This document provides revision materials for an exam on superhero films. It includes sample exam questions, terms for analysing film techniques, and conventions of the superhero genre. Question 1 asks students to analyse editing in a film clip, how it conveys emotion. Question 2 asks students to identify a convention in a clip and relate it to another superhero film. The document provides examples and defines common conventions like settings, character archetypes, and narratives involving good vs evil.

1. GCSE – Exam Revision

2. In this session, we will…
 Provide you with an example exam
paper
 Go through the first two questions of
exam
 Revise terms for analysis
 Revise conventions of superhero movies
 Analyse two scenes from The Avengers

3. Exam – Paper 1
 Exploring Film – Superhero Movies
 1.5 hours
 4 questions
 Clip from Film (analysis) – 2 questions
 Print Resources (creative task) – 2
questions
 Total 50 marks (10,10,10,20)

4. Question 1 – Analysis
 Tends to make reference to a specific
micro feature (eg. Camerawork, editing,
etc)
 Identify the micro feature
 Explain the relevance of the micro
feature
 Combine with another feature to
examine audience response (eg.
Tension, excitement)

5. Terms for Analysis
 Mise en Scene
 Sound
 Cinematography
 Lighting
 Editing
 Remember: MuSCLE

6. Question 1 – Example
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD5ol
EUvL6k (The Avengers)
 Identify one example of editing from this
scene
 How is editing used in this sequence?
 How is editing and sound used to
convey the emotional conflict in this
sequence?

7. Question 2 – Conventions
 Asks you to identify one convention from
the sequence
 You have to relate this to another
Superhero film
 Explain why the convention is used in
other films

8. Remember...
 Superman’s
 Tights
 Can
 Produce
 Nasty
 Smells

9. STCPNS

10. Conventions
Question Answer
 What is the typical setting
of a superhero film?
 How do we separate the
themes in superhero
movies?
 Which character types
typically feature in the
superhero genre?
 Often a major American
city. Lots of crime. Hero
will have secret
hideout/HQ
 Public / Private
 Hero
 Villain
 Princess

11. Conventions
Question Answer
 What term do we use to
describe a significant object
that the plot revolves
around?
 What props would we
typically expect to see in a
Superhero film?
 What is the typical narrative
of a superhero film?
 MacGuffin
 Gadgets (Iron Man’s suit,
Batman’s utility belt), Iconic
Superhero weapon (Thor’s
Hammer, Captain
America’s shield)
 Good vs Evil, Todorov
(equilibrium, disequilibrium,
equilibrium)

12. Question 2 – Example
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP7qo
EcHEd4 (The Avengers)
 Identify one typical convention of the
Superhero film used in this clip
 Describe how this convention is used in
another Superhero film
 Explain why this convention is used in
superhero films that you have studied

13. Summary
 What is question 1 of your exam about?
 What is question 2 about?
 How do we remember terms for
analysis?
 How do we remember terms for
conventions?
 Name two typical conventions of a
superhero film