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Quick questions on Experimental film 1960 to 2000 - WJEC A-Level Film Studies
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what is holding it together, and what experience does that produce?Show answer
Naming that principle, and its effect on the spectator, is the heart of a strong answer.
What is alternative approaches to narrative?Show answer
Because narrative is the named study area, focus on the storytelling. Ask what the film does with the conventions of narrative. Some experimental films keep a thread of story but fracture its chronology or logic. Some abandon character and plot entirely, organised instead by visual rhythm, colour, shape, sound or a formal system (for example, repetition or a structural rule).
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What is experimental (avant-garde) film? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name two ways an experimental film might depart from mainstream narrative. [3 marks]
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Analyse how the experimental film you have studied uses narrative, or rejects it, to create meaning. [20 marks]
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