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One to ones

Mr Dixon and Mr Rose will be using this form to record one to ones. Responses are emailed to you, but you can see the outcomes here if you need to recap quickly.

Tarantino - Pulping Film Fiction

Guardian link to all things Tarantino - link
Great intro - link
Student Newspaper - link
Interesting introductory essay - link
Tarantino and postmodernism - link
Loads of Tarantino interviews - link

Richard Linklater - adolescence auteur

Guardian link on Boyhood - link
BFI article - link
Sense of cinema article - link
Film reference - link
AV club guide to his earlier films - link
Youtube link to interviews - link
Google books - walk don't run - link
Academic essay - lokks challenging but might be worth a look - link

Female representations in horror

Good introductory article on female characters in horror link
The Monstrous Feminine - Barbara Creed link

Scorsese - enduring auteurship

Guardian link to a raft of articles on the big man link
Self penned article that explores MS's movie making philosophy link
Editing techniques of MS link
Loads of MS interviews here link
Independent interview link
Could be interesting link
Loads of documentaries looking at Scorsese as an auteur link

David Cronenburg: a horror auteur

Great over view with lots of themed discussion points link
Cinema axis discussion of all DC films link
BFI overview link
Great chapter on Videodrome link
Challenging academic chapter on Shivers link
Some interesting docs here - a few might be worth watching link

M. Night Shyamalan Starting Points

Student essay online - could be interesting - be careful though link
Interesting blog post link
Guardian article link
Blog link with analysis link
Youtube links - some of these might be interesting link

Kubrick Research Links

Indie Film Hustle link
 Some auteur traits link
Comprehensive academic essay by Offscreen link
Bartleby essays (plural) - link
Cinelinx overview link
Loads of Youtube auteur documenatries here link

Edgar Wright and English identity

BFI PowerPoint that discusses Hot Fuzz and Shaun - some interesting ideas on whether the films are parody or pastiche link
Intelligent dissolve article link

Primary Research

Once you have had your idea verified by your teacher start watching your film s in detail - use the link to submit this work in Google Classroom - link

Tell us about your final idea

Use this link to tell us about your project - link

Google classroom link

Use this code to get to the Film A2 Google Classroom link - yw3ekz - be careful its case sensitive

You can log into Google classroom by clicking here

Exemplars

Exemplar One
Research project: Alien Franchise and gender representation - link
Creative Artefact: key frames for an original screenplay - link

Exemplar Two
Research project:  David Lynch as an auteur- link
Creative artefact - link

Four Types of Research Study




Extra reading on auteurs: link  link2

Initial Brainstorm Document Link

Use this document to help you generate some initial ideas link

 You will need to copy this document and place it in your Google docs A2 Hand in folder

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Where to find some interesting films for your research project...

Places to get film texts

Don't just plumb for films that you already have seen - research new texts
IMDB's 30 influential directors link 
Film 4's list of best movies link
Empire Magazine 301 top films of all time link
Guardian top tens link
Guardian film web site link
Media Magazine - some really great articles to get you thinking - link