Name
‘Framework’
Possible focus
Aggie
Temba
Genre
A study of male
protagonists in
contemporary
fantasy films.
Bethan
Pratten
Auteur
Alfred Hitchcock
Bijal Shah
Auteur
Hayao Miyazaki
Representation of women
(and why?)
Possible Focus
Films
Harry Potter (5th)
Narnia (2nd)
Percy Jackson
AER
Comment/Query
What do you think
of this focus?
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Is this better as a
genre study or
should Bethan
consider exploring
this under the
‘gender issues’
framework?
Is this better as
a genre study
or should
Bethan
consider
exploring this
under the
‘gender issues’
framework?
No, I think
better as
auteur!
Castle in the Sky
(1986)
My Neighbour
Totoro (1988)
Princess
Mononoke
(1997)
Should Bijal try to
identify a particular
focus within this
auteur study?
Should Bijal try
to identify a
particular focus
within this
auteur
study?Yup, if
she does this
What do you
think of this
focus?
Interesting!
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
How men are represented in
these films?
What do these films say about
masculinity more generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
You might want to explore
some general issues about
‘representation of gender’ as
part of your discussion.
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
How women are represented in
these films?
What do these films say about
femininity and ideas of
womanhood more generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
You might want to explore
some general issues about
‘representation of gender’ as
part of your discussion.
Charlotte
Corne
Auteur
Tim Burton
Darragh
Spelman
Ethnicity
The
representation
of racial tension
[ethnicity and
identity] in
recent British
film.
Surrealism?
Visual Style (design)?
Edward
Scissorhands
(1990)
Sweeney Todd
(2007)
Alice in
Wonderland
(2010)
This is England
(2006)
Four Lions
(2010)
What have critics/academics
said about Tim Burton’s visual
style? Is aesthetics/visual style
at the heart of Burton’s identity
as an auteur?
How important is visual style in
the 3 chosen films?
What
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
How race is represented in
these films?
What do these films say about
race and racism more
generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
You might want to explore
some general issues about
‘representation of race’ (Stuart
Hall might be particularly
interesting) as part of your
discussion.
What have critics/academics
identified as the ‘signature
style’ of Mel Brooks?
To what extent is this ‘signature
style’ evident in the work of
Is there a particular point that
you could put at the heart of
your investigation?
Ae Fond Kiss
(inter-racial
relationships
(love) involving
the Muslim
community in
Glasgow. Bullet
Boy – black
youth culture in
London.
Elliot
Wheatland
Clinch
Auteur
Mel Brooks
Blazing Saddles
(1974)
Young
Frankenstein
(1974)
Robin Hood:
Men in Tights
(1993)
Grace
Social,
The
Shawshank
Might this work
Might this work
What have critics/academics
Livermore
Political and
Cultural
Studies
representation
of justice and
law.
Redemption
(1994)
Law Abiding
Citizen (2009)
Offender (2012)
Joe Argent
Genre
Or
Social,
Cultural,
Political
The
representation
of the Vietnam
War in American
film.
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
The Green
Berets (1968)
Platoon (1986)
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
How the war is represented in
these films?
What do these films say about
war and warfare more
generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
Joe Kitson
Auteur
Quentin
Tarantino
Kill Bill 1 (2003)
& 2 (2004).
Inglourious
Basterds (2009)
Django
Unchained
(2012)
Jordan
Shaw
Social,
Political &
Cultural
The
representation
of youth, crime
What have critics/academics
identified as the ‘signature
style’ of Quentin Tarantino?
To what extent is this ‘signature
style’ evident in the work of
How central is the
stylisation/glamourisation of
violence central to these films
and to his oeuvre as a whole?
How have critics engaged with
‘violence’ in his films? What
controversies have emerged in
relation to his films?
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
Stylisation/Glamourisation
of violence
This is England
(2006)
Harry Brown
better as a study of
the Prison film
genre (substituting
Law Abiding Citizen
for something
else?)
better as a
study of the
Prison film
genre
(substituting
Law Abiding
Citizen for
something
else?)
and other commentators said
about:
How justice/law is represented
in these films?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
Studies
and anti-social
behaviour in
British films.
(2009)
Ill Manors (2012)
How youth is represented in
these films?
What do these films say about
youth and anti-social behaviour
more generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
Maciej
Pasierb
Genre
A study of false
protagonists
(unreliable
narrators) and
plot twists in
recent thrillers.
The Usual
Suspects (1995)
Shutter Island
(2010)
Lucky Number
Slevin (2006)
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about: the narrative shape of
these films. What has been the
critical response to their use of
unreliable narrators and plot
twists?
To what extent were these films
seen as ‘radical’ departures
from conventional film form?
To what extent was their twists
central to their marketing and
commercial success?
Maddy
Whelehan
Social,
Political &
Cultural
Studies
The
representation
of Social
problems in
recent British
Film
Trainspotting
(1996)
This in England
(2006)
Green Street
(2006?)
Ross
Genre
The
Black Hawk
What have critics/academics
and other commentators said
about:
How social problems and antisocial behaviour are
represented in these films?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
Is there a particular emphasis
that you could put at the heart
of your enquiry? Which social
problems might you
concentrate on?
What have critics/academics
WheelerClayton
Jacob Cave
Technology
representation
of soldiers in
recent war films.
Down (2001)
Green Zone
(2010)
The Hurt Locker
(2008)
and other commentators said
about:
How soldiers are represented
in these films?
What do these films say about
war and conflict more
generally?
To what extent is the
representation consistent
across these films?
How giant
monsters have
evolved in film
through the
development of
tehnology.
Lost World
(1925)
Godzilla (1954)
Pacific Rim
(2013)
What do critics/academics and
other commentators say about
the use of technology in these
films? How significant were
these films as ‘landmarks’ in the
development of special effects
technology?