Film narrative Choose 3 academic readings from the reading list and critically investigate their ideas in relation to a film on the Module. Essay An acknowledgement of the type of narrative structure in your chosen film Evidence of your engagement with critical analysis of the 3 articles. An acknowledgement of the codes and conventions of film “ eg editing, lighting, sound, music etc. (You don’t need to discuss all of these) An ability to evaluate the relevance of the 3 articles to your discussion of the workings of the chosen film choose any 3 of these articles from the list: .Barthes R (2000) Camera Lucida. London: Vintage Press. .Bazin A (2005) What is cinema? Vol. II foreword by François Truffaut. London: University ofCalifornia Press. .Bordwell, D and Thompson, K (2010) Film Art: An Introduction. London: Routledge. .Bordwell, D 1987) Narration in Fiction Film. The University of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Press “particularly the ˜Parametric Narration’ chapter introduction pp. 274-279 .Bordwell, D. & Carroll, N (1996) Post Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. .Branigan, E. (1992) Narrative Comprehension and Film. London: Routledge “ particularly the ˜Focalisation’ chapter pp. 100-107 .Buckland, W (Ed) (2008) Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. .Burch, N. (1981) Theory of Film Practice. New York: Princeton University Press. .Cooper, P and K Dancyger (2004) Writing the short Film. London: Focal Press. .Fabe, M (2005) Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique. Los Angeles, University of California Press. .Fuery, P (2000) New Developments in Film Theory. Basingstoke: Macmillan. .Gibbs J (2002) Mise-En-Scene: Film Style and Interpretation. London: Wallflower. .Gaines (ed), Classical Hollywood Narrative: The Paradigm Wars (Durham, NC: Duke University Press 1992) “ particularly Altman, R. ˜Dickens, Griffith, and Film Theory Today’ pp. 9-47 .Horton, A. (2000) Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay, Updated and Expanded edition. London: University of California Press. .Johnstone, K (1981) Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre. London: Eyre Methuen. .Metz, C. (1974) Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema. New York: Oxford University Press. .Metz, Christian. (1986) The Imaginary Signifier: Psychoanalysis and Cinema. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. .Rabiger, M. (2007) Directing Techniques and Aesthetics. London: Focal Press. .Seger, L (1994) Making A Good Script Great. Hollywood: Samuel French, 2nd edition. .Snyder, B (2005) Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need. Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions. .Stam, R and R Burgoyne (1996). New Vocabularies In Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Poststructuralism And Beyond. London: Routledge. .Weston, J (1999). Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television. London: Routledge. And choose a film: A Warning To The Curious BBC TX Dec 1972 Antichrist (2011) Lars von Trier “ Denmark Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Barry Lyndon (1975) Stanley Kubrick “ UK/USA The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks “ USA The Birds (1963) Alfred Hitchcock“ USA Blue (1993) Derek Jarman “ UK Dancer in the Dark (2001) Lars von Trier- Denmark Don’t Look Now (1973) Nic Roeg “ UK The Dead (1987) John Huston “ USA The Hurt Locker (2008) Kathryn Bigelow “ USA In Absentia (The Quay Brothers) 2001 USA Intolerance (D.W. Griffith USA 1916) The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich USA 1971) L’année dernière Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) 1961 Alain Resnais France The Magdalene Sisters (2002) Peter Mullan “ UK Mulholland Drive (2001) David Lynch- USA Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock “ USA Once Upon A Time In America (1983) Sergio Leone “ USA The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer Denmark 1928) Procès de Jeanne d’Arc (The Trial of Joan of Arc) (1962) Robert Bresson “ France Red Road (2006) Andrea Arnold “ UK Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Roman Polanski “ USA Rio Bravo (1959) Howard Hawks “ USA The Searchers (1956) John Ford “ USA She’s Gotta Have It (1986) Spike Lee“ USA The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick “ UK/USA Sunrise (1927) F.W. Murnau “ USA Timecode (2000) Mike Figgis USA Vangelo Secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew) (1964) Pier Paolo Pasolini “ Italy Viaggio in Itália (Voyage to Italy) (1953) Roberto Rossellini “ Italy War of the Worlds (2005) Steven Spielberg “ USA We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Lynne Ramsey “ UK Vredens Dag (Day of Wrath) (1943) Carl Theodor Dreyer- Denmark Whistle And I’ll Come To You BBC TX Dec 1968 The Wrong Man (1956) Alfred Hitchcock -USA