A2 Film - Holiday Work

Please complete 2 of these questions. Plan them in detail, but complete them under exam conditions. Allow 50 Minutes to write your answer. HANDWRITE please. Please make sure that these are the absolute best you can manage

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Sample general questions

1. What does your chosen film reveal about the usefulness of one or more critical approaches you have applied?

2 Discuss how your chosen film uses audio to create meaning.

Specific Vertigo questions

1. Film scholars have argued that Vertigo is a film about cinema and about spectatorship. How
far do you think this is true?

2 In what ways can it be argued that Vertigo is a 'A film about film'?

3 How is Vertigo a “Hitchcock” film?

4 How does Hitchcock use micro techniques to create meaning in vertigo?
You can refer to camera, music, editing and mise-en-scene in your answer

5 Explore some of the ways in which Hitchcock attempts to manage the audience response to Scottie as the narrative of Vertigo unfolds