Looking Ahead
What does A2 level Film Studies involve?
If you're wondering about the next level up, why not look at the example exam questions to see what you might be asked to do?
Example Questions
In the films you have studied from this period which features of film construction create the most powerful impression - cinematography, editing or mise en scene?
In what ways do you believe it has been worth studying films from this period? Make sure you refer to details from the films themselves to support your ideas.
What are the similarities and/or differences in the ways in which conflict is represented in the films you have studied?
Consider some of the ways in which performance and movement is used in the films you have studied to convey themes and ideas.
Neo-Realism has been described as the cinema of the humble. From the films you have studied demonstrate how this focus is realised.
How significant do you think genre styles and conventions were to the films you have studied from this period?
What elements of visual style strike you as most significant in the films you have studied for the topic?
Women in new wave films are often presented as having distinctive personalities. How far do you think they are independent and in control of their own lives?
'Surrealist and fantasy filmmakers use cinematic devices particularly creatively.' How true is the statement in relation to the films you have studied for this topic?
Film spectators evolved from a magic lantern and vaudeville theatre tradition. In what ways did this impact on early spectatorship and the development of this primitive medium?
What do you consider to be some of the limitations in the argument that cinema is dominated by the male gaze?
'Film stars are constructed from the real person, their screen persona and their off-screen image.' How far has this understanding of stars informed your critical study of film?
What impact do branches of the media other than cinema have in developing film fandom? You might, for example, consider television, newspapers, magazines and/or the internet.