AN INTRODUCTION TO WORLD CINEMA

The first part of the A2 film exam is on world cinema. The first thing you will need to get to grips with is the world of subtitled foreign films collectively known as world cinema. But what exactly is world cinema in light of today's globalised society? What are the origins? How do we/you define it? What kinds of films do we tend to associate with world cinema? These are just some of the questions you will need to consider whilst broadening out your viewing range.

Here is an introduction to world cinema:

world cinema on Prezi

A2 FILM COURSEWORK: THE SMALL SCALE RESEARCH PROJECT - Setting up your own blog

One of the first tasks that you will be complete as part of the shift into A2 film studies is creating and maintaining a blog allowing you to track your research as part of the coursework. The A2 film coursework is divided into 2 parts - 1). Small Scale Research Project and 2). Creative Work.

The research demands that you develop appropriate research skills, investigate an area of film that interests you and that you support your final arguments with critical support from a range of primary and secondary sources.

Maintaining a blog will allow you to build up a steady bank of useful and relevant resources for your research project - this can include websites, links to articles, YouTube videos, posters, etc. You will also use your blog to post any related reviews or comments on films that you have to study as part of your research.

You must ensure that your blog is well organised and clear to read - do not overcrowd it with too much information. The templates will allow you to consider colour and fonts whilst sidebar tools are useful as a way of listing favourite websites and film lists.

Whilst some of you may have come across blogger before the following video offers a quick run through of setting up a blog:



Here are some important sites linked to blogging:

http://buzz.blogger.com/ - The official site from blogger

http://www.youtube.com/user/BloggerHelp?blend=3&ob=5 - Blogger's YouTube HELP channel; lots of useful step by step videos on how to improve your blogging skills