Reading film is essential to making sense of the textual analysis (TA) component. Through the TA you must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how meaning is constructed in film through a written analysis of a prescribed film text, based on a chosen extract (lasting no more than five minutes) from that film.
The TA is
Overview Video: Click here
2023 - Classic (pre-1960)
Ace in the Hole [USA] Billy Wilder 1951
M [Germany] Fritz Lang 1931
2023 - Contemporary (post-1960)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [Iran] Ana Lily Amirpour 2014
Bonnie and Clyde [USA} Arthur Penn 1967
Boy [New Zealand] Taika Waititi 2010
Children of Man [UK] Alfonso Cuaron 2006
City of God [Brazil] Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund 2002
Le Havre [France/ Finland] Aki Kaurismaki 2011
Paprika [Japan] Satoshi Kon 2006
Stalker [USSR] Andrei Tarkovsky 1979
TA Planning Document click here
Textual Analysis Outline click here
Condensed Textual Analysis Outline details
How to Choose a film and Extract: click here
Writing the TA DRAFT video: click here
Film Vocabulary Terms folder click here
Cultural Context click here
Relationships to Cultural context explained download here
Writing about film download here
What is a Bibliography download here
Rough draft download here
Final Draft download here
TA checklist download here