Mock exams.Strengths + WeaknessesSection A – Industry applied Film

- Refers to all 3 texts!!!!!!!!- A simple and reoccurring structure –

Introduction, Identify + Justify x 3, Conclusion.

- Referred to the language in the question throughout.

Representation, genre, typical, conforms, opposes, stereotypical- Response was focused and did not take on

too many points. Write a a lot about a little. - Concisely included contextual knowledge.

Directors, year, origins.

Exam Technique; Best practice

Genre question best practice;- Best responses referred and compared

chosen texts to other films from the genre. The Fly, Drive, Avatar

- Used quotations from the script when justifying a point

- Correctly titled each convention chosen.- Refers to technical conventions when

appropriateCharacter roles, Narrative themes, Mise

en scene, Iconography, technical conventions.- Refers to Post modernism

Genre question common faults;- Black and white is not a genre convention of

Film Noir- Colour is not a convention of Comic book- Use of diegetic sound is not a Social Realism

convention- The classic period of Film Noir was 1941–

1953 - District 9 is not a documentary – It takes

documentary stylistic features.

Representation question common faults;- The response dictates the argument and did

not discuss the complexity and full representation.

- A lack of comparison to other texts- Refers to audience.