A2 Film Studies Student Enrolment Task - To Be Completed Before First Lesson

Sample: Small Scale Research Project

Here is an opening section from a well structured Annotated Catalogue with good notes and good detail. Use it as a guide to the way your own catalogue should be submitted and structured.

Subject/Topic of Study = Chris Nolan
Focus of study = Flawed Characters/Auteur
Resources = 3 x Chosen Films
Books/websites = 3 x Other sources

Annotated Catalogue: Guidance

Title/Question: 

Male flawed characters with a goal are a predominant theme in Christopher Nolan’s films, does this make him an auteur?

Films
Item 1
Inception- (2010) dr C. Nolan
I chose this as my focus film as it shows Christopher Nolans’ clear auteur presence as he deals with the theme that I am focusing on – a flawed male character, in this film the characters flaw is his emotional life and family that drive the narrative of the film. It also looks at his other auteur themes such as moral ambiguity, the characters and composers he uses and psychology. This film also explores the relationship between Chris Nolan and the genre of Crime films that has established his idiosyncratic style.

Item 2
Batman Begins (2005)- I chose this as my second film to look at as the theme I am looking at is explored in this film. The male character is also flawed with his emotional life as well as his fears. Other themes are also shown in this film such as revenge, power, psychology and moral ambiguity. This film is also in the crime genre and so many of the same conventions are used as in Inception.

Item 3
Insomnia (2002)- This film explores the flaw of a male character, in this film the character suffers from insomnia. Guilt is another theme in this film and is important in defining the role of morality and we see the protagonists desire for justice which is another theme found in the other two films I am looking at. Al Pacino plays a sympathetic protagonist with a degree of warmth. The genre of the film is also crime.

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