Likely Exam Questions

Section A - Cycles of Violence - How do the social, historical and political context effect the way in which you view the film. Second Question

La Haine

Rejection of french culture - Media sequence, Hubert's room, DJ Killer.
Segregation of Migrants - Train Journey, camera work in projects vs camera in france
Mis-treatment of non-french - Opening sequene, police instigate trouble, torture scene
Racism - Vinz at apartment whereby he is not arrested by police

City Of God

-Low level crime in 60's - no real issues
-70s becomes smoking pot, as the city declines in poverty drug use becomes more prominent
-80s use of hard drugs (cocain etc) suggests that as the city has declined severely this has had an effect on the civilians, if we understood the contextual issues we could say the state are the reason for the decline, such that they promised housing which fell through (City of God) and was left to rot
-They are victims of their own environment - Knockout Ned has good guy traits however commits crime for the greater good (killing lil ze)
-Rocket however, escapes the criminal environment - narrative resolution - however if we understood the contextual issues more we could say the runts killing lil ze and taking over the city is more significant and showcases a severe on-going problem in brazil.
-Primary focus is to entertain and the escape of Rocket showcases a generic approach in which we do not in-fact need to understand the contextual issues to to take the preferred reading, however understanding the contextual issues would enhance out understanding and we may take a difference response to the film.

Section B - Explore techniques in which produce an emotional response within the spectator. Second question

Section C - Explore the critical approach - Three key themes. Auteur, Male Gaze, Frauds theory.