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Addition of the influential screenplay

As part of your evaluation, you are to discuss other CINEMATIC INFLUENCES that have informed the production. You should also find a screenplay and show how an element of the writing has been an influence on your work. Use screenshots of your screenplay and another example side by side to illustrate your points.

You can search for screenplays HERE and HERE

A screenwriting learner may reference a script influence like so:

The screenplay for La La Land had a big influence on my film. Damien Chazelle's introduction to Mia garners instant audience empathy in his description: ' Mia, 27. Six years of 'no' in L.A. have toughened her, but she's still a dreamer. Fast, fiery, full of energy.'. It was my intention that the way I introduced Jill to the narrative would also create a sympathetic connection with the audience. I used the codes of a typical 'everywoman' by describing her as a 'hen-pecked single mother of two who, in her spare time, lived on a diet of boxsets and loosely based Bridget Jones fantasies'. 

Work Set for Mon 18 March

Here is a typical Documentary question:
Apply one filmmaker's theory of documentary film you have studied to your chosen documentary. How far does this increase your understanding of the film? [20]

You will choose either Peter Watkins or Kim Longinotto and apply their ideas to Clio Barnard's The Arbor.
Here's what you could include:

• an understanding of the chosen filmmaker's theory demonstrated through highlighting its key features
• a discussion of how the chosen theory relates to the relevant documentary and its approach to documentary making or filmmaking in general.
• a discussion of the techniques used in the documentary to convey representations of the real in terms of the claims of the filmmaker's theory
• a conclusion that the application of the filmmaker's theory is likely to have increased understanding of the chosen documentary.
• Band 5 responses may claim that documentaries can only convey an ideological representation of their subject which may be highlighted through the application of a theory.

Task:

In order to answer this question properly, read up and take notes on ONE of the doc filmmaker theorists. So either Peter Watkins or Kim Longinotto. And brush up on Clio Barnard's approach.

Therefore read and take notes on the following:

Longinotto Interview 1

Longinotto Interview 2

Clio Barnard Interview

Peter Watkins Monoform idea

Bertolt Brecht article 

Verbatim Theatre article

Clio Barnard - Theories

Clio Barnard - Theories

• Revisiting and reflection on the representation of a place and time.
• Fascinated by marginalised groups
• Presentation devoid of sentimentality and emotion
• Forms strong bonds with subject
• Views her role to be unobtrusive and non-judgemental
• Explores the notion that the audience is being manipulated through film
• Uses a mix of professional actors and non-actors
• Concerned with the relationship between fiction film language and documentary
• Interested int he flexibility of memories
• Wants to close the gap between reality and representation
• Highlights the struggles of social deprivation, aggressive racism, and powerful addictions

Peter Watkins - Monoform

Culloden - Peter Watkins

Key dates

Monday 3 June PM
Component 1 – Varieties of film and filmmaking 
Section A: Hollywood 1930 – 1990 (comparative study) 40
Vertigo / Bladerunner
Section B: American film since 2005 (two film study) 40
No Country For Old Men / Captain Fantastic
Section C: British film since 1995 (two film study) 40
Trainspotting / This Is England

Friday 7 June PM
Component 2 – Global filmmaking perspectives 
Section A: Global Film (two film study) 40
City Of God / Victoria
Section B: Documentary Film 20
The Arbor
Section C: Film Movements – Silent Cinema 20
Buster Keaton Shorts - The High Sign, One Week, Cops, The Scarecrow

Section D: Film Movements – Experimental Film (1960 – 2000) 20
Vivre Sa Vie

15 Aug, results day.