Film 304 - Research List

Sunday 21st January 2018                             Contexts of Practice               Lecturers: Lucy Leake

Dissertation Structure

I started off my planning by drafting up my ideas for the topic question "How does the Director evoke different emotional states on the target audience, in war films"

For the beginning part of the process, I worked closely alongside the college's study zone to gather a structure for my dissertation, outlining the chapters and headings that all my knowledge and research could be put under. I then decided on which films to use, I had a unique idea of choosing directors from different parts of the world as I thought that this would generate better results.

I chose a Chinese director, Lu Chuan who directed City of Life and Death.

2 European Directors, Wolfgang Petersen and David Ayer, Petersen directed Das Boot and Ayer directed Fury. 

Lastly I chose a recent motion picture by a British director, Christopher Nolan who directed Dunkirk. I also touched upon a few other films but they were only briefly addressed through comparisons of colour palettes.

I also used books and online sources which proved useful in order to expand on preconceived ideas, in fact some of the articles that I found had been written by the directors themselves, which I found very interesting. Gathering an understanding as to why they decided on certain techniques and what they hoped to achieve. 

I participated in many class discussions and became open minded to sharing my initial ideas and concepts with my peers. I provided an account of research across to my lecturers during tutorials and they were always proud of my achievements. 

Here is a screenshot which outlines the tutorials I participated within as well as information on areas that I could expand on. 

Bibliography

Film Case Studies:

Ayer, D. (2014) Fury, Columbia Pictures, DVD.

Chuan, L. (2009) City of Life and Death, China Film Group, DVD.

Nolan, C. (2017) Dunkirk, UK: Warner Bros. Film.

Petersen, W. (1981) Das Boot, Bavaria Film, DVD.

Spielberg, S. (1993) Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures, DVD.

Books:

Brown, B. (2002) Cinematography - Theory and Practice. (4th ed.) USA: Focal Press.

Orpen , V (2003) Film Editing - The Art of The Expressive: (2nd ed.) London: Wallflower Press.

Rabiger , M. and Cherrier, M. (2013) Film Techniques and Aesthetics. UK, Burlington: Focal Press.

Websites:

Aslan, (2011), GradeSaver, http://www.gradesaver.com/atonement/q-and-a/how-important-is-lighting-in-the-film-play-47713 (09/11/17)

Dargis, M. (2011), The New York Times, New York, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/movies/city-of-life-and-death-from-lu-chuan-review.html, (08/11/17).

Dargis, M. (2011), The New York Times, New York, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/movies/city-of-life-and-death-from-lu-chuan-review.html (08/11/17)

Douek, J. (2013), US: NBCI, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832887/ (08/11/17)

Failes, I. (2017), vfxblog, https://vfxblog.com/2017/08/09/heres-one-of-the-best-interviews-ive-heard-christopher-nolan-give-about-his-thoughts-on-film-digital-and-vfx/ (08/11/17)

Furness, H. (2017), The Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/07/new-dunkirk-film-wont-feature-churchill-doesnt-get-bogged-politics/ (09/11/17)

Gonzalez, R.C. (2016), Movie Pilot, Creators.co, https://moviepilot.com/posts/3970876 (08/11/17)

House, J. (2012), SlideShare, https://www.slideshare.net/jordan_house/vladimir-propp-14561275 (09/11/17)

Howe, D. (1997), WashingtonPost, The Washington Post Company, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/dasboothowe.htm (08/11/17)

Hullfish, S. (2017), ProVideoCoalition, https://www.provideocoalition.com/art-cut-oscar-nominated-editor-lee-smith-ace-dunkirk/ (08/11/17)

IMDB, (d.u.), Das Boot Trivia, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/trivia (08/11/17)

Khairy, W. (2011), RogerEbert.com, https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/the-crushing-suspense-of-das-boot (08/11/17)

Kreps, D. (2017), RollingStone, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-hans-zimmers-supermarine-from-dunkirk-score-w491375 (08/11/17)

Liu, W.L. (2009), China: TIME, http://world.time.com/2009/05/12/lu-chuans-city-of-life-and-death/ (08/11/17)

Macnab, G. (2017), Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/dunkirk-review-christopher-nolan-release-date-harry-styles-tom-hardy-war-film-oscars-a7848386.html (08/11/17)

Mediaknowall, (d.u.), Mediaknowall, http://www.mediaknowall.com/camangles.html (08/11/17)

Newbould, C. (2017), The National, https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/dunkirk-like-virtual-reality-without-the-headset-says-director-christopher-nolan-1.482051 (09/11/17)

Nolan, C. (2017), The Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/07/08/spitfires-flotillas-boats-rough-seas-1000-extras-christopher/ (09/11/17)

Philip, T. (2017), New York City: GQ, https://www.gq.com/story/dunkirk-according-to-a-dunkirk-historian (08/11/17)

Productions, O. (1998), Das Boot: A Review of the Director's Cut, ObTwo, http://www.elegantbrain.com/edu4/classes/readings/dasboot.htm (08/11/17)

Shager, N. (2017), Yahoo News, Yahoo Movies, https://ca.news.yahoo.com/christopher-nolan-writes-essay-dunkirk-virtual-reality-without-headset-185808697.html, (08/11/17).

Shanovitz, (2014), SlideShare, https://www.slideshare.net/shanovitz/lighting-in-film?next_slideshow=2 (09/11/17)

Southall, J. (2014), Movie Wave, http://www.movie-wave.net/fury/ (08/11/17)

White, R. (d.u.), Our Pastimes, https://ourpastimes.com/importance-of-lighting-in-film-12209385.html (09/11/17)

Film 304 - Structure

Wednesday 18th October 2017             Contexts of Practice          Lecture: Lucy Leake

Structuring my dissertation

I have expanded on the ideas and topic for my dissertation, I have started to think about how I can link my film examples towards my chosen categories.

Film 304 - Ideas Generation

Wednesday 11th October 2017                   Contexts of Practice                Lectures: Lucy Leake

Dissertation Ideas

Topic Question

How do directors evoke different emotional states of mind on their audience in war films?

Films to look at and watch;

Dunkirk - Dunkirk, 2017. [DVD] Christopher Nolan, UK: N/A.

Das Boot - Das Boot, 1998. [DVD] Wolfgang Petersen, Germany: Neue Constantin Film.

City of Life and Death - City of Life and Death, 2010. [DVD] Lu Chuan, China: Media Asia Distribution Ltd. China Film Group.

Fury - Fury, 2014. [DVD] David Ayer and Fritz Lang, United States: Columbia Pictures.

Areas for each film to pay close attention towards, camera angles, cinematography (lighting and color palette), editing, character development, music, and sound.

Give examples of what each category is, camera angles and give examples, lighting and give examples.