This document contains exemplar scripts from 8 candidates who took the GCE Film Studies exam. It provides a brief overview of each candidate's responses including the topics/films discussed in each section and their raw marks. The topics covered a wide range of film genres, movements and issues. Overall marks ranged from 86 to 96 and section marks were out of 35 for sections A and B, and 30 for section C. Grade boundaries for the exam are also provided.

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

2. INDEX
EXEMPLAR SECTION /
QUESTION
TOPIC / FILMS MARK
CANDIDATE
1
A = 4 Surrealism 33
B = 12 Documentary 30
C = 27 Talk To Her 25
TOTAL 88
CANDIDATE
2
A = 3 Surrealism 33
B = 11 Documentary 33
C = 21 Vertigo 30
TOTAL 96
CANDIDATE
3
A= 5 Urban Stories 31
B = 12 Documentary 29
C = 22 Battle of Algiers 27
TOTAL 87
CANDIDATE
4
A = 8 Empowering Women 35
B = 16 Emotional Response 29
C = 21 Vertigo 30
TOTAL 94
CANDIDATE
5
A = 7 Empowering Women 35
B = 16 Emotional Response 31
C = 18 Vertigo (Critical) 30
TOTAL 96
CANDIDATE
6
A= 6 French New Wave 29
B = 15 Emotional Response 28
C = 26 Fight Club 29
TOTAL 86
CANDIDATE
7
A = 6 Urban Stories 29
B = 16 Emotional Response 31
C = 17 Hitchcock (Auteur) 28
TOTAL 88
CANDIDATE
8
A = 2 Iranian Cinema 33
B = 12 Documentary 30
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)