Well, as the Specification says, it is expected that the student will bring their
“cumulative knowledge” gained during their film studies to bear on a single
close study. In practice, this means that macro and micro features of film
form will be studied, as will questions of representation. Students will be able
to place a film within its institutional and cultural contexts and apply other
historical knowledge as appropriate. Overall, the study will be mediated by
the application of one or more critical approaches – from the list supplied for
the FM3 Small-Scale Research Project.
This section is described as a “critical study”. The primary energy for this will
come from the student’s own application of learning – as outlined in (a)
above. However, reading, reflecting upon and debating a variety of critical
writing on the chosen film is also invited. This may be regarded as a new and
additional skill being introduced at the very end of the course.
It is expected that students will go into the examination aware of the major
debates (and sometime controversies) surrounding their chosen film and will
have established their own critical views in the context of this knowledge. It is
assumed that this knowledge will have come from writing that has some
critical status – and is not all taken from the Rotten Tomatoes website.
Fight Club
- Jack /Tyler Durden – the meaning and significance of this split person
- A progressive film or a deeply reactionary one?
- The representation of modern urban and corporate life
- The representation of masculinity and its threats
- Marla: women as object of scorn? Misogynistic?
- Managing the spectator’s identification and sympathies
- Distinctive stylistic features and the look of the film
- Motifs and their function44
- The social and cultural context of production
- Critical and popular responses to the film
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