Component 2: Global Filmmaking Perspectives. Section A Global Film. Group 2: Outside Europe. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang, China, 2004): Contexts, Style, Audience. Write at least 200 word answers to each of the following questions, supported with direct reference to the film: How might you describe Zhang Yimou’s visual style or aesthetic? Zhang Yimou’s visual style and aesthetic is shownContinue reading “ISP W9: House of Flying Daggers Questions”
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ISP W9: House of Flying Daggers review articles
House of Flying Daggers- Review article notes https://newrepublic.com/article/70443/redemption-film ‘House of Flying Daggers is also about imperial rule and rebellion, by its conclusion politics have faded far into the background.’ ‘the protagonists have left behind their loyalties to either side, instead fighting and dying for more intimate concerns: for love, for jealousy, for redemption or release.’ ‘AsContinue reading “ISP W9: House of Flying Daggers review articles”
ISP W8: House of Flying Daggers Mise en Scene
Mock question: For 10 marks – Explore how one example of mise-en-scene is used the opening sequence of HOFD. Mise end scene is used in the opening sequence of House of Flying Daggers to create meaning, for example the repetition of the butterfly motif in the Peony Pavilion. The butterfly acts as a visual metaphorContinue reading “ISP W8: House of Flying Daggers Mise en Scene”
ISP W8: Pan’s Labyrinth Powerpoint
ISP W7: Under the Skin Gender 10 Marker
Mock question: For 10 marks – Explore how gender is represented in one chosen sequence in Under the Skin. Gender is presented in Under the Skin as a feminist critique of beauty and sexuality. For example, in the opening montage sequence of Under the Skin the spectator is presented with a subjective view of women, showingContinue reading “ISP W7: Under the Skin Gender 10 Marker”
ISP W7: House of Flying Daggers Essay
With reference to your notes on the opening of House of Flying Daggers, compose a 1500 word essay on the opening sequence House of flying dagger is set during the Tang Dynasty in imperialist China. The group ‘The House of Flying Daggers’ are rebels fighting against the corrupt military and government. This film is of the WuxiaContinue reading “ISP W7: House of Flying Daggers Essay”
ISP Week 6: Pan’s Labyrinth Mise en scene
‘How is mise-en-scene used to create meaning in the Pale Man sequence of Pan’s Labyrinth?’ (10 marks) Mise en scene is used to create meaning in the Pale Man sequence of Pan’s Labyrinth, for example through the use of the low-level tracking shot of the pile of grey children’s shoes. This creates meaning as it acts asContinue reading “ISP Week 6: Pan’s Labyrinth Mise en scene”
China’s Tang Dynasty
CHINA’S TANG DYNASTY: FACT FILE The Tang Dynasty was between 618 and 906 A.D The Tang Dynasty is considered a golden age of Chinese arts and culture. Tang China attracted an international reputation that spilled out of its cities and, through the practice of Buddhism, spread its culture across much of Asia. People involved: Emperor Gaozu of Han– he helpedContinue reading “China’s Tang Dynasty”
ISP Week 5: Beasts of the Southern Wild Powerpoint
Film form and contexts on Beasts of the Souther Wild:
ISP Week 5: La La Land powerpoint
Film form and contexts from La La Land:
Emma Coe Film Studies 