L19 hunger key scenes l1 of 2
- 1. YOU MUST fill in the GAPS ‘I don’t think people are b___ in general, but c__________s make them do what they h____ t_.’ (Steve M________) ad ircumstance ave o cQueen
- 2. 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: Due – TODAY
- 3. Title: ‘Hunger’ – Key Areas Overview Monday 2nd March 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’
- 4. Why? Aims & Objectives • YOU WILL re-cap prior learning. • YOU WILL establish HOW key areas represented in the text conform to the WJEC Exam Topics • YOU WILL develop your understanding of the 2nd Main Case Study. • 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.
- 5. Starter – Re-cap Prior Learning YOU MUST come up with 5 Questions to ask the other student regarding something you have learnt about a Theory, the 2 Case Studies OR areas to do with the Exam Boards expectations. Extension – YOU COULD come up with more than 5 Questions
- 7. 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.
- 8. Key Areas: • Conflict • Division • Hatred • Authority • War • Family
- 9. Key Areas: • Conflict Cinematography and Mise-en-scene – HOW does this wide angle Long Shot establish conflict to the spectator? WHAT are they doing? WHY?
- 10. Key Areas: • Conflict and War For what?
- 11. • Conflict and War WHY do the IRA prisoners speak Gaelic?
- 12. Key Areas: • Conflict and War For what?
- 13. Key Areas: • Conflict and War For what? HOW do the spectators feel about the Prison Guards treatment of the prisoners?
- 14. • Authority Is Bobby Sands the ‘righteous man’ in the prison system during the protests?
- 15. • War and Hatred WHY do the IRA prisoners resort to destroying their cells? WHO authorizes the rioting?
- 16. Bobby Sands reference to his cross-country past – WHAT are the connotations behind this? WHAT does this ‘inject’ (Hypodermic needle theory – Katz & Lazarfeld – 1955) into the spectators minds about his position in the Prison? • Authority
- 17. • Authority Mise-en-scene and Sound – HOW do they work together to establish the Prison Guards reclaiming their Authority?
- 18. • Conflict • Division • Hatred • Authority • War Cinematography, Mise-en-scene and Sound – HOW are these areas represented in this scene?
- 19. • Family Key Term: Patriarchy Patriarchy is a social system in which: males hold primary power; males predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property; and, in the domain of the family, fathers or father-figures hold authority over women and children. HOW else is family represented in the text?
- 20. YOU MUST use the A3 Hand-out provided and analyse the scenes suggested to establish HOW the scenes conform to the key areas that we just went through (Conflict, Division, Hatred, Authority, War, Family). YOU SHOULD gather evidence from the text and open up the FM2 Page to check what Audience, Representation and Narrative Theory applies. MAIN TASK
- 21. FEEDBACK
- 22. What have you learnt? You need to Evaluate – in 1 sentence – a summary of the film in relation to what we have covered today. .
- 23. Homework 1- 2 Page Essay – How do the spectators feel about the characters in this text? Refer to Audience theory in your answer Refer to critical theory in your answer. Give at least x2 examples from the text – x1 Bobby Sands/IRA related; x1 Prison Guard/Loyalist related. Due: Next Lesson – Monday 9th March
Editor's Notes
- #2: Scene 1 – “Get ready” scene – 25:08 in – As Bobby Sands is dragged away
- #3: Change for other lessons
- #7: Mind-Map Ideas on the board and discuss issues covered so far.
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- #21: No more than x4 scenes
- #24: Change for other lessons