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Women Behind The Camera

This course unpacks how some of the most celebrated and successful film directors in the world are female and gives students a clear idea of how much of an impact they have on the industry. The class consists of in-depth discussion and film analysis.

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Looby M

16-18, Adult
Film Studies

15 HOURS

15 LESSONS

Women Behind The Camera

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Course Overview


Did you know that of the top one hundred grossing films of 2019, women represented 10.7% of directors? Films by women have been being made and yet they are rarely given the same platform or distribution opportunities as those by male directors. The aim of this course is not just to analyse these films, but also to celebrate them! What are the different nuances in filmmaking that can be identified just by merit of it being told through the female gaze? The structure of the course will be that the students are required to watch the films allocated to each class in advance. To begin each class, there will be a short 'lecture' about the context in which the film was made and how shifts within the industry and popular society, as well as technological advances, enabled these films to be made. Students will be encouraged to consider what these films are able to reveal to a modern viewer, about the time in which the film was created and the lens through which the story is told. The latter portion of the classes will be largely discussion-based, with some in-depth analysis of scenes from the films being discussed - how does the composition of the shot affect the audience? What is the audience being told through the mis-en-scene? There are so many subtleties that take place in the cinema, and this course will serve as a springboard to educate students on how to unpick them.

Course Content


15 LESSONS

15 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

'For Sama': Waad Al-Kateab

60 minutes

Lesson 2

'Little Women': Greta Girwig

60 minutes

Lesson 3

'Daughter's of the Dust': Julie Dash

60 minutes

Lesson 4

'Wendy & Lucy': Kelly Reichardt

60 minutes

Lesson 5

'The Breadwinner': Nora Twomey

60 minutes

Lesson 6

'Persepolis': Marjane Satrapi

60 minutes

Lesson 7

'Winter's Bone': Debra Granik

60 minutes

Lesson 8

'Bend It like Beckham': Gurinder Chadha

60 minutes

Lesson 9

'My Brilliant Career': Gillian Armstrong

60 minutes

Lesson 10

'The Farewell': Lulu Wang

60 minutes

Lesson 11

'Marie Antoinette and Lost In Translation': Sofia Coppola

60 minutes

Lesson 12

'Mudbound': Dee Rees

60 minutes

Lesson 13

'Monster': Patty Jenkins

60 minutes

Lesson 14

'Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles': Chantal Akerman

60 minutes

Lesson 15

'I Am Not a Witch': Rungano Nyoni's

60 minutes

Key Skills


Criticism

Film Studies

Aesthetics

Contextual Understanding

Educator

Looby M

English and Film Studies Educator

Looby is a professional Educator alongside working as an actor. She is confident in teaching a number of subjects to GCSE and provides a supportive learning environment for students.

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