Introduction to FM3 Film Studies

1. Welcome back!

2. Here’s what A2 looks like
Two BIG pieces of coursework:
• A presentation (of your choice) for which
you will need a presentation script and a
catalogue
• A creative project: screen play or a film.

3. We will also do one module of your
exam
Spectatorship: Popular
film and emotional
response.
Example question:
Explore some of the ways
in which the spectator’s
emotional response to
popular films is the result
of visual elements such as
cinematography, special
effects or design.
We will study two films for this
module: Clockwork Orange and
This is England are potential
choices at the moment.

4. First task: your presentation
• This should be something that you are
passionate about.
• You’re also going to go on a trip to the B.F.I.
to research sources.
• It’s a little bit like a university presentation,
so it will be good prep for that.

5. Quick reminder:
Auteurdefinition: a film director
who influences their films so much that they
rank as their author.

6. Close your eyes and
picture a Tim Burton
film.
What do you see?

7. Example presentation
The films of Tim Burton represent his status
as an auteur.

8. Need to know
• http://www.slideshare.net/MCHSFilmandMed
ia/fm3-developing-a-presentation-script
• http://www.slideshare.net/REHorner/a2-film-
small-scale-research-project
• http://www.slideshare.net/belair1981/small-
scale-research-15028728

9. To do this lesson
Write a list of directors/actors/films/genres
that you are passionate about.
Sally Potter, The Nouvelle Vague, Sofia
Coppola, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,
Ratatouille, Yes, Life is Beautiful, Bruce Lee…
Use Google, and the memory of your film collection.
Choose five, and next to each one, write
WHY you find it so interesting.