Public learning track
Genre Systems, Conventions, and Subversive Structuring
11th Grade · Arts · UK A-Level
8 lessons
Goal
Analyse how genre conventions structure narrative expectations, reflect cultural anxieties, and evolve through hybridity and subversion.
8 lessons
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- 1Generic Iconography: Visual Motifs and Semantic ElementsUp nextStart
- 2Syntactic Structures and Thematic Oppositions in GenrePremiumNot started yet
- 3Genre as Narrative Structuring Element and Audience ContractNot started yet
- 4Steve Neale's Theory of Repetition and DifferenceNot started yet
- 5Genre Hybridity, Bricolage, and Postmodern PasticheNot started yet
- 6Generic Evolution: From Classical to Revisionist and Deconstructive PhasesNot started yet
- 7Genre as Cultural Barometer: Allegory for Societal AnxietyNot started yet
- 8Subverting Genre Tropes and Oppositional Narrative PayoffsNot started yet
Standards Covered
- FILM-2.2General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Film-studies · Year 13 (A2 Level) · Grade 11where relevant to the film set, the concept of genre, genre conventions and genre as a principal structuring element of narrative
- FILM-2.4General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Film-studies · Year 13 (A2 Level) · Grade 11the way the above contribute to the representation of cultures and societies in film 8 Definition of “critically recognised, culturally and historically significant” provided in footnote 3. 9 Specifications may meet these requirements by including films which meet more than one of the requirements set, providing no more than three of the additional films/film compilations set for A level are US. Awarding organisations may, however, set a fourth US film provided this is a historically significant film from the Silent Era. 10 “short film”: a short film from the Silent Era may not be set as a short film. The three short films count as one of the six feature-length films.
- FILM-2.6General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Film-studies · Year 13 (A2 Level) · Grade 11the ideological implications11 of narrative construction, narrative structure and representations of different societies and cultures
Curriculum Framework
11th Grade · Arts · UK A-Level
1
8 lessons
Film Form: Micro-Feature Synthesis and Aesthetic Meaning
Synthesise cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing, and sound to evaluate how micro-features generate complex aesthetic meanings.
2
8 lessons
Performance, Staging, and Spectator Alignment
Critique how acting styles, blocking, spatial choreographies, and directorial choices position the spectator and generate meaning.
3
8 lessons
Narrative Construction and Screenplay Dynamics
Deconstruct screenplay architecture, character arcs, and cause-and-effect plotting across classical and contemporary cinema.
4
8 lessons
Alternative and Non-Linear Narrative Structures
Critique modernist, experimental, and counter-cinema narrative strategies that challenge Classical Hollywood conventions.
5
8 lessons
Genre Systems, Conventions, and Subversive Structuring
Analyse how genre conventions structure narrative expectations, reflect cultural anxieties, and evolve through hybridity and subversion.
6
9 lessons
Ideology, Representation, and Cultural Politics
Interrogate ideological discourses, cultural hegemony, and sociopolitical representations in national and global film traditions.