This document provides an examination paper for the GCE AS/A Film Studies qualification. It contains three sections with multiple choice questions about world cinema, spectatorship topics, and a close critical study of a single film. Students must answer one question from each section, with the questions in Sections A and B carrying 35 marks and questions in Section C carrying 30 marks. The paper tests understanding of aspects studied throughout the AS and A levels.
The idea behind this booklet is essentially to cover a broad range of topics and ideas related to both GCSE Film Studies exams but in a way that is very much revision: this booklet works best when you already have studied the individual films and topics needed and just need to revise those key ideas in a practical manner.
If you'd like to buy a copy please find here: https://iandoublem.sellfy.store/p/armbcq/
or here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649950
Throughout you will see references to ’30 Days of Film Revision’: the original plan was to include 30 different tasks that could be completed one day at a time leading up to the day of the Component 1 exam. There are actually 31 activities in total now, in part because I added an extra day to relax, but also to include additional material that focuses on each exam in specific focus; these are the final “exam on a page’ resources you will find on pages 31 and 32.
When designing this booklet, I have done so with the methodology of recalling more generic, broad ideas at the beginning and then eventually becoming more focused and nuanced on specific films and possible exam questions. I also incorporated techniques related to spaced learning, interleaving and dual encoding and for this reason it may seem as though the tasks and ideas are being repeated or are revised once and then pop up again later on.
Finally, I find this booklet works best when printed and photocopied to A3 size allowing for more space to write, but it was designed and therefore works well, at A4 size, ideally as one complete booklet with a page completed each day.
This booklet provide an in-depth insight into key aspects of Eduqas GCSE Film Studies with a detailed overview of the history of film technology. Providing key context about the nature of film as a technology from Nicéphore Niépce's first photo the rise of CGI, this booklet covers it all. With dozens of images, photos and links to various clips, videos and bespoke examinations, this booklet will provide students with a thorough examination of how film technology has changed and developed over the last 200 years.
A core focus of this booklet is on the technology timeline which is a key aspect of component 1 in the Film GCSE and this guide is a useful way of providing not only the core details but some extra context and history that helps to provide further insight and context to the technology and the development of it.
This textbook is perfect as a printable textbook for students to work straight onto, as a guide for teachers and staff as it's fully resourced and contains a huge range of tasks and links to YouTube videos, it also works brilliantly as cover work, work for remote learning such as those isolating at home, as a homework or for revision. You could even use this as an introduction, extension or home learning task for A-Level Film Studies.
To purchase, please go to selly.com/iandoublem
The idea behind this booklet is essentially to cover a broad range of topics and ideas related to both GCSE Film Studies exams but in a way that is very much revision: this booklet works best when you already have studied the individual films and topics needed and just need to revise those key ideas in a practical manner.
If you'd like to buy a copy please find here: https://iandoublem.sellfy.store/p/armbcq/
or here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12649950
Throughout you will see references to ’30 Days of Film Revision’: the original plan was to include 30 different tasks that could be completed one day at a time leading up to the day of the Component 1 exam. There are actually 31 activities in total now, in part because I added an extra day to relax, but also to include additional material that focuses on each exam in specific focus; these are the final “exam on a page’ resources you will find on pages 31 and 32.
When designing this booklet, I have done so with the methodology of recalling more generic, broad ideas at the beginning and then eventually becoming more focused and nuanced on specific films and possible exam questions. I also incorporated techniques related to spaced learning, interleaving and dual encoding and for this reason it may seem as though the tasks and ideas are being repeated or are revised once and then pop up again later on.
Finally, I find this booklet works best when printed and photocopied to A3 size allowing for more space to write, but it was designed and therefore works well, at A4 size, ideally as one complete booklet with a page completed each day.
This booklet provide an in-depth insight into key aspects of Eduqas GCSE Film Studies with a detailed overview of the history of film technology. Providing key context about the nature of film as a technology from Nicéphore Niépce's first photo the rise of CGI, this booklet covers it all. With dozens of images, photos and links to various clips, videos and bespoke examinations, this booklet will provide students with a thorough examination of how film technology has changed and developed over the last 200 years.
A core focus of this booklet is on the technology timeline which is a key aspect of component 1 in the Film GCSE and this guide is a useful way of providing not only the core details but some extra context and history that helps to provide further insight and context to the technology and the development of it.
This textbook is perfect as a printable textbook for students to work straight onto, as a guide for teachers and staff as it's fully resourced and contains a huge range of tasks and links to YouTube videos, it also works brilliantly as cover work, work for remote learning such as those isolating at home, as a homework or for revision. You could even use this as an introduction, extension or home learning task for A-Level Film Studies.
To purchase, please go to selly.com/iandoublem
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Teacher's Institute at Jacob Burns Film
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WJEC - A2 Film Studies FM4 specimen exam questions
1. GCE AS/A FILM STUDIES 15
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WELSH JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE
General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced
FILM STUDIES
FM4
Varieties of Film: Issues and Debates
SPECIMEN PAPER
(2¾ hours)
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
In addition to this examination paper, you will need:
•
a 12 page answer book.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer three questions, one from each section.
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.
No certificate will be awarded to a candidate detected in any unfair practice during the
examination.
You are reminded that this paper is synoptic and so will test understanding of all aspects of AS
and A level Film Studies.
2. GCE AS/A FILM STUDIES 16
FM4 – Varieties of Film Experience: Issues and Debates
Answer three questions – one from each section
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 appropriate to one of the following topics:
• Japanese Cinema 1950 – 1970
• Iranian Cinema 1990 – present
• Mexican Cinema 1990 – present
• Bollywood 1990 – present
Either
1.
To what extent do the films you have studied explore tensions within society as opposed to
being simply stories about individuals?
[35]
or
2.
Compare some of the stylistic features in the films you have studied discussing how far they
make for a distinctive kind of cinema.
[35]
International Film Styles
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films appropriate to one of the following topics:
• German and/or Soviet Film of the 1920s
• Neo-Realism
• Surrealism
• New Waves
Either
3.
Discuss characteristic features of casting and/or performance, exploring how far these features
contribute the overall effect of the films you have studied.
[35]
or
4.
What is the relationship between visual style and the subject matter of the films you have
studied?
[35]
Specialist Study: Urban Stories − Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either
5.
To what extent do you think the films you have studied present either clear or ambiguous
messages about the worlds they represent?
[35]
or
6.
What is the importance of mise-en-scène and/or sound in creating meaning and generating
response in the films you have studied?
[35]
3. GCE AS/A FILM STUDIES 17
Specialist Study: Empowering Women
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either
7.
How far do the films you have studied depend on dramatic moments of confrontation within
the narrative and how far on tracing a more subtle change over time?
[35]
or
8.
Compare and contrast the ways in which the audience is encouraged to identify with
particular characters in the films you have studied.
[35]
Section B: Spectatorship Topics
Choose one question from this section.
Spectatorship and Early Film (1895 – 1917)
Your answer should refer to a range of examples, though you may concentrate on films from one part
of the period.
Either
9.
Discuss the significance of two or three key aspects of film form in Early Cinema (such as
narrative and editing) in developing film spectatorship.
[35]
or
10.
How has your study of Early Cinema shaped your broader understanding of film
spectatorship?
[35]
Spectatorship and Documentary
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either
11.
Compare different documentary techniques employed to present the 'real', discussing their
impact on the spectator. Refer to at least two documentaries you have studied.
[35]
or
12.
Do you agree that as spectators we are more likely to accept at face value what we see and
hear in documentary films?
[35]
Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either
13.
'Experimental films are often designed to make us see and experience the world differently.'
Has this been your experience as a spectator of the films you have studied for this topic? [35]
or
14.
'Experimental Film requires a different kind of spectatorship.' Has this been your experience?
[35]
4. GCE AS/A FILM STUDIES 18
Spectatorship: Popular Film and Emotional Response
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either
15.
Explore possible reasons to explain why a second or third viewing of a film can actually
increase the emotional response rather than lessen it.
[35]
or
16.
How far is the emotional response to mainstream films triggered by specific techniques used
by the filmmakers?
[35]
Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study
Choose one question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
General Questions
17.
What does your chosen film reveal about the usefulness of one or more critical approaches
you have applied?
[30]
18.
Consider debates that have arisen in the critical reception of your chosen film, either at the
time of its initial release or now or both.
[30]
Questions on single films
19.
In Modern Times, discuss the view that Chaplin is too sentimental in his approach to be able
to offer any valuable insight into the world.
[30]
20.
How far is Les Enfants du Paradis limited as a film by its theatricality?
21.
Film scholars have argued that Vertigo is a film about cinema and about spectatorship. How
far do you think this is true?
[30]
22.
The Battle of Algiers offers multiple characters for the spectator to identify with. Critically
discuss the strengths and limitations of this approach in relation to the film's subject.
[30]
23.
What is the importance of movement and soundtrack in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss
Song?
[30]
24.
In Solaris, what themes do you believe Tarkovsky is exploring through Kelvin's relationship
with the 'second' Khari?
[30]
25.
What is significant about the visual style of Happy Together in relation to the themes it
explores?
[30]
26.
'Despite the gesture of destroying symbols of corporate power at the end, Fight Club is a film
about power and control, not liberation.' How far do you agree?
[30]
27.
How successful is Talk to Her in undermining conventional gender stereotypes?
28.
'After repeated viewings, Morvern Callar remains a strange, unknowable film, more dreamlike than a narrative realist film'. How useful and accurate do you find this comment?
[30]
[30]
[30]