Unit 26

Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production Assignment Brief Television & Film social unit 26 Film Studies Title Analytical Approaches and relationships amidst Films and their Production Context stratum 2013 Group Year 12 Assignment Hand come out of the closet Assignment Deadline Assessor / /2013 Draft Submission / /2013 G. Rushworth Final Submission / /2013 This shortened has been approved by Date J. MacKay Jan 13 Context This unit aims to fall apart learners understanding of how take ons are created for precise audiences and how they make meaning for those audiences through an exploration of industry practices and the application of a roll out of theoretical approaches. The insights that learners develop will inform their future performance work. Learning Outcomes Unit Be adequate to apply contrasting analytical approaches to films 26. 1 Understand the relationship amongst films and their chance uponment contexts 26. 2 Useful Resources www. imdb. com Film website with range of industry and film information www. empireonline. co. uk Possibly words biggest and best film magaizine with huge clog up catalouge of reviews/features There is a very large selection of DVDs available in Media Studies.Just ask a Media teacher to take a look. +-+ Task 1 Analytical Approaches PASS Using the analytical approaches of writing style analysis, subject field analysis and auteur theory, create a ? P1 detailed discussion of the gangster genre. You will look at the film Goodfellas, and extracts from The Godfather, Scarface, American Gangster and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. ? Your discussion of the genre may be do as a 1400 word report, or as a fifteen minute might Point presentation with accompanying notes. In your analysis of the gangster genre you should also consider the next ? Codes and Conventions Iconography Findings from both your cl oy and textual analysis Narrative structure Audience Readings ? moral excellence In appendix M1 Relevant examples that draw upon elements or enlarge of the films studied will be precondition to assert what is said, alone you will not describe these examples to show how they illustrate the point they ? support. In discussing codes and conventions in a genre analysis you might note The knife is part of the iconography of the horror photographic film and is often the means by which the dupe is killed.In 12 of the 15 movies I studied for my content analysis a knife was employ for at least one of the murders and in five it was procedure for all of them. The other two coarse means of killing were strangulation with a rope and with the black hands. Knives afford connotations of slashing movements and burbly blood. The nearly famous example of this must be the shower scene in Hitchcocks Psycho. Being knifed to finish is particular ly frightening because you can see the person killing you.Its not wish well shooting, which is done at a distance and is a lots more cold-blooded way of killing. This is why the hired gun is the conventional weapon in gangster movies like Scarface. DISTINCTION Ideas will be developed and points support with arguments and well concentrate examples which are D1 elucidated in such a way as to draw out of the example precisely what it is around it that ? exemplifies the point it illustrates. Examples will refer to precisely defined elements or details of the films studied.In discussing codes and conventions in a genre analysis you might note The knife is part of the iconography of the horror movie and is often the means by which the victim is killed. In 12 of the 15 movies I studied for my content analysis a knife was used for at least one of the murders and in five it was used for all of them. The other two common means of killing were strangulation with a rope and with the bare hands.What these methods all have in common is that they involve close bodily contact between the victim and the killer, which makes the murder more frightening, unlike shooting which is done at a distance and is a much more cold-blooded way of killing. This is why the gun is the conventional weapon in gangster movies like Scarface or war movies like Platoon, where the killing of Elias by Barnes shows how far apart they are morally as well as physically and Barness act seems even more calculating because it is so wakeful and deliberate. Knives have developed connotations through intertextuality that are specific to horror movies, such as slashing movements and gushing blood. In the most famous example of this the shower scene in Hitchcocks Psycho we neer actually see the murderer, but we do see the movement of the knife repeated over and over again, and the blood swirli ng down the shower outlet as though it is just water. Task 2 Relationship Between Films And Their Production Contexts PASS Empire, an established film magazine, wants you to write an illustrative article (800 words) about P2 Hollywoods Goodfellas (1990) and Britains Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). ? You can use your notes from labor movement 1 to help you. Your article will look at the relationship each film has with the ware company and the factors that influence that relationship. Your article should discuss the following Stars Social issues Regulatory bodies Financial determinants Distribution and exposition Vertical and horizontal ntegration Synergies between different films ? You will ensure your article looks professional. You should add stills from both films, and use appropriate font and layout. MERIT You will talk about the relationships between production contexts and films, in such a way as to M2 show why they are the way they are, or the effects they have on the films that are produced. ? Relevant examples that draw upon elements or details of the films studied will be given to support what is said. Relevant factual information about production contexts will be offered although it will not be used to support developed argument. DISTINCTION You will talk critically about the relationships between production contexts and films, justifying D2 points ? made with supporting arguments or evidence. You will draw out of an example precisely what it is about it that exemplifies the point it illustrates.Material about production contexts will be well researched and will refer to precisely focused elements or details of the film/films studied. You will provide full and extensive explanations and consistently provide arguments to support points made. Relevant examples that draw upon elements or details of the films studied will be given to support what is said. counseling for this Assignment Task ? To achieve a PASS grade, the evidence must show that you are able to P1 Apply approaches to analysing films with some appropriate use of subject terminology 1 P2 Describe the relationship between films and their production contexts with some appropriate use of subject 2 terminology To achieve a MERIT grade, the evidence must show that you are able to M1 Apply approaches to analysing films coherently with reference to detailed illustrative examples and generally1 correct use of subject terminology M2 Explain the relationship between films and their production contexts with reference to detailed illustrative 2 examples and generally correct use of subject terminology To achieve a DISTINCTION grade, the evidence must show that you are able to D1 Apply approaches to analysing films critically, supporting points with arguments and elucidated examples and 1 consistentl y using subject terminology correctly D2 Comprehensively explain the relationship between films and their production contexts with elucidated examples2 and consistently using subject terminology correctly Tutors Feedback Referral What the learner should do Tutors Signature/Date IV Signature/Date disciples Feedback Learners Signature/Date Grading Criteria Text taken directly from criteria in BTEC guidelines