Star/performer

looking at the stars used compared to the stars that was going to be used for the production of
the film. looking at the film through the likes of the stars/performers could have potential for the critical approach however i don't believe that this would be the best critical approach for this film.


genre

The film has been categorized as a Drama mystery thriller as this is the categories the film is most likely to fall into however the film doesn't follow a category throughout the film as its always changing catergory leading from one to another as a result theres not enough consistency of genre in order to be able to approach the film in a critical way 


auteur (in its broadest sense)

The film could be approach through the auteur critical approach however i believe it wouild be more effective to be approach alongside of the institution approach in order to be able to see all the confliction involved for the director to get the film to the standard of which he wanted the film to be. 


social, political and cultural studies

with the film being released a few years before 911 the film has been accused of causing alot of social and political issues within america as a result of this i believe that the social, political and cultral studies critical approach would have alot to offer with "fight club" meaning this approach would be succesful


gender issues

The film would be easily approached through gender issues as this is one of the problems that the main character is talking about within the film and how he is in pursuit for beinging mascanility back into the world. also as the film only shows one women in the film this could potentially be a gender issue within the film. 

ethnicity

The film fight club doesn't deal with any ethnicity issues within the film as a result ethnicity isn't an approachable critical approach for this film


institution

looking at fight club through the instituion would prove to be a good approach however this wouldnt be an effective critical approach unless it was approached unlong side of the auter approach in order to show the confliction between the two showing how much work was put in in order for the film to be produced.


technology

The film fight club has limited use of technology due to the year of production as they was limited with the technology they has avaliable in order to create the film. as a result the film hasn't included much technology in the production of the film as a result making the technology critical approach irrelevent as their isn't enough to talk about within the film.

Fight club

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,102483,00.html#top
Gurdian review of fight club

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/11/14/fight_club_1999_review.shtml
BBC review

persepolis

The film Persepolis expresses power poverty and conflict differently to the previous films that we have watched as it has been done in a cartoon format as they have tried to illustrate their views using mild humour. However in my opinion the use of humour and animation has not helped to illustrate the points of power poverty and conflict. this is because the use of animation and humour draws you away from the situations that are being dealt with within the film.

The film starts in present day then is very quickly thrown into the past. This introduces the main character as they are now however then shows us everything she has been through in order to get where she is now. by doing this it helps us as the audience sympathise with the character as you know what she has been through.

The use of the past being illustrated in black and white helps in two contexts as it lets us know it isn't set in the present day in real life or in film time as well as this it enhances the impact of any severe event that has happened in the main characters life.

How the progression in technology has affected the way films are made at Pinewood Studios

The progression in technology since pinewood studios opened in the 1930's has helped with the production of the films.

With access to new technology the people of pinewood studios have been able to use different techniques in order to achieve the same result and in certain cases they haven't even had to leave the studio.

Compared to the 1930's when Pinewood studios made their first film and would have been using a basic black and white camera to make a film to today where they have access to many different production facilities for example they have an indoor and out door water facility in for above/underwater shoots. as a result they are eliminating certain risks on the crew from shooting in an uncontrolled environment and it also means they can simulate required scenarios at a low risk to the actors.
Compared to the 1930's where at most they would have been able to film shoots with water however would of been highly unlikely to get a shot of someone under water due to the lack of technology available to them.
The water tanks used for filming at pinewood studios today also allow the creation of weightlessness on the actors as they can use the tanks to film in then using editing software they can take out certain features that make it obvious that they shot has been filmed underwater for example the bubbles formed around the actor from breathing.

Also with the likes of Green/blue screening they can place an actor against any background without them actually being there which means they could shoot an actor in a dangerous scenario without them actually having to live it, with the use of green screening you can also make scenarios that without the use of technology would be impossible to achieve.

From the use of technology pinewood studios are able to improve their productions with new interesting and exciting features without having to live through them

City of god review

The film city of god is based around the life within a slum in brazil. The film is open about all of the negative activity that happens within the slum. The reason for this is that it helps to get the message across about how life withint the slums is extremely   unplessent and how no one would really want to have this life style where everyday your on edge in fear for your life, not knowing if you will even make it to the end of the day alive. the films shows us that all characters have to live though this fear even the children. The film has alot of impact through showing the shocking points of the slum for example the fact that most of these children want to be involved with the violence of the slum, and those few that want to leave get drawn into the violence and die.

the film starts of begins in the 60's when the main characters are quite young then quickly skips forward ten years to the 70's with the main characters now adults where the film slows down again to give you a chance to catch up the film often refrences back in time to explain the reasoning behind certain characters.  The film was set it the slums of brazil

How the progression in technology has affected the way films are made at Pinewood Studios

The progression in technology since pinewood studios opened in the 1930's has helped with the production of the films.

With access to new technology the people of pinewood studios have been able to use different techniques in order to achieve the same result and in certain cases they haven't even had to leave the studio.

Compared to the 1930's when Pinewood studios made their first film and would have been using a basic black and white camera to make a film to today where they have access to many different production facilities for example they have an indoor and out door water facility in for above/underwater shoots. as a result they are eliminating certain risks on the crew from shooting in an uncontrolled environment and it also means they can simulate required scenarios at a low risk to the actors.
Compared to the 1930's where at most they would have been able to film shoots with water however would of been highly unlikely to get a shot of someone under water due to the lack of technology available to them.
The water tanks used for filming at pinewood studios today also allow the creation of weightlessness on the actors as they can use the tanks to film in then using editing software they can take out certain features that make it obvious that they shot has been filmed underwater for example the bubbles formed around the actor from breathing.

Also with the likes of Green/blue screening they can place an actor against any background without them actually being there which means they could shoot an actor in a dangerous scenario without them actually having to live it, with the use of green screening you can also make scenarios that without the use of technology would be impossible to achieve.

From the use of technology pinewood studios are able to improve their productions with new interesting and exciting features without having to live through them

The progression of technology through out out the bond films.

The progression of technology throughout the making of the James Bond films.

Internet

Item 1: Pinewood Studios

http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/

This source contains Information about the stages at Pinewood Studios and the facilities available to clients using the studios.

Item 2: List of Pinewood Studios productions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pinewood_Studios_productions

Contains a list of Pinewood Studios productions dating back to the 1930’s giving a list of films older films and newer films to compare the use of technology within and how its changed.

Video

Item 3: YouTube Pinewood Studios the Making of... "Ford Kinetic Design Advertisement"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZzZcnzphRI

This Video is the making of a ford advert displaying that the vehicle isn’t moving at all but with the use of technology the effects and illusions of movement can be created. Although these effects have been used for an advert the effects used can be transferred over to films.

Item 4: YouTube Pinewood underwater stage feature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJOBCWKW6k

Shows the under water stage in action how it works and the purposes of which it performs within the industries.