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2 Apr 2004

90 pages

Published/distributed by BFI Education

ISBN/EAN: 9780851709970

Price: £24.95

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Teaching World Cinema

Gamm, Kate

Is there such a thing as 'world cinema'? Is it simply cinema that isn't from Hollywood? Is British or European Cinema part of World cinema or is World Cinema something other than our own? These are the key questions students need to consider when studying this subject.

The aim of this guide is to provide teachers with a comprehensive approach to teaching World Cinema topics. It offers opportunities for development of key concepts around case studies of national cinemas.

Topics include:
- Introduction: assessment contexts and schemes of work
- Key concepts around world cinema
- Investigation of 'world cinema' as a classification
- The concept of a 'national cinema'
- The place of the auteur within world cinema
- Examples of world cinema in their historical and cultural context
- Finance and distribution issues
- The messages and values which arise through textual analysis
- Case studies: Hong Kong, Scandinavia and France as national cinemas, and their films, Chunking Express, Show Me Love and La Itaine.

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