Stick this in your exercise books and annotate the stereotypes represented in this shot.
Extension – YOU COULD think about any other stereotypes represented in the text.

8. Homework
Exam question
How far does the opening sequence of the film you have
studied establish the idea of conflict?
YOU MUST produce a 1 Page-Review of how the micro
features construct this idea to the spectator.
Due: Monday 2nd March

9. Title:
‘In the Name of the Father’ –
Key Scenes Analysis – Part 2)
Wednesday 25th February 2015
FM2 –
British and American Film (60%) of AS Level)
Section B –
British Film topics Identity Study –
‘In the Name of the Father’ and
‘Hunger’

10. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior
learning.
• YOU WILL analyse 2 other
Key scenes from the film
to establish some of the
key themes & issues YOU
MUST be aware of for the
exam.
• Review the learning.
AO1
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of film as an
audio-visual form of creative
expression together and
AO2
Apply knowledge and
understanding, including
some of the common critical
approaches that characterise
the subject, when exploring
and analysing films.

11. FM2 –
EXAM BOARD EXPECTATIONS
• Study at least two films
• Focus on how macro elements of film – particularly
Narrative – construct meanings and raise issues
• ‘Borders and Belonging’ - Concerned with Identity and
belonging in relation to a place which is called the
United Kingdom but in which “British” is an increasingly
contested term
• Focus on Migrants, as well as characters who question
their attachment to or alienation from the idea of being
“British”
RE-CAP

12. FM2 –
EXAM BOARD EXPECTATIONS
Mark Scheme
• Excellent Knowledge – Institutional information, Character (Actor names), Key Scenes
that are accurate (relevant) to the Question.
• Specialist language = Micro Features, Terminology associated to the Texts being studied
– for example ‘The Troubles’.
• Narrative and Representation – Narrative Theory – Hallam & Marshment (2000);
Syd Field; Vladimir Propp; Todorov; Stereotypes/Anti-stereotypes.

13. 1. What is the ‘dominant reading’ (Stuart Hall – 1980) of this scene?
2. HOW do the spectators feel about Gerry’s ‘interrogation’ (Hallam &
Marshment – 2000)?

14. Section B –
British Film topics Identity Study –
‘In the Name of the Father’
YOU MUST use this sheet to establish HOW the scenes create meanings and evoke
responses from the spectator.
YOU SHOULD identify your understanding of the areas/questions by supporting your views
with Evidence.
Extension – YOU COULD compare some of the areas to other scenes in the text.

15. Feedback

16. Stereotypes
• The relationship between the 2 Nations is perceived to be
prejudicial.

17. Stereotypes
• The representation of being Irish is divided into 3 categories:
1) Gerry – ‘The petty Irish Thief’

18. Stereotypes
• The representation of being Irish is divided into 3 categories:
2) Irish Family – Dependable and Strong
The Maguire family, in binary opposition
(Levi Strauss) have embraced the British way
of life.

19. Stereotypes
• The representation of being Irish is divided into 3 categories:
‘The common portrayal of the IRA is as crazed, bloodthirsty murderers’ (Greenslade – 2000)

20. What have you learnt?
YOU MUST write down what YOU have learnt in relation
to the scenes analysed.
‘The way the narrative is constructed forces you to
sympathise with the main character’
HOW far do you agree with this statement based on
the 2 scenes analysed today?
or

21. Homework
Produce a Mind-Map of the Stereotypes represented
in ‘In the Name of the Father’ in terms of:
• Characters
• Location
• Narrative
Due:
Next Lesson – Thursday 26th February

22. Homework
YOU MUST write down what YOU have learnt in relation
to the scenes analysed.
‘The way the narrative is constructed forces you to
sympathise with the main character’
HOW far do you agree with this statement based on
the 2 scenes analysed today?