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What does the OCR British film since 1995 study require, and how is ideology applied as the specialist study area?

British film since 1995 and ideology. Studying a British film made since 1995 through film form and narrative, with ideology (the values and beliefs the film carries, representations of class, gender, nation and region) as the specialist study area, and the contexts of recent British cinema.
An OCR A-Level Film Studies guide to British film since 1995 and ideology. Covers studying a British film made since 1995 through film form and narrative, ideology (representations of class, gender, nation and region) as the specialist study area, the contexts of recent British cinema, and the exam skills the section rewards.
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What is British social realism, and how do its conventions and contexts shape the meaning of British films?

British social realism and context. The social-realist tradition (kitchen-sink drama, the British New Wave, Loach and the recent generation), its conventions (naturalism, location shooting, ordinary lives), and the contexts of class, region and the British film industry.
An OCR A-Level Film Studies guide to British social realism and context. Covers the social-realist tradition (kitchen-sink drama, the British New Wave, Loach and the recent generation), its conventions (naturalism, location shooting, ordinary lives), and the contexts of class, region and the small British film industry.
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What does the OCR global film study require, and how do you compare a European and a non-European film through film form, narrative and context?

The global film comparative study. Comparing two global films, one European and one from outside Europe, through film form, narrative and context, in Section A of Component 02, with attention to cultural specificity and how world cinema differs from Hollywood.
An OCR A-Level Film Studies guide to the global film comparative study in Component 02. Covers comparing two global films, one European and one from outside Europe, through film form, narrative and context, with attention to cultural specificity and how world cinema differs from Hollywood, and the comparative skills the section rewards.
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What is the narrative approach in OCR Film Studies, and how do you analyse how a film organises and tells its story?

The narrative approach. How films organise and tell stories (story and plot, range and depth of narration, structure and order, Todorov's equilibrium, binary oppositions, open and closed narratives), and applying narrative analysis to set films.
An OCR A-Level Film Studies guide to the narrative approach. Covers how films organise and tell stories (story and plot, range and depth of narration, structure and order, Todorov's equilibrium, binary oppositions, open and closed narratives), and applying narrative analysis to set films in the exam.
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What contexts shape world cinema in OCR Film Studies, and how do national industries, funding and distribution affect global films?

World cinema contexts and distribution. National film industries and movements, state and co-production funding, the art-cinema and film-festival circuit, subtitling and how non-English films travel, and the cultural and historical contexts that shape global films.
An OCR A-Level Film Studies guide to world cinema contexts and distribution. Covers national film industries and movements, state and co-production funding, the art-cinema and film-festival circuit, subtitling and how non-English films travel, and the cultural and historical contexts that shape global films.
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