1. Entrance Activity
1. HOW would you define a Unionist?
2. HOW would you define a Republican?
3. WHAT is meant by “The Troubles”?
4. WHO directed the case studies and WHAT year were they
produced?
2. Title:
Areas of Focus –
FM2 – Section B –
‘Borders and Identity’
Monday 2nd
February 2015
Unit FM2: Section A –
Producers & Audience
3. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior
learning.
• YOU WILL develop your
understanding of HOW both
case studies represent “The
Troubles” to the spectator.
• YOU WILL learn more about
this particular period of time
• Review the learning.
AO1 Demonstrate
knowledge and
understanding of the film
industry.
4. FM2 – Section B –
‘Borders and Identity’
• 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
5. Homework
Due: 2 Lessons – Tuesday 3rd
February
1) Research “The Troubles” and produce a 1-page
Timeline summary of some of the key events
surrounding this conflict.
2) Complete the conflict task surrounding the
opening sequence.
6. ‘Bloody Sunday’ – 1972
14 Killed
“The Troubles” - 1968 - 1998
IRA Truce –
9th
February 1975 to 23rd
January 1976.
Omagh
Bombing –
August 1998
29 killed
7. Worksheet here
YOU MUST – using the worksheet provided – analyse the opening
scene and establish HOW the following (through deconstructing the
micro features) are represented in the sequence:
•Conflict
•Authority
•Family
•Britain v Ireland – Heroes v Villains (Propps Character Roles)
Task 1) – 8 minutes
9. 1. The right not to wear a prison uniform.
1. The right not to do prison work.
1. The right of free association with other prisoners, and to
organise educational and recreational pursuits.
1. The right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week.
1. Full restoration of remission lost through the protest.
10. YOU MUST – using the worksheet provided – analyse the Clothing
rebellion scene and establish WHY the IRA were so angry at what
they were provided.
YOU SHOULD focus on HOW the Director constructs the slow
building tension of the “prisoners” anger.
Task 2) – 8 minutes
13. Homework
Due: Next Lesson – Tuesday 3rd
February
1) Research “The Troubles” and produce a 1-page
Timeline summary of some of the key events
surrounding this conflict.
2) Complete the conflict task surrounding the
opening sequence.
14. Entrance Activity
“Odd One Out”
Based on the Statements YOU MUST write down whether you think the statement is
TRUE (OOI) OR FALSE (OOO)
Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) is
Loyalist and Protestant
Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) went on hunger strike in 1981
15. Title:
Areas of Focus –
FM2 – Section B –
‘Borders and Identity’
Monday 2nd
February 2015
Unit FM2: Section A –
Producers & Audience
16. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior
learning.
• YOU WILL learn about the
Exam Boards expectations
for a Question based on
Narrative
• YOU WILL learn about the
important Narrative and
Character theory YOU MUST
know for the exam.
• Review the learning.
AO1 Demonstrate
knowledge and
understanding of the film
industry.
17. FM2 – Section B –
‘Borders and Identity’
• 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
18. Todorov’s 3 Part Narrative
YOU MUST analyse where the following parts are represented in EACH text:
1.Equilibrium – Is there any sense of normality and/or harmony?
2.Disequilibrium – What event(s) disrupts the equilibrium?
3.New Equilibrium – Is justice restored? Is there a resolution?
19. Syd Field Narrative Theory
YOU MUST analyse where the following parts are represented in EACH text:
1.The Set Up– Does the opening 10 minutes grab the attention of the audience?
2.The Confrontation – The main protagonist is helpless against opposing forces.
3.The resolution– The hero wins out.
21. YOU MUST analyse from the Opening Explosion to Gerry’s Father – Giuseppe
Conlon (Pete Postlethwaite) – declaring “We’re getting you out of here” – to
establish:
•HOW Conflict is represented and between WHO?
•HOW the lack of “Respect” for Authority is represented
•HOW Family is represented to the spectator?
Extension – YOU COULD focus on other elements such as the Power & Authority
of the IRA within the community as well.
22. Feedback
The Set Up – Syd Field
High Angle shallow focus
shot of the 3 IRA Men
seeking Gerry –
Connotations?
Connotations?
Connotations?
23. ‘Villainy’ (Propp’s Narrative Functions Theory) –
Is Gerry the catalyst for the problems that the Conlon family encounter?
24. Roland Barthes – “5 Codes” Theory
Semantic Code
Where an example within the text – Verbal (Sound), Non-verbal (Mise-en-scene)
and Technical (Editing/Cinematography) - refer to additional meanings.
Watch the scene and analyse the
Semantic Codes (Additional Meanings)
behind the scene.
WHO do we sympathise with?
27. What have you learnt?
YOU MUST write down x3 Narrative theories you have learnt
today.
Extension – YOU COULD explain WHERE one of these theories applies
to ONE of the case studies.
28. Homework
• Produce a Narrative Theory “mind-map”
• Investigate ‘The Guildford Four’ and ‘The
Hunger Strikes’
Due: Next Lesson – Tomorrow
Editor's Notes
Statements on Display on the NEXT SLIDE
Statements on Display on the NEXT SLIDE
Statements on Display on the NEXT SLIDE
Play scene from ‘In the Name of the Father’ – Gerry and Paul Hill return home to be greeted by abuse
