Year 13 Film Recommendations
Some new suggestions for you
Enzio
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Hale
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Helena
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Jason
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Nathalia
Look into the films of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Silvia
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Key Dates
Textual Analysis essay
Set: Tuesday 2nd June
Film choices will be reveals
1st draft expected around 18th June
Final essay due: Tuesday 29th June, 4:30pm
A note on evidence that needs to be collected for the portfolio:
Girlhood analysis - model answers
It's always helpful to read what others have written for their analysis and compare it with your own work. Here are some excellent answers - learn from these!
Silvia's Q1 response, which correctly focused on the factual contexts of the film rather than the film itself. Very good supporting evidence for the first point. The second context needs supporting evidence of some kind, however.
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Helena's answers to Q2, 3, and 4, all of which scored full marks:
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20th October homework - viewing list
Watch the videos embedded below. Make notes on key terms and information, to help you further understand the role of the cinematographer.
Total running time: around 50 mins
Then watch 1-2 videos from the WOLFCROW and IN DEPTH CINE YouTube channels. Make notes and prepare to tell the class what you learned.
Useful tip: Use SAVEFROM.NET to permanently download videos. You can also install a widget that lets you click a button to keep YouTube videos - follow the instructions on the link above to find out how.
The October-November Five Film Challenge
Do you have what it takes to complete this 5-film viewing challenge?
Those who do will receive a reward that will make your year group jealous!
Perhaps a HUGE pizza during our December study film screening.
THE CHALLENGE:
Watch one film from each category. Log each on Letterboxd with the tag 'Five Film Challenge' and see who will join you in the winners' circle!
Complete all five viewings by the end of November.
NOTE: All films / countries must be new to you and can count in one section only.
SECTION 1
A film from one of these major but under-seen countries:
India
Senegal
Argentina
Denmark
Sweden
Iran
The Film REKommendations page may be useful in deciding one which to watch
SECTION 2
A film by one of these major auteurs (but avoid a director whose work you've already seen)
Agnes Varda
Paul Thomas Anderson
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Andrei Tarkovsky
Federico Fellini
Stanley Kubrick
Ingmar Bergman
Kelly Reichardt
Akira Kurosawa
Steven Soderbergh
Pedro Almodovar
SECTION 3
A film from your personal REKommendations section (below), recommended by Mr Ekkel
SECTION 4
A film from a new country that you've not seen a film from before (must be different from Section 1)
SECTION 5
One of the following documentaries:
Man On Wire / Searching for Sugar Man / Project Nim / The Imposter / The Painter and The Thief / Touching the Void
Personal REKcommendations
Based on your favourite films list, here are some films I think you'll like.
Use unogs.com to see which country has it on Netflix, or JustWatch.com for which other services may have it. Ask me if it's on the school server!
Enzio
key words: journey, action, animation, heists, time travel
key filmmaker: Michael Mann
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Hale
key words: horror, wartime, coming of age, thriller, history
English title: CUSTODY
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Hannah
key words: horror, narrative twists, comedy
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RINGU (aka The Ring)
1998 Japanese version 
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Helena
key words: prison, crime, narrative twists, unusual / dark romances, puzzle films
recommended filmmakers: Terrence Malick, Alejandro Iñarritu
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Jason
key words: revenge, puzzle films, thriller, journeys, class conflict
key director: Bong Joon-ho
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Nathalia
key words: action, spies, family, school/coming of age genre
key directors: Ang Lee, Hirokazu Kore-eda
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NOTE: some sex/nudity:
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Silvia
key words: gangster, non-linear narratives, Scorsese, historical setting, costume drama, psychological, existential
key directors: Sofia Coppola, David Lynch, Richard Linklater, Roman Polanski, Park Chan-wook
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The Hunt (2012)
by Thomas Vinterberg 
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Tilda
key words: romantic comedy, melodrama, costume drama
key filmmaker: Todd Haynes
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