The following questions are examples of 'debate' questions posed to students in past papers in the FS6 exam Film Studies exam (2 Hours to answer 3 questions: Shocking cinema; Censorship and Regulation & Gendered Film). Choose 1 of the following essay questions and using the three key films studied (Tomb Raider, Thelma and Louise & The Piano) and any other examples, answer one of these over the Easter holiday:
GENDERED FILM STUDIES
- Explore the benefits of applying a gendered critical approach to studying film with reference to specific case studies.
- Is it too simple to say that some films target male audiences and other target female audiences?
- How does a focus on gender contribute to the understanding of meaning and value in films?
- What is the ‘male’ camera debate? Does film language create a gendered ‘look’?
- What is to be gained by considering the position of a male or female spectator?
- Does mainstream film represent male and female characters differently? Might this determine whether the spectator can identify with or objectify the character?
- How might gender affect the construction of male and female stereotypes and/or stars?
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