Discuss how Spike Lee approaches genre
This essay explores the methods in which Spike Lee approaches genre, with reference to two of his films, Do the Right Thing (1989) and BlacKkKlansman (2018).
Discuss in the context of ‘auteurism’ the use of editing and/or sound in American Graffiti (1973)
Auteur theory typically refers to a director who is known as the “primary source of the film’s formal, stylistic, and thematic qualities” (Thompson & Bordwell, 1994, p. 720), and whilst the original meaning was focused on directors, it can be applied to other roles within the creation of a film. This essay explores the auteur relationship between George Lucas and his 1973 film American Graffiti.
Using two film case studies, illustrate how films in Britain refract ideas over class, gender, genre, history, violence or landscape
Exploring how class is represented in Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007), with a focus on some of the hidden or deeper meanings within scenes from these films.
Researching Genre Research Report
A collection of short research tasks formulated into a report, with a focus on Mark Jancovich’s approach to genre, Gothic/American Gothic conventions and Henry Jenkins’ writings on Convergence Culture.
How is the unheimlich represented in Alien (1979)?
Freud wrote that the uncanny “belongs to the realm of the frightening, of what evokes fear and dread.” (2003, p. 123) and continues to define Unheimlich as “uncanny” or “eerie”, but “etymologically corresponds to ‘unhomely’” and that “the uncanny is that species of the frightening that goes back to what was once well known and had long been familiar.” This short essay explores this definition and compares it to Alien (Scott, 1979).