This document provides instructions for a film studies exam consisting of three sections. Candidates must choose one question from each of the three sections and write their responses in a separate answer book. Section A focuses on world cinema topics, Section B on spectatorship topics, and Section C involves a close analysis of a single film. Candidates are reminded to refer to a minimum of two films in Sections A and B and that the film chosen for Section C cannot be reused in the other sections. The document lists various film movements, national cinemas, and individual films that candidates can base their answers on.
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A compilation of the presentations from the zoom presentation and meeting on June 24th covering a range of aspects about planning a GCSE Film Studies course.
Fm4 spectatorship emotional response A-Level A2 Film StudiesIan Moreno-Melgar
An overview of approaches to emotional response in Film & Cinema Studies. Contains a range of theories, approaches and examples including Barthes, Hypodermic Needle Theory, Censorship & Reception Theory. Includes work on Kill Bill, V for Vendetta, Hitchcock's Psycho, the Lumiere Brothers and George Melies.
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1. JD*(S11-1184-01)
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
In addition to this examination paper, you will need:
• a 12 page answer book.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Answer three questions, one from each section.
Your chosen film for Section C must not be used as one of your two main films for Sections A or B.
Write your answers in the separate answer book provided.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
Questions in Sections A and B carry 35 marks. Questions in Section C carry 30 marks.
The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question.
You are reminded that assessment will take into account the quality of written communication used
in your answers.
GCE A level
1184/01
FILM STUDIES
FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues
and Debates
P.M. WEDNESDAY, 8 June 2011
23
⁄4 hours
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2. FM4: Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
Answer three questions – one from each section.
In Sections A and B, refer to a minimum of two relevant films in your answers.
Your chosen film for Section C must not be used as one of your two main films for Sections A and B.
Section A: World Cinema Topics
Choose ONE question from this section.
Aspects of a National Cinema
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films and should focus on one of the following:
Japanese Cinema 1950 – 1970 Iranian Cinema 1990 - present
Mexican Cinema 1990 – present Bollywood 1990 - present
Either,
1. ‘There is no such thing as a national cinema. There are just films that happen to be made in a
particular country.’ Discuss this statement in relation to the films you have studied for this
topic. [35]
Or,
2. What have you discovered from making a stylistic comparison of the films you have studied
for this topic? [35]
International Film Styles
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films and should be based on one of the following:
German and/or Soviet Cinema of the 1920s Neo-Realism
Surrealism New Waves
Either,
3. How far is it important to locate your chosen films in a particular time and place in order to
understand their meaning and significance? [35]
Or,
4. ‘There are significant stylistic variations within international film styles.’ How far have you
found this to be true in the films you have studied for this topic? [35]
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Specialist Study: Urban Stories - Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. What is the importance of cinematography and/or editing in communicating issues of power,
poverty and conflict in the films you have studied for this topic? [35]
Or,
6. How far do the films you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generating debate
about the worlds they represent? [35]
Specialist Study: Empowering Women
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
7. In the films you have studied for this topic, how far can it be said that they are similar in the
stories they tell and the narrative structures they use? [35]
Or,
8. ‘Subtle films can succeed in dramatising female empowerment while others with a more direct
message often fail.’ Discuss this opinion in relation to the films you have studied for this topic.
[35]
Turn over for Section B.
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4. Section B: Spectatorship Topics
Choose ONE question from this section.
Spectatorship and Early Film before 1917
Your answer should refer to a range of examples, though you may concentrate on films from one part
of the period.
Either,
9. Explore some of the discoveries you have made from your study of Early Film concerning the
relationship between filmmaking and spectatorship. [35]
Or,
10. In the films you have studied for this topic, how far is it possible to identify the development
of film techniques designed to involve the spectator? [35]
Spectatorship and Documentary
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
11. With reference to the films you have studied for this topic, how far can it be said that different
kinds of documentaries offer different kinds of spectator experiences? [35]
Or,
12. ‘Documentaries should never be trusted.’ How important to the spectator is the sense that
they should trust the documentary filmmaker? Refer to the films you have studied for this
topic. [35]
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Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. Discuss some of the ways in which the film or video work you have studied for this topic
requires a different kind of spectatorship from that which spectators bring to their
mainstream film-going. [35]
Or,
14. Experimental and Expanded film/video works are often perceived as being ‘difficult’. As a
spectator, how far has this been your experience with the films you have studied for this topic?
[35]
Spectatorship: Popular Film and Emotional Response
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
15. How important is performance in understanding the spectator’s emotional response to
popular films? Refer to the films you have studied for this topic. [35]
Or,
16. With reference to the films you have studied for this topic, explore some of the film
techniques that are particularly powerful in triggering an emotional response in the spectator.
[35]
Turn over for Section C.
6. Section C: Single Film - Close Critical Study
Choose ONE question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
Either,
General Questions
17. Explore some of the ways in which you have gained fresh insights into your chosen film as a
result of applying one or more specific critical approaches. [30]
Or,
18. How important have been the responses of others, such as film reviewers, in influencing your
own response to your chosen film?
[30]
Or,
Specific Questions
19. Starting with specific reference to the sequence in the department store, discuss some of the
ways in which comedy communicates themes and values in Modern Times. [30]
Or,
20. Discuss what you find interesting in the presentation of gender and sexuality in Les Enfants
du Paradis. [30]
Or,
21. Explore some of the ways in which Hitchcock attempts to manage the audience response to
Scottie as the narrative of Vertigo unfolds. [30]
Or,
22. With particular reference to the section of the film in which three women plant bombs,
discuss how Pontecorvo attempts to control point-of-view and audience response in Battle of
Algiers. [30]
Or,
23. For those who dismiss Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song as just a very poorly made film,
what counter arguments can be put forward? [30]
Or,
24. How far does the last sequence of Solaris require us to review our understanding of
everything that has gone before? [30]
Or,
25. Happy Together is often seen as a dark and negative film. How far do you believe the title is
ironic? [30]
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Or,
26. Explore the contribution of visual style to the overall themes of Fight Club. [30]
Or,
27. ‘Talk To Her is precisely a film about talking, about how words can be used as a weapon
against solitude.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [30]
Or,
28. ‘People like Morvern Callar do not lead lives that lend themselves to beginnings, middles and
ends. She is on hold.’ How far do you agree with this observation? [30]