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catergorising film

Art Film –Alphaville, Once Upon A Time In The West

Mainstream Film –Love Simon, Deadpool 2, A Bug’s Life, The Breakfast Club, The Shape of Water.

Historically Significant Film – Battleship Potemkin, The Seventh Samurai, The Wizard of Oz.

ib learner profile connected to film studies

IB LEARNER PROFILE – The Australian School of Abu Dhabi
  1. Knowledgeable

This links to film as you need to be knowledgeable about everything that it takes to create a good movie .

  1. Open-minded

You need to be open-minded to enjoy other types of film and to respect the types of genres and different cultures that films demonstrate from across the world

  1. Caring

You need to be caring about the effort that the creator put into the film even if you don’t personally enjoy it.

  1. Thinkers

You need to think about the types of techniques and reasons that the creators of the film use different techniques for the reason they added certain elements

  1. Communicators

It requires communication with cast and crew to create one cohesive narrative that others are willing to watch.

  1. Inquirers

This is important to film as you need to inquire how different things were made and created and how well they are utilized.

7. Principled

In many aspects of film, you may come across political messages or meanings. Stick to your principles and know what is right.

8. Reflective

Being able to comment on a piece of work you have written or produced or offering constructive criticism to benefit others.

9. Risk-Takers

Especially in the producing aspect of this course, risks will need to be taken to enhance a media product and keep it original.

Whiplash first response

Rating

– 9/10

Memorable Scene

when he is performing after being in a car crash due to the building of tension once he gets on stage also the last scene due to the fast pace editing and the conclusion where we see fletchers eyes smile with the extreme close up

the shining first response

preference

i rate the shining 8/10 due to the large impact on its genre and its amazing adaption to the stephen king novel

Memorable scene

my most memorable scene was when Wendy was struggling to exit using the bathroom window as it caused great tension

cinematophraphy

I greatly appreciated the use of close ups as it gave the audience the feeling of jack turning insane