You can do this partly as a timeline of films. Each film would then be detailed in 1+ slide to set out why its significant - eg its director; postmodern twist; box office success; hybridity; changing representations; cinematography/editing - like Wes Craven's French New Wave influenced Last House on the Left (1972) or John Carpenter's use of steadicam and blue tint in Halloween (1978).
This is your opportunity to showcase the READING, not just the viewing, you've done. You should list the sources used for your research.
THEME 3: SOUND; GENRE SIGNIFICATION
How is sound used to provide narrative exposition and/or genre signification? This is also a key exam question!
MUSIC (not necessarily non-diegetic; eg Baby Driver). Music genre usually helps to signify a likely genre (and audience), eg jazz: older (25-44+ or even older), upmarket (ABC1); heavy metal: youth (15-34+, older if an older band, youth if a cover version of an older band), downmarket (C2DE), possibly more male.
Consider editing of the sound: continuous (unlikely)? Any fading in/out (likely)? A mix of a main track and incidental music? pre-existing music or incidental music composed for the movie? Any obvious 'influences'/intertextuality? Its not uncommon to see some music video-style cutting to the beat...
AMBIENT SOUND/FOLEY SOUND: With the possible exception of social realist movies, much of the audio in film + TV is typically recorded separately from the main shoot, in post-production ('Foley sound'). The great Sergio Leone recorded ALL of his films' sound in post-production. Look at how sound creates verisimilitude.
Is there a voiceover (VO)?
Foley sound and successful ambient sound are key to achieving verisimilitude and continuity editing.
You will also consider use of audio bridges over idents and as part of the transition to main film; you could make a brief note of that here.
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