Scenes 1 and 2

1. YOU MUST fill in the GAPS
‘I don’t think people are b___ in
general, but c__________s make
them do what they h____ t_.’
(Steve M________)
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2. Homework
Exam question
How far does the opening sequence of the film you have
studied establish the idea of conflict?
YOU MUST produce a 1 Page-Review of how the micro
features construct this idea to the spectator.
Due: Due – TODAY

3. Title:
‘Hunger’ –
Key Areas Overview
Monday 2nd
March 2015
FM2 –
British and American Film (60%) of AS Level)
Section B –
British Film topics Identity Study –
‘In the Name of the Father’ and
‘Hunger’

4. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior
learning.
• YOU WILL establish HOW
key areas represented in
the text conform to the
WJEC Exam Topics
• YOU WILL develop your
understanding of the 2nd
Main Case Study.
• Review the learning.
AO1
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of film as an
audio-visual form of creative
expression together and
AO2
Apply knowledge and
understanding, including
some of the common critical
approaches that characterise
the subject, when exploring
and analysing films.

5. Starter –
Re-cap Prior Learning
YOU MUST come up with 5 Questions to ask the other student regarding something you
have learnt about a Theory, the 2 Case Studies OR areas to do with the Exam Boards
expectations.
Extension – YOU COULD come up with more than 5 Questions

6. FIVE INTERESTING FACTS

7. FM2 –
EXAM BOARD EXPECTATIONS
Mark Scheme
• Excellent Knowledge – Institutional information, Character (Actor names), Key Scenes
that are accurate (relevant) to the Question.
• Specialist language = Micro Features, Terminology associated to the Texts being
studied – for example ‘The Troubles’.
• Narrative and Representation – Narrative Theory – Hallam & Marshment (2000);
Syd Field; Vladimir Propp; Todorov; Stereotypes/Anti-stereotypes.

8. Key Areas:
• Conflict
• Division
• Hatred
• Authority
• War
• Family

9. Key Areas:
• Conflict
Cinematography and Mise-en-scene –
HOW does this wide angle Long Shot establish conflict to the spectator?
WHAT are they doing? WHY?

10. Key Areas:
• Conflict and War
For what?

11. • Conflict and War
WHY do the IRA prisoners speak Gaelic?

12. Key Areas:
• Conflict and War
For what?

13. Key Areas:
• Conflict and War
For what? HOW do the spectators feel about the Prison Guards treatment of the
prisoners?

14. • Authority
Is Bobby Sands the ‘righteous man’ in the
prison system during the protests?

15. • War and Hatred
WHY do the IRA prisoners resort to destroying their
cells?
WHO authorizes the rioting?

16. Bobby Sands reference to his cross-country past –
WHAT are the connotations behind this?
WHAT does this ‘inject’ (Hypodermic needle theory – Katz & Lazarfeld – 1955) into the
spectators minds about his position in the Prison?
• Authority

17. • Authority
Mise-en-scene and Sound –
HOW do they work together to establish the Prison Guards reclaiming their Authority?

18. • Conflict
• Division
• Hatred
• Authority
• War
Cinematography,
Mise-en-scene and
Sound –
HOW are these areas
represented in this
scene?

19. • Family
Key Term: Patriarchy
Patriarchy is a social system in which: males hold primary power; males predominate in
roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property; and,
in the domain of the family, fathers or father-figures hold authority over women and
children.
HOW else is family represented in the text?

20. YOU MUST use the A3 Hand-out provided and analyse the scenes suggested to
establish HOW the scenes conform to the key areas that we just went through (Conflict,
Division, Hatred, Authority, War, Family).
YOU SHOULD gather evidence from the text and open up the FM2 Page to check what
Audience, Representation and Narrative Theory applies.
MAIN TASK

21. FEEDBACK

22. What have you learnt?
You need to Evaluate –
in 1 sentence – a
summary of the film in
relation to what we
have covered today.
.

23. Homework
1- 2 Page Essay –
How do the spectators feel about the characters in
this text?
Refer to Audience theory in your answer
Refer to critical theory in your answer.
Give at least x2 examples from the text – x1 Bobby
Sands/IRA related; x1 Prison Guard/Loyalist related.
Due: Next Lesson – Monday 9th
March