Specialist Study Areas
In addition to the Core Study Areas of Film Form, Meaning and Response and Contexts outlined in the previous posts, some of the films we watch must also be analysed in terms of Specialist Study Areas.
Whilst the Core Study Areas apply to EVERY film on the course and questions in the exam may focus on ANY of the Core Study Areas, the Specialist Study Areas will only relate to selected films.
The Specialist Study Areas are as follows:
- Auteur
- Spectatorship
- Ideology
- Narrative
- The Significance of Digital Technology in Film
- Filmmakers' Theories
- The Realist and the Expressive
At the bottom of the post there are links to introductions for each of these study areas, which will be explored in much greater detail when we analyse the appropriate films. It is likely that one of the questions (from a choice of two) for each section will focus on these Specialist Study Areas whilst the other will focus on one of the Core Study Areas. It is up to you to decide which question you wish to answer BUT it will be crucial that you revise the Specialist Study Area appropriate for each film. Please note that there is no Specialist Study Area for two films - City of God and Pan's Labyrinth - here, the questions will only focus on the Core Study Areas.
Below is a list of the films that you must discuss in relation to each Specialist Study Area. Further information on HOW to discuss the Specialist Study Area in relation to the appropriate film can be found on the individual film blogs for each movie.
AUTEUR - Some Like it Hot, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction
SPECTATORSHIP - Inception, Captain Fantastic
IDEOLOGY - Inception, Captain Fantastic, Trainspotting, This is England
NARRATIVE - Trainspotting, This is England, Pulp Fiction
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN FILM - Amy
FILMMAKERS' THEORIES - Amy
THE REALIST AND THE EXPRESSIVE - Buster Keaton Short Films (One Week, The Scarecrow, The'High Sign', Cops)
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