Homework

REVISE for an upcoming past Paper – The ONLY Mock you will complete before the exam!

It WILL be a Past Paper Question

Due:

Friday 1st May

Entrance Activity

1. WHO came up with the Semantic and Syntactic Elements theory?

2. Name x3 examples of Semantic Elements associated to the Gangster Genre?

2. Name x3 examples of Syntactic Elements associated to the Gangster Genre?

Title:‘American Gangster’ – Key Scenes Analysis –

Screening (L2 of 3)

Thursday 30th April 2015

FM2 – British and American Film (60%) of AS Level)

Section C – US Cinema Comparative Study –

‘Goodfellas’ and ‘American Gangster’ - (40 marks)

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning.• YOU WILL develop your

understanding of the key messages & values represented in some of the key scenes from ‘American Gangster’

• YOU WILL be able to recognise where theory/key ideas apply to these key scenes.

• 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.

Task - 25 minutes

YOU MUST analyse the recommended scenes and establish HOW the Theoretical approaches surrounding the Gangster Genre apply to these 3 scenes and WHERE (Micro Feature Evidence – Sound, Mise-en-Scene, Cinematography)

YOU SHOULD consider HOW these scenes COMPARE to other scenes from ‘Goodfellas’

• Frank and Huey – Clash over dress sense “The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room” – Frank Lucas dresses more conservatively.

• Frank and Dominic Cattano – Scene at the house.

Vladimir Propp – Narrative FunctionsSocial learning theory and Vicarious Learning (Bandura - 1977)Friedrich Engels (1884)Stella Bruzzi (1995)

FEEDBACK

• Frank and Huey – Clash over dress sense “The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room” – Frank Lucas dresses more conservatively.

• Frank and Dominic Cattano – Scene at the house.

What have you learnt?

YOU MUST write down – in ONE Paragraph – what the 2 scenes deconstructed today represent to the spectator about the life of a Gangster.

Homework

REVISE for an upcoming past Paper – The ONLY Mock you will complete before the exam!

It WILL be a Past Paper Question

Due:

Friday 1st May