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Superhero Movies GCSE Film Studies

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  • 1.GCSE Film Studies

2. Why study Superhero Movies? Paper One: Exploring Film Form (1hr 30) Four Compulsory Questions Film Language Film Industry Film Audiences 3. Four Questions Question One: Respond to an extract focusing onfilm language Question Two: Respond to genre elements, focusingon ALL ASPECTS of film language Question Three: Respond to marketing andpromotion of films Question Four: Creative tasks assessing theknowledge and understanding of film in relation toaudience and industry 4. Example Questions 1. (a)Identify one example of editing or a camera shot used in this extract. (1)(b) How is editing used in this extract? (2)(c) How are two of the following used to create tension in this extract: camerawork sound special effects mise-en-scne? (7) [10] 2. (a) Identify one typical Superhero Movie convention used in this extract. (1)(b) Describe one example of how this convention is used in another Superhero Movie. (3)(c) Explain why this convention is used in other Superhero Movies you have studied. (6) [10] 5. Example Questions 3. How do film companies create interest in theirmovies in advance of their release?You may refer to the resource material to help you. [10] 4. You have been asked to create a marketingcampaign for a new Superhero Movie. Complete thefollowing tasks:(a) List three items from your campaign. (3)(b) Briefly describe how one of these items targets anaudience. (3)(c) Design and annotate two items from your marketingcampaign. (8)(d) Explain how your marketing campaign creates interest. (6)[20] 6. What is a Superhero Movie? A film based a comic book? Not always not all characters start in comics A film that features a Well, what actually is aSuperhero or Superheroes?superhero? 7. What is a Superhero? Is it somebody with Not necessarily, assuper powers?Batman does not actually have any super power Its what a character To defend thechooses to do with the weak, truth, justice, etc.powers they have 8. What is a Superhero?A superhero....is a man or woman with powers that are either massive extensions of human strengths and capabilities, or fundamentallydifferent in kind, which he or she uses to fight for truth, justice and the protection of theinnocent. A substantial minority of peoplewithout powers as such share a commitment tothe superhero mission, so they are generallyregarded as superheroes in spite of the absence ofsuch powers(Roz Kaveney - Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films) 9. What is a Superhero?A Superhero movie centres on individuals who use theirpowers for public rather than personal good, often against an enemy who uses their powers for personalrather than public good. Most are sourced fromcomic books(Studying Film at GCSE)With great power comes great responsibility(Ben Parker, Spider-Man) 10. Task List as many Superhero movies as you can. What features do you think they share? Create a poster of Superhero movie features