Section B:Living With Crime

‘The Italian Job’/’Harry Brown’

12. How far are the circumstances and choices available to key characters in the films you have studied for this topic related to their social class?

• The idea of ‘circumstances and choices available to key

characters’ will be very well understood and its

relationship to chosen films delineated clearly

and confidently.

• A very good understanding and appreciation of social

class as represented in the chosen films.

• A very good ability to relate character to social class in

developing an open, enquiring response to the question.

12. How far are the circumstances and choices available to key characters in the films you have studied for this topic related to their social class?

The best candidates will emphasise the constructed nature of the films studied rather than taking them as unproblematic social representations of life – with a particular emphasis on how ‘circumstances and choices’ may be regarded as the construct of genre and narrative (macro) features, while social class may be seen as more the construct of micro features.

12. How are different groups of people represented in the films you have studied for this topic?

• A very good understanding and appreciation of how groups of people are represented in the chosen films.  

 • Groups of people may be interpreted in terms of groups of

people appearing in the film (‘criminal groups’, for example) or in terms of social groups such as those based on gender, ethnicity or social class.

• The question implies comparing and contrasting the representation of at least two groups to demonstrate different kinds of representation.

12. How are different groups of people represented in the films you have studied for this topic?

Candidates at Grade A will be able to demonstrate some sense of comparison/contrast.

• A very good ability to explore representation, demonstrating how representations are underlined/presented in terms of micro and macro features.

• The best candidates may emphasise the constructed nature of the films studied and recognise the significance of film representation.