Level 2 Film Essay topics
Here are a few topics to try:
1. Analyse visual / oral techniques used to establish a strong first
impression of character(s) OR setting OR purpose AND how this first
impression was important to the text as a whole.
2. Analyse oral / visual techniques used to show changes in a main
character or individual in a text you have studied AND why these
changes were important to the text as a whole.
3. Describe a section / scene / episode with a strong sense of mood or
suspense or atmosphere AND analyse production methods used to create
this mood or suspense or atmosphere.
4. Identify what you consider to be the director’s main purpose AND
explore, in depth, one or two main visual / oral techniques used to achieve
this purpose.
5. Outline some potential limitations of the genre / form / type of text
you studied AND how your text overcame these.