This document contains exemplar scripts from 8 candidates who took the GCE Film Studies exam. It provides the candidates' responses to different exam questions on topics like surrealism, documentaries, specific films, auteur theory, and Iranian cinema. Each candidate's script is marked out of various total points. The document establishes the grade boundaries for the 2012 exam, with the highest grade requiring a total score of 82 points or more. It serves as an example of high-scoring responses that address the assessment objectives for the GCE Film Studies qualification.

1. GCE FILM STUDIES
FM4 – VARIETIES OF FILM EXPERIENCE –
ISSUES AND DEBATES
1184/01 SUMMER 2012
EXEMPLAR SCRIPTS
LEVEL 4
(Raw Marks)

2. INDEX TO FM4 S2012 GRADE A EXEMPLAR
EXEMPLAR SECTION / TOPIC / FILMS MARK
QUESTION
A=4 Surrealism 33
CANDIDATE B = 12 Documentary 30
1 C = 27 Talk To Her 25
TOTAL 88
A=3 Surrealism 33
CANDIDATE B = 11 Documentary 33
2 C = 21 Vertigo 30
TOTAL 96
A= 5 Urban Stories 31
CANDIDATE B = 12 Documentary 29
3 C = 22 Battle of Algiers 27
TOTAL 87
A=8 Empowering Women 35
CANDIDATE B = 16 Emotional Response 29
4 C = 21 Vertigo 30
TOTAL 94
A=7 Empowering Women 35
CANDIDATE B = 16 Emotional Response 31
5 C = 18 Vertigo (Critical) 30
TOTAL 96
A= 6 French New Wave 29
CANDIDATE B = 15 Emotional Response 28
6 C = 26 Fight Club 29
TOTAL 86
A=6 Urban Stories 29
CANDIDATE B = 16 Emotional Response 31
7 C = 17 Hitchcock (Auteur) 28
TOTAL 88
A=2 Iranian Cinema 33
CANDIDATE B = 12 Documentary 30
8 C = 26 Fight Club 24
TOTAL 87
Note –
 All marks are raw marks.
 Sections A and B are marked out of 35.
 Section C is marked out of 30.
 In 2012, grade boundaries were established as follows (see Examiners’ Report
2012)
A 82 B 72 C 62 D 52 E 42
 Candidate 3 – this script was checked by a Team Leader. There was a slight
adjustment to question 5.

4. Candidate 1

16. Candidate 2

40. Candidate 4

54. Candidate 5

66. Candidate 6

76. Candidate 7

91. Candidate 8

103. Candidate 8
(continued)

107. Candidate 8
(continued)