Friday 26 February 2010
Prep for Lent Week Begninning 1st March 2010
First: if you were not in class on Friday, please send me your presentations as soon as possible so that I can upload them to this blog.
Thursday: produce a timeline showing the changes in British Cinema from the 1920's to the present day. Organise it by decade. For each decade, give details of the industry, using what you have learned from this week's presentations, along with one piece of contextual information. For example, for "The 1980's" you might add that cinema was weak due to the influence of VCRs and satellite TV, and for contextual detail you could add that 1981 was the year that Charles & Di were married. Just something to locate everything historically.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Historical Research: British Films
You will given, at random, one of the following British film movements, genres or series to research:
1. The ‘Documentary Film’ Movement
2. The ‘Quota Quickie’
3. Ealing Comedies
4. Hammer Horror
5. The ‘British New Wave’
6. Free Cinema
7. Avant Garde films
8. ‘Angry Young Men’
9. Social Realist Films
10. ‘Carry On’ Films
For each of these, please provide the following information:
- In which decade/years were these films made?
- Describe one film of its type: director, famous stars, plot (if any) etc.
- What kind of Britain is being represented by these films?
- Find a youtube clip of the film and explain what representation of Britishness is being constructed.
Wednesday 10 February 2010
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