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American and British Film
Quick questions on American film since 2005 - WJEC A-Level Film Studies
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What are spectatorship in the two films?Show answer
Compare how each film invites a response. Look at how point of view, narrative information, identification and emotional cueing are handled. Mainstream cinema tends to produce a clear, shared response built for a wide audience; independent cinema's freedom allows a more open, demanding or unsettling relationship with the viewer. (The dedicated spectatorship page develops this further.)
What are ideology in the two films?Show answer
Identify the values each film promotes or questions - about the individual, success, family, justice, power, gender or community - and how its form and resolution construct them. The comparison often finds that the mainstream film affirms dominant values with a reassuring resolution, while the independent film complicates or critiques them, though you must test this against the actual films rather than assuming it. (The ideology page develops this.)
What is q1?Show answer
What two films does the American film since 2005 study require? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name the two specialist study areas for this topic. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare how the mainstream and the independent American film you have studied position their spectators. [20 marks]
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