Film narrative

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    Film narrative

    Choose 3 academic readings from the reading list and critically investigate
    their ideas in relation to a film on the Module.

    Essay
    • An acknowledgement of the type of narrative structure in your chosen film
    • Evidence of your engagement with critical analysis of the 3 articles.
    • An acknowledgement of the codes and conventions of film – eg editing, lighting, sound, music
    etc. (You don’t need to discuss all of these)
    • An ability to evaluate the relevance of the 3 articles to your discussion of the workings of the
    chosen film

    choose any 3 of these articles from the list:

    .Barthes R (2000) Camera Lucida. London: Vintage Press.
    .Bazin A (2005) What is cinema? Vol. II foreword by François Truffaut. London: University ofCalifornia Press.
    .Bordwell, D and Thompson, K (2010) Film Art: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
    .Bordwell, D 1987) Narration in Fiction Film. The University of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Press –particularly the ‘Parametric Narration’ chapter introduction pp. 274-279
    .Bordwell, D. & Carroll, N (1996) Post Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
    .Branigan, E. (1992) Narrative Comprehension and Film. London: Routledge – particularly the ‘Focalisation’ chapter pp. 100-107
    .Buckland, W (Ed) (2008) Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
    .Burch, N. (1981) Theory of Film Practice. New York: Princeton University Press.
    .Cooper, P and K Dancyger (2004) Writing the short Film. London: Focal Press.
    .Fabe, M (2005) Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique. Los Angeles, University of California Press.
    .Fuery, P (2000) New Developments in Film Theory. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
    .Gibbs J (2002) Mise-En-Scene: Film Style and Interpretation. London: Wallflower.
    .Gaines (ed), Classical Hollywood Narrative: The Paradigm Wars (Durham, NC: Duke University Press 1992) – particularly Altman, R. ‘Dickens, Griffith, and Film Theory Today’ pp. 9-47
    .Horton, A. (2000) Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and Expanded edition. London: University of California Press.
    .Johnstone, K (1981) Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre. London: Eyre Methuen.
    .Metz, C. (1974) Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema. New York: Oxford University Press.
    .Metz, Christian. (1986) The Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and Cinema. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
    .Rabiger, M. (2007) Directing Techniques and Aesthetics. London: Focal Press.
    .Seger, L (1994) Making A Good Script Great. Hollywood: Samuel French, 2nd edition.
    .Snyder, B (2005) Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need. Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions.
    .Stam, R and R Burgoyne (1996). New Vocabularies In Film Semiotics: Structuralism,
    Poststructuralism And Beyond. London: Routledge.
    .Weston, J (1999). Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television. London: Routledge.

    And choose a film:
    A Warning To The Curious BBC TX Dec 1972
    Antichrist (2011) Lars von Trier – Denmark
    Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
    Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick – UK/USA
    The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks – USA
    The Birds (1963) Alfred Hitchcock– USA
    Blue (1993) Derek Jarman – UK
    Dancer in the Dark (2001) Lars von Trier- Denmark
    Don’t Look Now (1973) Nic Roeg – UK
    The Dead (1987) John Huston – USA
    The Hurt Locker (2008) Kathryn Bigelow – USA
    In Absentia (The Quay Brothers) 2001 USA
    Intolerance (D.W. Griffith USA 1916)
    The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich USA 1971)
    L’année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) 1961 Alain Resnais France
    The Magdalene Sisters (2002) Peter Mullan – UK
    Mulholland Drive (2001) David Lynch- USA
    Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock – USA
    Once Upon A Time In America (1983) Sergio Leone – USA
    The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark 1928)
    Procès de Jeanne d’Arc (The Trial of Joan of Arc) (1962) Robert Bresson – France
    Red Road (2006) Andrea Arnold – UK
    Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Roman Polanski – USA
    Rio Bravo (1959) Howard Hawks – USA
    The Searchers (1956) John Ford – USA
    She’s Gotta Have It (1986) Spike Lee– USA
    The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick – UK/USA
    Sunrise (1927) F.W. Murnau – USA
    Timecode (2000) Mike Figgis USA
    Vangelo Secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew) (1964) Pier Paolo Pasolini – Italy
    Viaggio in Itália (Voyage to Italy) (1953) Roberto Rossellini – Italy
    War of the Worlds (2005) Steven Spielberg – USA
    We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Lynne Ramsey – UK
    Vredens Dag (Day of Wrath) (1943) Carl Theodor Dreyer- Denmark
    Whistle And I’ll Come To You BBC TX Dec 1968
    The Wrong Man (1956) Alfred Hitchcock -USA

     
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