FS3_Index

Section A - Comparative Study (30 marks)

1. Swinging Britain 1963- 1973 - Study Guide

Focus films: A Hard Day's Night (Lester, 1964) Darling (Schlessinger, 1965)

2. Scottish Cinema

Focus films: Local Hero (Forsyth, 1982) Orphans (Mullan, 1999)

Section B - Close Study Film (20 marks):-

Choose one of the films listed here.

Then choose one of three general questions that

will be set. These will allow you to write on either:

(i) representation, form & style in a key sequence

(ii) how messages & values are informed by context

(i.e. advantages of a genre or auteur approach)

Some Sample Questions (with key words higlighted)

SECTION A: Swinging Britain '63 - '73

1. Is where young people live important in influencing their lives in the films

you have studied?

2. Do the film makers show the sixties as offering different experiences for young

women compared to young men?

3. How 'swinging' are the lives of young people in the films you have studied?

4. How do filmmakers represent this period in visual terms as a time of change?

5. Is Britain represented as a place of opportunity for all people in the films you

have studied? You may if you wish refer to one character from each of your

chosen films.

6. Discuss the way that social class is represented in the films you have studied and

how important it is in the lives of the characters.

7. Discuss how social class is represented through sound and image in the films you

have studied.

8. Do film-makers represent men and women differently in the narratives of the films

you have studied?

Focus Themes: AGE CLASS GENDER

Filmic Elements: SOUND CINEMATOGRAPHY NARRATIVE CHARACTER

SECTION B

1. How does the final sequence of your chosen film reinforce its messages and values?

2. Show how a key sequence in your Close Study film conveys, through sound and

images, the messages of the film as a whole.

3. How has your response to your Close Study film been influenced through

finding out about other people's responses (such as reviewers or audiences)?

4. How does background information about your Close Study film affect your

response to it?

5. How have your understanding and appreciation of your Close Study film's

messages and values been increased by your knowledge of its context of

production and/or the director's body of work?

6. In what ways has the study of the director's work or the genre of the film increased

your understanding and enjoyment of your Close Study film?

7. With reference to a key sequence in your chosen film show how its cinematography

and mise-en-scene convey the films's most important messages and values.

8. How does background information about your fim inform your response to it?

9. How has your study of EITHER narrative OR genre increased your understanding

and enjoyment of your chosen film?