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Binary Opposites Mini Essay

The Global Film Initiative has picked up three films that screened at the recent Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) for North American distribution - 111 Girls, Beijing Flickers and Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights. Iraqi-Kurdish drama 111 Girls, which screened in BIFF’s New Currents competition, is produced by acclaimed filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi and directed by newcomers Bijan Zmanpira and Nahid Ghobadi. Suman Ghosh’s Bengali-language Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights [pictured] follows a senior citizen who campaigns to save electricity by getting the street lights turned off during the day time, while Zhang Yuan’s Beijing Flickers follows a group of young city dwellers who have been left behind by China’s economic miracle. Shyamal Uncle Turns Off The Lights and 111 Girls received their world premieres at BIFF, while Beijing Flickers previously screened at Toronto. All three film will be included in GFI’s forthcoming Global Lens 2013 film series, which will include seven other films and premiere January 2013 in New York. “These films are a shining example of what makes Global Lens, and BIFF, so unique,” said GFI director of programmes Santhosh Daniel. “Unusual and inspired filmmaking that draws you into the landscape of imagination, and a nation - we’re proud to include them in the tenth anniversary of our series.”

Rules

1. Write like a lawyer not like a detective - Don't write a confused essay.
2. Nothing you see or hear in a TV drama is there by accident.
3. Look for the binary opposites and conflict within the representation

Useful phrases from 'Monarch of the Glen' extract essay

1. Essentially presented.
2. Privileged throughout the clip.
3. Finally, the character of Paul makes for interesting analysis as it appears that he is the 'Mediator' between the two generations and within the clip bridges the age divide.
4. It is through this opposition that the audience is initially asked to emphasis with Amy.
5. Subverts.
6. ..is constantly seen in the clutches of other characters. She almost appears to visibly get younger on screen.
7. Signs.
8. ..insecurity demonstrated.
9. ..she is represented as a girl who perhaps stereo-typically needs saving from the perils of adulthood and facing up ones own responsibilities.
10. ..it is the only location which shows an absence of youth - indeed the only character who inhabit this space are Paul and the headteacher.
11. ..which arguably is reminiscent of a court room conforms.
12. ..witnessed between two adults (Paul and the Headteacher) whereby progress was clearly made.
13. ..demonstrates a sense of vivid colour.
14. ..innocence of youth and interestingly Amy is careful in the way she places the items.
15. ..she appears to hide her hands under her sleeves.
16. The initial high angle establishing shot of the workers and their tools represents the sense of community we feel when we consider the adults within the clip.
17. The over the shoulder shot remains focus on her as she admits to having something to explain.
18. ..cleverly edited to draw the audience in to Amy's particular story.
19. Perhaps this editing of the narrative also hints at he way young people may typically feel that they are not listened to.
20. Having received the key, about in rather clumsy and playful way (further highlighting the youth that Amy is representative of)
21. Vulnerable
22. ..unnatural way that Amy deals with the starting of the car
23. ..draws attention to the fact that this is not a natural experience for her
24. ..sterotypically venerable - it differs when used to show the relationship between Paul and the headteacher
25. ..the two characters are shot in low angles
26. ..figures of authority
27. ..headteacher is allowed to occupy shots purely on his own
28. ..a hierarchy of age - suggesting the older you are, the more power and respect you command
29. The use of both diegetic and non-diegetic sound us also key to understanding the representational issues.
30. ..ambulance soundtrack
31. ..rural environment
32. ..non digetic music shouts of a sympathetic tone and foreshadows the event of her leaving
33. ..shouts of aggression, yet his following line directed at Paul is delivered in a calm manner suggested that as a 'child' Amy does not command his respect
34. ..she need the adults to decide her fate
35. ..which motivated by the character of Amy deals with the representation of 'youth as something which is misunderstanding fragile and vulnerable 
36. ..privilege Amy's story
37. ..inhabiting a word which opposes that teenage and one which is represented by tradition, formality and reason, rather than (as the in the case of youth) emotion.

The British film industry should back more mainstream movies, a report is expected to recommend next week.

Ahead of a visit to Pinewood Studios on Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron said the film industry should support "commercially successful pictures". His comments come before the publication of Lord Smith's review into the government's film policy on Monday. The review was commissioned to find out how the industry could offer better support to UK film-making. Mr Cameron praised the UK film industry but said "we should aim even higher, building on the incredible success of recent years". He acknowledged the British film industry had made "a £4bn contribution to the UK economy and an incalculable contribution to our culture". Lord Smith, the former Labour culture secretary, is also expected to recommend developing an export strategy to increase the profits of British films. Speaking to the BBC, director Ken Loach said it was important to have a diverse film industry with a wide range of films to choose from. "If everyone knew what would be successful before it was made, there would be no problem," he said. "What you need to do is fund a lot of different, varied projects and then you'll get a really vibrant industry." Loach added he would encourage more independent cinemas, saying: "The market does not provide choice if you don't intervene."