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8/14/2019 Urban Stories 1314_stylistic Analysis_directors Style Task Handout_HANDOUT 2
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A2 FILM STUDIES – FM4 –SECTION A – WORLD CINEMA – Urban Stories
Formal / Stylistic Analysis of Case Study Films
SECTION 1 – The Director’s Visual Style
Go on to www.candifilmstudies.blogspot.com and click on the urban stories link.
TASK 1 –Kassovitz’s use of visual style in La Haine
For this task you will work individually.
Scroll down to the Prezi on Matthieu Kassovitz in La Haine. Click through the path and
make notes on Kassovitz’s visual style in La Haine.
TASK 2 – Haneke, Mierelles and Filho Mendonca – visual style in the Case Study films
For this task you will work in 3 groups
Each group will be given a director to focus on: Haneke, Mierelles or Filho Mendonca.
Making notes on your mind map, identify the following:
o An overview of the director’s work or stylistic approach in his films
o narrative techniques used in the film
o recurrent themes throughout the film
o Formal style
use of camera,
editing,
mise-en-scene
sound
use your notes from previous lessons, the reading and search the Internet to help you.
TASK 3 – Documenting the directors’ visual style in the Case Study films
Now you have made detailed notes on your director’s style, you will document these in a
visual format.
Using the same structure as the mind map you made your notes on, make a prezi or
powerpoint that documents your findings.
Give as much detail as possible, this will go onto the blog and will be used by the class for
revision purposes.
YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL 3 TASKS IN SECTION ONE BY BREAK
8/14/2019 Urban Stories 1314_stylistic Analysis_directors Style Task Handout_HANDOUT 2
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SECTION 2 – Analysis of the Director’s Visual Style
For this section, you will work in 4 groups
In section 1, you identified the visual style of one of the case study film’s director. For
section 2, you will now analyse how his visual style is conveyed in his film.
TASK 1 – Analysis of the director’s visual style in the Case Study Film
Select 3 sequences from the film
o Choose sequences that you feel best conveys the director’s visual style, messages
and values.
o Each sequence should be between 3 to 5 minutes.
Using the grid to help you, for each sequence, analyse the use of:
o narrative techniqueso use of camera
o editing
o mise-en-scene
o soundo characters
o the city
Also identify where features of the director’s more general visual style and recurrent
themes in the film (or across his work) can be seen to offer messages and values in the
sequence.
Your notes must be detailed and you must have specific examples from each sequence to
support your ideas about how the technical elements are used to communicate meaning.
You have 20 minutes to complete this task
TASK 2 – Documenting your analysis
You now need to visually document your analysis of the director’s visual style using either
Camtasia to annotate your chosen sequences or using the flip cameras to make a director’s
commentary.
Each group member will create a separate Camtasia document or have some individualinput for each of the sequences you analysed
When finished, you will upload your document to the blog as a revision document.
You have 30 minutes to complete this task