Small- Scale Research Project part 2.

My new area of study is based on the 'genre' of Gay cinema. I have discovered a particulaly interesting website that is not only a great article, but a detailed, intresting description of the history of Gay cinema. This perhaps will be part of the 'items' in the coursework.


www.se7enmagazine.com/film/50.../378-a-history-of-gay-cinema.html

Small Scale Research Project

I have considered my small scale research project title. I have become aware of the difficulty of my question and how it is too generalised. I have consequently changed it to something like..."How homosexuality is presented in 21st Century film compared to 20th century film." I will perhaps also change it to 'genre'.

Coursework Research and Info

Some information based on the coursework Eve and me will complete: It is based on French New Wave and Surrealism/ 1960s. We will have the influence on world cinema and 1960 film such as "If..." and "A Hard Days Night".

Film Techniques:

.The movies featured unprecedented methods of expression. Such as seven minute tracking shot (the the famous traffic jam sequence in Godard's 1967 film Week End.

. Also, these existential themes, such as the stressing the individual and the acceptance of the absurdity of human existence.

. Many of the films were produced on tight budgets.

. Directors were also force do improvise with equipment (for example, using a shopping cart for tracking shots).

. Improvised dialogue, Rapid changes of scene,

Context and research

City of God and La Haine

Political,Historical and Social Context. Extracted information from the internet:

-A "Favela" is a shanty town commonly used within Portugal.

-A Majority have electricity however in some cases, "it is illegally tapped from the public grid"

-They are usually cramped and the shanty houses are usually made from a variety of materials. "Ranging from garbage to bricks".

-Filled with sewage, crime and hygiene.

-Many are located in Rio de Janeiro.

-One in four "Caricocas" Lives in a Favela.

New Title:

"The Presentation of Homosexuality in British Film."

Research Project

As a subject area to study I have chosen the title, "The Attitudes of Homosexuality in British Culture". In specific, I chose this title due to the film "Enduring Love" (2004) -Directed By Roger Michell, becuase of its gritty and dramatised presentation of an unhealthy obsession with another individual.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2415067929/

Small Scale Research.

Social/Historical and or Political Context.

Area of Investigation: The Attitudes of Homosexuality in British Culture

Focus Film: Enduring Love (2004) Directed By Roger Michell.

Related Films: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) Directed By Stephen Frears.