Entrance Activity

Fight Club: “The central character is torn between t______m and t______e”

(John McC_______ – 20__)ediu ortur

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• WHAT did Marla say to Jack as the bus went away?

Mary Anne-Doane defines a femme-fatale as: “The femme fatale is situated as evil and is frequently punished or killed”

• HOW might Marla be perceived evil and by whom?

• WHAT is her punishment?

Ebbert (1999) states “The whole movie is about guys afraid of losing their cojones”

• Is Marla a threat to the survival of masculinity in this text?

• Is ‘Jack’ afraid of Marla?

Evil – “If I had a tumor I’d name it Marla”

Title:‘Fight Club’ –

Jack & Marla – Misogyny and the ‘Femme Fatale’

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Thursday 16th April 2015

FM4: Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates

Section C: Single Film – Close Critical Study

(30 Marks)

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL establish HOW an ideology and critical approach you need to know for the exam applies to the text.

• YOU WILL develop an understanding of how a critical review can inform your understanding of the text.

• Gender representation will be explored in the lesson.

• 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.

“the woman is the hunter and the males are the hunted” (Chia & Wei – 2009)

“Is that what a man is supposed to look like?”

• Are Females to blame for the metrosexual attitudes (and fears) of men in society?

Marla

“’The Narrators’ real comfort in a world of white middle class male alienation”

(John McCullough – 2004)

YOU MUST analyse chapter 5 & 6 to establish the following:

1. HOW the male and female gender roles are represented in these scenes? Support your views with Micro Feature (Sound, Mise-en-scene) evidence from the text.

2. Misogyny = Hatred or disliking of women –

WHERE is this represented in the scene?

5 minutes –

PEA Paragraph to prove what you have learnt about the critical approaches we have studied today to for your close study film.

Homework

• Go to the Section C Blog page and complete some Section C Revision

• Research how Misogyny is a key theme in the text.

• Revise for an upcoming past paper

Due: Next Lesson