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3 detailed A* essay plans covering the specialist study areas for Section B (Documentary Film) in Component 2 for WJEC Eduqas A Level Film Studies. This covers all of the filmmakers theories, digital techniques debate and representations of gender in Asif Kapadia's Amy. These essay plans are very flexible and can be adapted to answer many potential exam questions.

This document encompasses all information needed for those studying Kapadia’s documentary ‘AMY’ for the documentary cinema section of the WJEC A Level Film Studies course. This document includes both key scene analysis to support your essays, and notes on the 4 documentary film theorists that is essential to this part of the exam.

LEV Notes Law of Evidence (University of South Africa) lOMoARcPSD| WITNESSES 2 aspects of oral evidence: 1. COMPETENCE OF WITNESS TO TESTIFY Whether person has mental capacity to testify – if not, they are not competent to testify & court cannot hear their evidence under any circumstances Note the diff btw admissibility and competence: - Admissibility = evidence of a person who is already a competent witness - Competence = focuses on the person Parties cannot consent to admission o...

TFM 160 Final SDSU Latest Update Graded A+ Implicit Meaning Internal Meaning, Implied Explicit Meaning Literal Meaning, definition Form Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed Content The actual subject Formal Analysis Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition, design, movement, performance, editing) Theme Shared public idea Realism Actual or real Antirealism Abstract, Fantastic Cinematic Language Not of words but of myriad integr...

Film 2 Questions with complete solution 2023/2024The information and meaning that movies communicate isn't always easy to see. Movies use myriad integrated concepts and techniques known as ____________ to tell a story while deliberately concealing the means by which they do so. * cinematic language narrative cinematography composition - correct answer Cinematic language True or False: Documentary films can use narrative. * - correct answer T

Film Latest Update with Verified Solutions 3 fundamentals of film form Movies depend on light, elusion of movement, manipulation of time and space Normal speed 24 frames/second Slow motion 30 frames/second Fast 10-12 frames/second Experimental movies Not commercial, low budget, no expectation of gain Documentary Instructional, propaganda, or persuasive Scale of movies Realism - Narrative - Formalism (Hollywood is at narrative) Types of movies Narrative, documentary, experimental Genre Ca...

TFM 160 Final Exam Latest Update Graded A+ Implicit Meaning lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation, internal meaning, implied Explicit meaning available on the surface, literal meaning, definition Form means by which the subject is expressed and experienced, how it is presented sets up audience expectation supplies the methods and techniques necessary to present it to the audience Content the subject of the artwork what it is about provides something to ...

Film Final Questions and Answers Graded A Staging how props and actors are placed on the set The music for a film is composed and recorded during the development phase of filmmaking. False Which of the following best describes the Assistant Director's role in filmmaking? Handles the day to day set operations for the director. While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film content can be described as essentially what the film is about, the story being told, the meaning...

FMS 100 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 Scored A+. Purpose/Examples of descriptive writing - Answer As it suggests, descriptive writing describes a film, without evaluation or judgment Purpose/Examples of evaluative writing - Answer An evaluative claim presents a judgment, expressing the author's belief that the film is bad, good, mediocre, flawed, etc. Why interpretive film writing is important - Answer They seek to understand the ways in which film art produces...