OCR 2023 GCE Film Studies H010/01: Elements of film AS Level Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged)

Film Studies Elements of film OCR 2023 GCE Film Studies H010/01: Elements of film AS Level Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) You must have: •the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet Oxford Cambridge and RSA Wednesday 17 May 2023 – Afternoon AS Level Film Studies H010/01 Elements of film Time allowed: 2 hours 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. 2 Section A © OCR 2023 H010/01 Jun23 Film form in US Cinema from 1930 to 1990 Answer both Question 1 and Question 2. 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). Directed by Orson Welles. USA 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Directed by Stanley Kubrick. USA Singin’ in the Rain (1952). Directed by Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen. USA Raging Bull (1980). Directed by Martin Scorsese. USA Stagecoach (1939). Directed by John Ford. USA E.T. (1982). Directed by Steven Spielberg. USA Vertigo (1958). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA Do the Right Thing (1989). Directed by Spike Lee. USA Double Indemnity (1944). Directed by Billy Wilder. USA The Conversation (1974). Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. USA All that Heaven Allows (1955). Directed by Douglas Sirk. USA West Side Story (1961). Directed by Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise. USA 1 Explain how setting has been used in a sequence from the 1961–1990 film you have studied. [5] 2 Explain how editing may be interpreted by spectators in a sequence from the 1930–1960 film you have studied. [5] Answer Question 3 or Question 4. EITHER 3* Compare how cinematography (including lighting) has been used to generate spectator response in 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 sound has been used to generate spectator response in 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] 3 Section B Turn over © OCR 2023 H010/01 Jun23 Comparative Contextual Study Answer Question 5 or Question 6. 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). Directed by Wes Anderson. USA The Tree of Life (2011). Directed by Terrence Malick. USA Room (2015). Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Canada/Ireland Animal Kingdom (2010). Directed by David Michôd. Australia Outsiders A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014). Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. USA Elephant (2003). Directed by Gus Van Sant. USA The Babadook (2014). Directed by Jennifer Kent. Australia/Canada The Piano (1993). Directed by Jane Campion. New Zealand/Australia/ France Conflict The Hurt Locker (2008). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. USA Whiplash (2014). Directed by Damien Chazelle. USA District 9 (2009). Directed by Neill Blomkamp. South Africa/USA/New Zealand/Canada Mad Max (1979). Directed by George Miller. Australia EITHER 5* Compare how the narratives of the two films you have studied reflect social and/or cultural attitudes. Refer to detailed examples from the two films. [35] OR 6* Compare how the use of mise -en-scène in the two films you have studied reflects social and/or cultural attitudes. Refer to detailed examples from the two films. [35]