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This document provides guidance on key areas to focus on when taking notes about the film Slumdog Millionaire. These include genre, narrative, and representation. It includes a table outlining aspects of each category to note, such as conventions, characters, themes, and visual style. The document also notes that Slumdog Millionaire has influences from multiple genres and discusses applying auteur theory to analyze Danny Boyle's authorship of the film.
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There are two main types of film analysis: genre analysis and auteur theory. Genre analysis examines codes and conventions, themes, characters, settings, narrative, iconography, and ideological messages within a film genre. Auteur theory posits that the director is the author of the film and creates an individual style or theme across multiple films. Films can be analyzed based on how they conform to or break conventions of their genre. For example, the film Leon breaks conventions by having the main character be a hitman who befriends a teenage girl, whereas a James Bond film follows typical action film conventions. Settings, characters, narratives, themes, and iconography all provide meaningful elements for analyzing a film's genre or director's style.
Miseenscene final
The document discusses the film techniques of mise-en-scene and lighting, which are important visual and technical codes that filmmakers use to convey meaning. It defines mise-en-scene as everything within the frame, including setting, costumes, color palette, characters and their movements. Lighting techniques like three-point lighting, high-key lighting and low-key lighting are also discussed, and how they impact the visual style and mood of a film. Examples are provided of how these techniques are used in specific films to provide information about characters and further the narrative.
Introduction to genre
This document discusses the genre of British comedy films. It outlines several conventions of film comedy including distinct settings (such as airports or high schools), natural camerawork and editing, incorporation of sound effects and props for humor, and themes like parody, romantic comedy, or slapstick. Key aspects that make British comedy uniquely British include films being made in Britain, use of iconic British settings, representation of British culture through sarcasm and stereotypical characters, and themes reflecting British lives. Students are then asked to analyze how sample comedy film openings fit these genre conventions and British elements.
Revision Tv Drama
This document provides guidance for analyzing how elements of film technique like camera work, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene are used to represent aspects of characters like their gender, social class, or nationality. It instructs the reader to analyze a clip and note what each element reveals about the characters and then explain it in terms of the filmmaking techniques. The reader is also reminded to consider how all of these elements work together to tell us something about the characters.
Why genre is important?
Genre is important for both film producers and audiences. For producers, having a genre provides a template to engage a target audience through the use of conventions in areas like casting, filming techniques, and marketing. Genres help audiences understand what to expect from a film. Common romance genre conventions include settings in major cities, a focus on the relationship between two main characters, and a visual style employing light colors. Films like 500 Days of Summer demonstrate these conventions.
Media language film form (1)
This document provides an overview of key concepts in film language and form for media studies students. It defines common cinematography techniques like shots, camera movements, depth of field, and lighting. It also explains principles of editing, mise-en-scene, sound, and how these micro elements are used to convey meaning and support macro elements like genre and narrative. The document emphasizes practicing identifying these techniques in film clips and relating them to broader aspects of film analysis.
LeighASfilm induction session 2014
This document outlines the course content and assignments for an AS Film Studies class. The goals are to analyze films in terms of narrative, genre, style and meaning; research directors and their authorial styles; and define key concepts like independent films and dystopia. Assignments include analyzing films by Danny Boyle, taking notes on Children of Men, and creating a "sweded" (low budget parody) version of a summer blockbuster film as a final project.
Film/Television Language
This document provides guidance on teaching film language to students. It outlines both macro and micro elements of film language to analyze, including genre, narrative, cinematography, editing, sound, mise-en-scene, and special effects. For each element, it discusses how to identify and discuss the techniques, and how they impact elements like genre and narrative. It emphasizes having students practice applying their knowledge by analyzing film clips both individually and in groups.
Pitching a film
This document provides guidance on how to structure a presentation pitching a film idea. It recommends including information about the production company, film genre and conventions, narrative synopsis using equilibrium-disequilibrium-new equilibrium structure, key characters and potential actors, desired director, comparable existing films, target audience, a one-sentence logline, and a 200-word pitch encapsulating the film's narrative, characters, genre and vision. The goal is to concisely communicate the essential details about the proposed film.
The ring, 4 micro elements
The document discusses key elements of the horror film "The Ring" including its narrative structure, characters, and use of technical film techniques. It notes that the film follows a typical structure of building crisis, disequilibrium, and resolution. It also explores the film's use of camera angles, editing, lighting, sound, and themes of good versus evil. Iconography, such as the appearance of the first victim, and props, namely the mysterious videotape, are highlighted as important narrative devices.
Sm genre
This document provides guidance on analyzing the film Slumdog Millionaire in relation to its genre. It lists several conventions and elements of romantic drama genre that could be discussed, including conventions, iconography, storylines, themes, use of dialogue/language/music, and technical codes. It also notes that Slumdog Millionaire has elements of other genres like Bollywood and British Asian cinema. Students are prompted to consider whether the film exemplifies genre conventions or Danny Boyle's influence as an auteur, and how the nonlinear narrative relates to the genre.
AS Evaluation Jayantika
The document provides details about the evaluation of a movie opening sequence created for a film project. It includes a timeline for planning, storyboarding, shooting and editing. Comparisons are made to other works and conventions in genres like drama and comedy are discussed. Stereotypes for male and female leads are identified and how the main characters challenge some of them. Demographic and psychographic information is provided about the target teenage audience. Details of improving the project through feedback and additional editing are also summarized.
13. comics, cartoons and animation
The document discusses comics, cartoons, and animation. It identifies three lesson objectives: 1) identify codes and conventions, 2) understand how they attract audiences, and 3) identify animation types and effects. It discusses character types like heroes and villains. It also outlines techniques used in comics like speech bubbles and thought bubbles. Finally, it describes animation techniques such as line drawing, model animation, and computer-generated imagery.
5. media language
This document provides guidance for students taking a critical perspectives exam focusing on analyzing a media production in relation to media concepts. It discusses the concept of "media language" and how to analyze elements like mise-en-scene, camera work, editing, sound, and textual elements. Semiotics, or the study of signs and how meaning is constructed through codes and conventions, is a key way to deconstruct media language. Indexical, symbolic, and technical codes are explained for analyzing horror genre conventions in a student's own production and trailer.
Essay
The document analyzes the trailer for the film "A Walk Among the Tombstones" using genre elements and conventions. It identifies the film as an action/thriller based on the setting of New York City, the protagonist Liam Neeson as an ex-cop, and the use of quick editing, gunshots and suspenseful music. Elements are left ambiguous to intrigue audiences and the trailer cleverly conveys the genre while briefly outlining the storyline.
Year 9 – short film chracterisation & symbolism essay
The document provides guidance for a Year 9 student to write an essay exploring how symbolism and characterization are used in the short films "Two Cars One Night" and "The Most Beautiful Man in the World". It outlines how to structure the essay with an introduction, four body paragraphs analyzing different aspects of characterization and symbolism, and a conclusion. The introduction should name the films, define key terms, and introduce characters. Body paragraphs should discuss how description, actions, dialogue, and thoughts reveal characters. Symbols representing personality aspects should also be analyzed. The conclusion should summarize each film's techniques and effectiveness, making a judgment on which does it best.
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Year 9 – short film chracterisation & symbolism essay
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- 1. Guidance with note taking: Remember there are three key areas of the Text you should be making notes on: Genre, Narrative and Representation. The table below should be used as a guide to help you know what things to make notes on and a reminder of some key Media language. Genre: Romantic Drama Narrative Representation Conventions: Character functions Groups: Male/Female Characters Structure: e.g. Circular, Young/Old Function/Role Stages... Rich/Poor (Propp) Authority Visual codes Enigma/Action codes Gangsters Mise-en-scene Siblings Setting Themes – what is the film Costume ‘about’? Characters: Props Jamal Lighting/Colours Visual style – camera and Latika Ideology editing. Shot types to Prem Themes represent different things Salim Binary oppositions or to position the Iconography audience specifically. Also... Iconic moments India Mise-en-scene Narrative devices: e.g. Bombay/Mumbai Sound Montage, Slo-mo, The Slums Music Flashback... Dialogue HYBRID GENRE:As we shall be discussing after we have watched the film, Slumdog Millionaire is more than just a romantic drama – there are several other influences from different genres of film. Some of these are influenced by Danny Boyle/Simon Beaufoy, some of them from the setting. If you can spot them, look out for conventions that might seem more at home in a Bollywood movie and even some conventions that we might consider typical of a British Social Realism film!
- 2. AUTEUR THEORY: Of course the other big thing to make notes on is whether or not this film stands alone as a genre film or whether or not it is one piece in a larger body of work that specifically belongs to Danny Boyle? We have looked at the themes or ‘preoccupations’ in his work. We’ve also looked at the visual style which appear regularly. The question that needs to be answered: Is Danny Boyle an auteur? Does Slumdog Millionaire prove this?