PRODUCERS & AUDIENCES - Section A: Exam Feedback

The Oscar winning The King's Speech is an excellent example of a current film that could easily be used to support all areas of the producers and audiences exam.

Most of you have written a response to Section A now. Whilst the questions on Horror and Noir are more predictable and much easier to revise for, Section A is notoriously difficult to predict and tends to leave us guessing what exactly will appear. However, certain areas have appeared over the years which continue to be important to this section:

• The State of the British Film Industry
• Hollywood Cinema Today - High Concept, Franchise, The Opening Weekend
• Film Stars and Audiences
• Film and Technology - consider here the emergence of 3D, Imax and Digital Screens
• Marketing
• Distribution
• Exhibition
• The Studio System
• Film and The Internet
• Fandom
  

What is most critical really is being able to keep up to date with developments in the American and British Film Industry as the examiners tend to look favourable upon those candidates who are able to engage with current films on release. It is imperative to move beyond the stimulus material you are given and think about what is not so obvious - this will likely to get you the higher marks.

The following are useful websites for film news and developments:

http://www.screendaily.com/
http://www.slashfilm.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts