OCR
GCE
Film Studies
H010/01: Elements of film
AS Level
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Ace your Mocks!!!
, Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Wednesday 15 May 2024 – Afternoon
AS Level Film Studies
H010/01 Elements of film
Time allowed: 2 hours
* 9 8 7 8 0 2 8 9 9 3 *
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer five questions in total:
Section A: Answer Questions 1 and 2.
Section A: Answer either Question 3 or Question 4.
Section B: Answer either Question 5 or Question 6.
Section C: Answer either Question 7 or Question 8.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 105.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
You have studied one US film from the 1930–1960 list and one US film from the 1961–1990 list.
For Questions 1–4 write about the two US films you have studied.
1930–1960 1961–1990
Citizen Kane (1941). 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
Directed by Orson Welles. USA Directed by Stanley Kubrick. USA
Singin’ in the Rain (1952). Raging Bull (1980).
Directed by Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen. USA Directed by Martin Scorsese. USA
Stagecoach (1939). E.T. (1982).
Directed by John Ford. USA Directed by Steven Spielberg. USA
Vertigo (1958). Do the Right Thing (1989).
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA Directed by Spike Lee. USA
Double Indemnity (1944). The Conversation (1974).
Directed by Billy Wilder. USA Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. USA
All that Heaven Allows (1955). West Side Story (1961).
Directed by Douglas Sirk. USA Directed by Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise. USA
1 Explain the distinction between diegetic and non-diegetic sound using one example from the
1961–1990 film which you have studied. [5]
2 Explain how costume has been used to establish character in one sequence from the 1930–1960
film which you have studied. [5]
Answer Question 3 or Question 4.
EITHER
3* Compare how the use of locations and/or sets contributes to the meanings of the two films you
have studied.
You must refer to examples from one film in the 1930–1960 list and examples from one film in
the 1961–1990 list in your answer. [25]
OR
4* Compare how cinematography (including lighting) contributes to the meanings of the two films
you have studied.
You must refer to examples from one film in the 1930–1960 list and examples from one film in
the 1961–1990 list in your answer. [25]
You have studied one of the themes in the table. For your chosen theme, you should have studied
one film from the US Independent list and one film from the Non-US English Language list.
For Questions 5–6 write about the two films you have studied.
Theme US Independent Non-US English Language
Family and Home Moonrise Kingdom (2012). Room (2015).
Directed by Wes Anderson. USA Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Canada/Ireland
The Tree of Life (2011).
Directed by Terrence Malick. USA Animal Kingdom (2010).
Directed by David Michôd. Australia
Outsiders A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night The Babadook (2014).
(2014). Directed by Jennifer Kent. Australia/
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. USA Canada
Elephant (2003). The Piano (1993).
Directed by Gus Van Sant. USA Directed by Jane Campion.
New Zealand/Australia/France
Conflict The Hurt Locker (2008). District 9 (2009).
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. USA Directed by Neill Blomkamp. South
Africa/USA/New Zealand/Canada
Whiplash (2014).
Directed by Damien Chazelle. USA Mad Max (1979).
Directed by George Miller. Australia
EITHER
5* Compare how sound may create meaning and response from spectators in the two films you
have studied.
Refer to detailed examples from the two films. [35]
OR
6* Compare how the representations of societies in the two films you have studied reflect the
contexts in which they were made.
Refer to detailed examples from the two films. [35]
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