American and British film overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Film Studies quiz

Two British films from since 1995

One European and one non-European film

One Classical and one New Hollywood film

One mainstream and one contemporary independent American film

Spectatorship and ideology

Narrative and the auteur

Critical debates and filmmakers' theories

The core study areas only

Spectatorship and the auteur

Narrative and ideology

Filmmakers' theories and critical debates

Aesthetics only

Which film is longer in running time

Which film won more awards

The institutional contrast between mainstream and independent

Which film is in colour and which in black and white

They mean exactly the same thing

Alignment is for heroes; allegiance is for villains

Alignment is about editing; allegiance is about sound

Alignment attaches us to a character's viewpoint; allegiance makes us sympathise with them

Embedded in form, narrative and especially the resolution

Stated openly in a printed message at the end

Only in documentaries, never in fiction

Decided entirely by the marketing campaign

It tells you the running time of the film

It shows which values the film ultimately endorses

It is the only part with any dialogue

It reveals the budget of the production

The Hollywood blockbuster tradition

The silent slapstick comedy tradition

Social realism, foregrounding class and community

The experimental avant-garde tradition only

Spectators must physically move during the film

Only critics can understand a film's meaning

Audiences passively absorb a single fixed meaning

Audiences bring their own context and help make meaning

The values widely accepted as natural in a society

The values held only by film directors

The technical conventions of editing

The marketing message of a studio

Describe one fully, then the other

Compared point by point through the specialist study areas

Only discuss the film you prefer

Summarise both plots with no analysis

That they can be compared at all

That they have spectators

That mainstream always affirms and independent always critiques

That they convey any values