Section B - Origins of Authorship

Section B - Bespoke Tasks

Analyse the Section B mark scheme
Revise case study director 1 Hitchcock Reading 1 Reading 2 Reading 3
Revise case study director 2 Tarantino
Revise case study director 3 (yours)
Assess research paper for potential case study director 4 (yours)
Recap star power and the importance of talent to authorship
Re-read Authorship Reading #1
Re-read Authorship Reading #2
Revise how we can challenge authorship Reading 1 Reading 2
Ask a friend of family member to test you on 'who said what'
Write a plan for this past paper question
Write a plan for this past paper question

Write a full response to one or both of them

Prepare for the remaining lessons by looking at art house cinema

Prepare for the remaining lessons by looking at directors in foreign markets such as Asia

Prepare for the remaining lessons by recapping changes in technology and distribution

Use the PEEL paragraph starters I have created for you.

Section B - Today's Essay Plan

Is Authorship relevant in contemporary cinema? Discuss the extent to which you agree, in relation to a range of case studies...

• Yes
• Make points about quality / style / control
• Make points that support the notion that auteur directors are quality directors
• Make points that support the notion that auteur directors are successful directors
• Make points that support the notion that auteur directors influence other directors
• Make points that support the notion that auteur directors innovate and move cinema forward
• No
• Make points that suggest studio models are important and contribute to the success of many films also
• Make points that suggest there is no singular author for many films
• Make points that acknowledged the collaboration of different roles (CGI, editors, cinematographers)
• Make points that acknowledge the importance of film talent to the success of a project (actor in particular, and the significance of star power)

Use the PEEL paragraph starters I have created for you.

Section B - PEEL Paragraph Starters

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Section B - Art house or independent to mainstream cinema

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Section B - New Technologies

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Section B - Domestic & Global Territories

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