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FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories - Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. Compare the attitudes to poverty conveyed in the films you have studied for this topic. [35]
Or,
6. Explore how stylistic choices contribute to the representation of the urban experience in the films you have studied for this topic. [35]
Section B: Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. Explore some of the ways in which you have engaged as a spectator with film/video works you have studied for this topic. [35]
Or,
14. In the films you have studied for this topic, discuss how far their production techniques and/or ways in which they are presented challenge the spectator. [35]
Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study Choose ONE question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
17. Explore some of the ways in which placing your chosen film within a broader critical framework has helped to develop your appreciation and understanding of specific sequences. [30]
18. How far has critical debate about your chosen film shaped and altered your response? [30]
Or,
Specific Questions
26. Discuss critically some of the characteristics of Fight Club that have given it cult status as a film. [30]
FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories − Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
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.
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.
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]
Or
Specific Questions
Specific Questions
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]
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FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories - Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. How far does the impact of the films you have studied for this topic depend on distinctive
uses of film techniques? [35]
or
6. How far do the films you have studied for this topic offer an analysis of the social issues they present? [35]
uses of film techniques? [35]
or
6. How far do the films you have studied for this topic offer an analysis of the social issues they present? [35]
Section B: Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. Compare the challenges presented to the spectator by different experimental and expanded film/video works. [35]
or
14. ‘The place and method of screening are crucial factors in determining impact on the spectator.’ How far has this been your experience of the film/video work you have studied for this topic? [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. How useful has a particular critical approach been in gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of your chosen film? [30]
18. Explain how your understanding of your chosen film has been influenced by critical debates. [30]
17. How useful has a particular critical approach been in gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of your chosen film? [30]
18. Explain how your understanding of your chosen film has been influenced by critical debates. [30]
Or,
Specific Questions
26. ‘Marla is at the root of it,’ says Jack in Fight Club. Discuss what this statement reveals about the film as a whole. [30]
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FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories − Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. What is the importance of cinematography and/or editing in communicating issues of power, poverty and conflict in the films you have studied for this topic? (35)
Or,
6. How far do the films you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generating debate about the worlds they represent? (35)
5. What is the importance of cinematography and/or editing in communicating issues of power, poverty and conflict in the films you have studied for this topic? (35)
Or,
6. How far do the films you have studied for this topic challenge the audience, generating debate about the worlds they represent? (35)
Section B: Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. Discuss some of the ways in which the film or video work you have studied for this topic requires a different kind of spectatorship from that which spectators bring to their mainstream film-going. (35)
Or,
14. Experimental and Expanded film/video works are often perceived as being 'difficult'. As a spectator, how far has this been your experience with the films you have studied for this topic? (35)
13. Discuss some of the ways in which the film or video work you have studied for this topic requires a different kind of spectatorship from that which spectators bring to their mainstream film-going. (35)
Or,
14. Experimental and Expanded film/video works are often perceived as being 'difficult'. As a spectator, how far has this been your experience with the films you have studied for this topic? (35)
Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study Choose one question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
Either,
General Questions
17. Explore some of the ways in which you have gained fresh insights into your chosen film as a result of applying one or more specific critical approaches. (30)
17. Explore some of the ways in which you have gained fresh insights into your chosen film as a result of applying one or more specific critical approaches. (30)
Or,
18. How important have been the responses of others, such as film reviewers, in influencing your own responses to your chosen film? (30)
18. How important have been the responses of others, such as film reviewers, in influencing your own responses to your chosen film? (30)
Or,
Specific Questions
26. Explore the contribution of visual style to the overall themes of 'Fight Club'. (30)
FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories − Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. Compare the different ways in which conflict between the poor and the powerful are represented in the films you have studied for this topic. (35)
Or,
6. How significant is editing and/or sound in contributing to the power of the narrative in the films you have studied for this topic? (35)
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. 'The main pleasure for spectators is in making meaning from the material on the screen.' How far has this been challenged by the films and filmmakers you have studied for this topic? (35)
Or,
14. How has your experience of experimental and expanded film/video liberated your sense of what film spectatorship can be? (35)
Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study Choose one question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
Either,
General Questions
17. In developing a response to your chosen film, how valuable did you find the application of a specific critical approach? (30)
Or,
18. Explore how far a particular debate by critics has influenced your understanding of your chosen film. (30)
Or,
Specific Questions
26. 'Fight Club uses cinematic means to produce a fantasy which is also a serious exploration of masculinity.' How far does this statement capture your own response to the film? (30)
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FILM STUDIES FM4
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
2 3⁄4 hours
Section A: Specialist Study: Urban Stories − Power, Poverty and Conflict
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
5. Discuss some of the techniques used in your chosen films to provoke audiences into taking a particular point of view towards characters and key events. (35)
Or,
6. How far can it be argued that your chosen films provide a 'realistic' representation of the people and places they focus on? (35)
Section B: Spectatorship: Experimental and Expanded Film/Video
Your answer should be based on a minimum of two films.
Either,
13. 'Experimental and Expanded Film/Video often seems to ignore the spectator in pursuing the filmmakers' own interests.' How far do you agree with this statement? Refer to films you have studied for this topic. (35)
Or,
14. How far have further viewings of your chosen films/video works studied for this topic changed your initial spectator response? (35)
Section C: Single Film: Close Critical Study Choose one question from this section.
Your answer should make detailed reference to your chosen film.
Either,
General Questions
17. How far has your wider Film Studies learning contributed to a better understanding and appreciation of your chosen film? (30)
Or,
18. How far have the writings of reviewers and critics influenced the way your close study film is understood and valued today? (30)
Or,
Specific Questions
26. 'In its politics and social messages Fight Club is a very confused film.' How far do you agree with this this statement? (30)
