FILM NOIR EXAM CRITERIA

EXAM CRITERIA – DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENRE AND SOCIETY

You will choose - how film noir is influenced by society.

YOUR FILM NOIR EXAM

NOT ACHIEVED

•  wrote about individual texts, not mentioning genre, or how the individual films related to an issue in society at the time the film was made
• referred to one or two texts, or made very minimal reference to texts
• generalised, or oversimplified their ideas with little supporting evidence from the genre or from society
• showed a weak understanding of historical events
• historical events did not show an obvious link to genre
• did not identify a characteristic of the genre
• wrote on texts that did not easily relate to their genre.

ACHIEVED

• •identified a suitable genre
• referenced three texts
• provided two links between genre and society and gave a valid explanation
• examined the genre through individual texts and made some link to genre
• discussed an aspect of genre
• focused on a text and its connection with a significant historical event without developing an argument about the genre.

ACHIEVEMENT WITH MERIT Candidates awarded Achievement with Merit typically:

• identified a significant feature of the genre, a key aspect of the genre that could be linked to society
• used valid and accurate details about the genre and society
• analysed the purpose or essence of the genre and developed an argument about the link between genre and society
• built an argument for the link between genre and society by using several texts as evidence for each part of their analysis
• showed a level of evaluation and supported generalisations with evidence.

ACHIEVEMENT WITH EXCELLENCE Candidates awarded Achievement with Excellence typically:

• gave a structured response with a strong argument used thesis statements based on their chosen question and carried the argument through the response
• effectively incorporated relevant critical theories to develop their responses, using genre theory or additional material to convincingly support their generalisations, such as audience reception or representation theories
• evaluated an aspect of the genre by going beyond the texts, drawing together society and genre
• wrote clearly, logically and fluently •used comprehensive and insightful evidence from all texts studied to develop a response on their genre understood the complex nature of evolving societies and the evolution of genres.