| Production Role 1 | Production Role 2 | Production Role 3 | |
| Role | Cinematographer | Makeup | Directing |
| Genre (subgenre) | Film Noir + Surrealism | German expressionism + horror | |
| Movement Influence(s) | |||
| Practitioner influence(s) | orson welles and luis bunuel | ||
| Target audience | Thriller fans and | Horror fans + Action fans | |
| Production Scale | very few crew members for both | very few crew members for both | very few crew members |
| Key themes/ideas | spies and salem witch trials – the crucible |
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| UNIT: | pre-production | production | post-production | pages |
| comparative | handbrake copy of films /clips research undertaken script complete draft marked | audio/commentary recorded graphic cards/citations made | editing together in premiere (9/2/2023) exporting (9/2/2023) | N/A |
| portfolio | role 1 planning role 2 planning (10/2/2023) role 3 planning (11/2/2023) | role 1 shooting role 2 shooting role 3 shooting graphic cards made | role 1 editing (2/3/2023) role 2 editing (/3/2023) role 3 editing (1/3/2023) exporting | role 1 pages (/2/2023) role 2 pages (/2/2023) role 3 pages (/2/2023) |
| collaborative | main roles planning subsidiary roles planning | main role shooting (29/1/2023) subsidiary role (29/1/2023) graphics constructed | main role editing subsidiary role editing exporting | 2000 word report (10/3/2023) |
can come into editing suite monday p5, tues p1 most days and thursday (before school until p2)
after school apart from weds
Comparative Study Checklist
| script written | done |
| draft checked | done |
| initial script rewritten (based on one set of teacher’s feedback) | done |
| source list compiled | done |
| voiceover recorded | |
| still images found | done |
| film clips ready for upload | |
| timeline assembled on premiere | |
| initial video draft checked | |
| initial video draft amended | |
| final video draft uploaded to M drive | |
| source list uploaded to M drive |
I still need to record my voiceover and should be able to do that in tomorrow’s lesson
I still need to find my clips which I will do tonight
TA work Flow
| PHASE | ACTION | DEADLINE (by 4 pm on…) | COMPLETE ? |
| PHASE 1 | WATCH 3 FILMS | Wednesday 21st September | Done |
| PHASE 1 | POST FIRST RESPONSE ON BLOG | Thursday 22nd September | Done |
| PHASE 1 | CHOOSE FILM, TIME SIGNATURE AND FILM ELEMENTS ON BLOG | Tuesday 27th September | Done |
| PHASE 2 | FIND 10 SOURCES (ON BLOG) | Wednesday 28th September | Done |
| PHASE 2 | FCAF | Thursday 29th September | |
| PHASE 2 | FIND IMAGES TO ILLUSTRATE POINTS | Friday 30th September | |
| PHASE 2 | WRITE INTRO | Friday 30th September | Done |
| PHASE 3 | 375 PEEL ELEMENT 1 | Monday 3th October | Done |
| PHASE 3 | 375 PEEL ELEMENT 2 | Tuesday 4th October | Done |
| PHASE 3 | 375 PEEL ELEMENT 3 | Wednesday 5th October | |
| PHASE 3 | 375 PEEL ELEMENT 4 | Thursday 6th October | Done |
| PHASE 3 | WRITE OUTRO | Thursday 6th October | Done |
| PHASE 4 | SUBMIT DRAFT TO TEACHER | Friday 7th October | Done |
| PHASE 4 | FCAF | Monday 10th October | |
| PHASE 4 | USE FEEDBACK TO MAKE CORRECTIONS | Thursday 13th October | |
| PHASE 4 | COMPILE SOURCE LIST AND CHECK FOOTNOTES | Thursday 13th October | |
| PHASE 4 | FCAF | Friday 14th October | |
| PHASE 5 | SPELL CHECK/ WORD COUNT/ DOUBLE LINE SPACE AND UP LOAD TO M DRIVE FOLDER | Monday 17th October | |
Textual Analysis Introduction
I have chosen Fritz Lang’s classic 1931 noir thriller, M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder for my textual analysis. The film is set in Germany, and features Hans Beckert, a child murder, who is being hunted by the police and a group of criminals. I have chosen the section of the film between 00:05:34 – 00:08:06 which is during the opening section of the film. In this scene Hans Beckert, M, lures Elsie Beckmann, a young girl, to a balloon salesman’s stand, later in the scene the use of cinematography, in particular the silent montage sequence, alludes to him murdering Elsie. To analyse this section, I am focusing on cinematography, sound and filmmaker’s influences and intentions. The context examined focusses on social and political factors connected to the film around the time of its production.
TA – Source Table
| Director/Author | Title | Date Published/Publisher | Date last accessed | URL | |
| 1 | Fritz Lang | M | 1931 – Nero – film | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Gustavo Costanini | Leitmotif Revisited | Archived 21st April 2006 | 26/09/22 | https://web.archive.org/web/20060421054317/http://www.filmsound.org/gustavo/leitmotif-revisted.htm |
| 3 | Masterclass | How Leitmotifs Function in Music | Last Updated Nov 2 2021 | 30/09/22 | https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-leitmotifs-function-in-music |
| 4 | Roger Ebert | M Movie Review (1931) | 3 August 1997 | https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-m-1931 | |
| 5 | Erik McClanahan | Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ is a great entertainment, but it’s also a genre mashup | 3rd April 2013 | 30/09/22 | https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031754/http://www.orartswatch.org/fritz-langs-m-is-a-great-entertainment-but-its-also-a-genre-mashup/ |
| 6 | Phil Powrie, Robynn Jeananne Stilwell | Changing Tunes: The Use of Pre-existing Music in Film | 2017 | 30/09/22 | https://books.google.je/books/about/Changing_Tunes.html?id=tvnw4_zXsl0C&redir_esc=y |
| 7 | Florian Zappe | In the Shadow of the “Indeterminate Speech-Act”: The Populist Politics of Rumor in Fritz Lang’s Early Sound Films | 15th April 2020 | 30/09/22 | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/16481 |
| 8 | rossini.2 | The Sound of Silence in Fritz Lang’s M | September 20, 2016 | 03/10/2022 | https://u.osu.edu/english6778autumn2016/2016/09/20/the-sound-of-silence-in-fritz-langs-m/ |
| 9 | ECG Productions | Silence And Why It’s Important In Film | Updated: July 8, 2021 | 03/10/2022 | https://www.ecgprod.com/silence-and-why-its-important-in-film/ |
| 10 | Erich G. Anderer | Film Review: M | N/A | 05/10/22 | https://www.thecityreview.com/m.html |
| Director/Author | Title | Date Published/Publisher | Date last accessed | URL | |
| 11 | Timothy J. Edwards | The Man In Black: A Sequence Analysis from Fritz Lang’s M (1931) | 2012 | 05/20/22 | https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/kino/article/download/6263/5025/#:~:text=Fritz%20Lang’s%20first%20sound%20film,poverty%2C%20but%20also%20pervasive%20criminality. |
| 12 | Kristen Hunt | How Fritz Lang’s Flight from Nazi Germany Shaped Hollywood | May 21, 2020 | https://daily.jstor.org/how-fritz-langs-flight-from-nazi-germany-shaped-hollywood/ | |
| 13 | N/A | Fritz Lang’s M And The Use Of Sound | APRIL 6, 2016 | 06/10/22 | https://www.filminquiry.com/fritz-langs-m-and-the-use-of-sound/ |
| 14 | Varun Chaubey | A Sound Analysis of Fritz Lang’s M | Jul 30, 2019 | 06/10/22 | https://medium.com/the-film-odyssey/a-sound-analysis-of-fritz-langs-m-98566f8202ba |
| 15 | N/A | Fritz Lang’s M – editing sound as visuals | N/A | 06/10/22 | http://filmsound.org/articles/langsm.htm |
| 16 | Wikipedia | Peter Kürten | 6/10/22 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_K%C3%BCrten | |
| 17 | BBC | The teenage soldiers of World War One | 11/11/2014 | 10/10/22 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29934965 |
| 18 | Robert Longley | The Lost Generation and the Writers Who Described Their World | March 02, 2022 | 10/10/22 | https://www.thoughtco.com/the-lost-generation-4159302 |
| 19 | Wikipedia | Youngest British soldier in World War I | 15 June 2022 | 10/10/2022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngest_British_soldier_in_World_War_I |
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recommended citations:
Edwards, Timothy J. (2012) “The Man In Black: A Sequence Analysis from Fritz Lang’s M (1931),” Kino: The Western Undergraduate Journal of Film Studies: Vol. 3 : Iss. 1 , Article 4.
Textual Analysis
Film: M
Scene: silent montage
Context: socio-political
Micro elements: cinematography and sound
Macro elements: filmmaker’s intentions and influences
Timestamps; 00:05:34 – 00:08:06
First Response Table
| Film | Rating | Memorable Scene |
| CHILDREN OF MEN (Cuacron, 2006) | 8/10 | Jasper’s death scene |
| CITY OF GOD (Meirelles & Lund, 2002) | 9/10 | Benny’s death scene |
| M (Lang, 1931) | 6/10 | the silent montage (the ball, the balloon etc) |
Director Definition
definition: a person who controls the making of a film and supervises the actors and technical crew.
roles:
-hold creative vision throughout the process
-guide actors through scenes
-give notes to editors
-give final send off
favourite director: Jordan Peele because he mixes satire with political and social commentary very well
Collaborative project
please check Noah’s blog post