**Raise the Red Lantern **(Dir. Zhang Yimou, 1991, China) is an excellent example of a film that deconstructs how patriarchal power works and in this sense it is a film that is empowering for women, despite being a narrative *about * disempowered women. The film has also been discussed as a metaphor for Chinese state power and therefore also functions a a subversive political commentary. With beautiful cinematography and composition throughout, this film is also a study in cinematic perfection, with mise-en-scene used to great symbolic effect. The film could be studied just as an excellent example of mise-en-scene.

This 69 slide full-colour interactive PowerPoint Presentation covers very targeted learing objectives for the EDUQAS A Level Film Studies Specification on Global CInema. Objectives include: Core Study Areas (Mise-en-scene, Social and Political Contexts, Reception, Exam Questions and Mark Schemes, and Production notes. This resource will be used in a two-hour lesson and promotes discussion of key symbols and themes, as well as allowing for close analysis of mise-en-scene.