FM4 - Specimen Exam Paper

A PDF file with complete AS and A2 exam paper, mark scheme and guidance on what an examiner would look for in your responses can be found here.

Below are the topics that you will be responding to; IGNORE ALL OTHER TOPICS.

You need to answer 3 questions in total - one from each section.

Section A: 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]

Section B: 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]

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

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]