Mock Exam Feedback

1. Mock Exam Feedback Scene references for both Hollywood films seemed tokenistic and weak compared to the other sections. It felt too forced to argue both Scott and Wilder were auteurs, in some instances. Subtlety needs improving in order to develop answers to the top bands. Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

2. Mock Exam Feedback Example Essays Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

3. Outcomes Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures? Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

4. Auteur To what extent was it possible to be a classic Hollywood auteur? What were some of the limitations? List a minimum of 5 contextual limitations to a director being an auteur. Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

5. Auteur To what extent was Wilder attempting to be auteur? What were his beliefs in filmmaking and to what extent to these juxtapose the concept of an auteur? Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

6. Auteur Perhaps because his films were so popular and his signature was by design subtle, writer-producer-director Billy Wilder has generally been overlooked in discussions about great directors.  Wilder was infuriated by distinctive stylists such as Hitchcock, whom he dismissed as a modernist.  Instead, he made “invisible narratives,” seamless stories with superb dialogue and skillfully crafted plots.  He aimed to enthrall his audiences, drawing them into the story so much that they became all but unaware that they were watching a film. Yet despite his insistence upon movies as entertainment, Wilder’s films reflect a powerful drive to instruct that Wilder occasionally if obliquely acknowledged:  “If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you,” he once remarked.  His mantra was, “Never bore.”  He explicitly wrote and directed for “the masses,” resulting in a remarkable range of popular, well-crafted films.  His comedies typically appear at the top rank of American cinema:  Some Like It Hot, Seven Year Itch, The Apartment, and Stalag 17 (basis for the popular TV show, Hogan’s Heroes).  His brooding melodramas were equally successful, such as Sunset Boulevard, a critique of Hollywood, and Lost Weekend, which brought the problem of alcoholism to the screen and into American conversation.  His brilliant Double Indemnity  is regarded by some as launching the genre of film noir.   Initially a screenwriter, Wilder’s brilliant screenplays and directing of actors enabled him to work with most of Hollywood’s greatest from 1930s to the 1980s.  Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

7. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

8. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

9. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

10. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

11. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

12. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

13. Auteur Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

14. Improving Subtlety 1. (a) Compare how far your chosen films reflect the auteur signature features of their filmmakers. [40] Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

15. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: In regards to cinematography, one of Billy Wilder’s auteur signatures is the use of balanced compositions and mid shots. Evidence of this can be seen during the train where Daphne and Josephine discuss Sugar… Academic Alice: Whilst Wilder demonstrates recurring cinematography techniques, – balanced compositions, simplistic angles – it is difficult for an audience to ascertain these as auteur signatures, especially compared with modern-day auteurs like Anderson or Tarantino. Wilder’s use of these techniques… Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

16. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: Billy Wilder is an auteur because, despite of The Hays Code, he still included violence in Some Like It Hot during the Spats Colombo death scene… Academic Alice: Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

17. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: Billy Wilder is an auteur. Academic Alice: Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

18. Auteur To what extent was it possible to be a new Hollywood auteur? Where there limitations? If so, what? List a minimum of 5 contextual changes to the film industry since classic Hollywood. Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

19. Auteur To what extent was Scott attempting to be auteur? What were his beliefs in filmmaking and to what extent to these juxtapose the concept of an auteur? Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

20. Auteur Essay Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

21. Improving Subtlety 1. (a) Compare how far your chosen films reflect the auteur signature features of their filmmakers. [40] Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

22. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: One of Ridley Scott’s auteur signatures is his use of expressive mise-en-scene and chiaroscuro as demonstrated in Sebastian’s apartment… Academic Alice: Whilst expressive mise-en-scene and chiaroscuro are associated with Ridley Scott (most notably the Alien franchise), his eclectic oeuvre makes it difficult to ascertain recurring auteur trademarks in comparison to more visual-heavy, contemporary auteurs. Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

23. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: One of Ridley Scott’s auteur signatures is the theme of dubious morality… Academic Alice: Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

24. Improving Subtlety Simple Sandra: Ridley Scott is an auteur. Academic Alice: Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

25. Outcomes Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures? Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

26. Improving Subtlety 1. (a) Compare how far your chosen films reflect the auteur signature features of their filmmakers. [40] Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?

27. Outcomes Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures? Grade A: can you evaluate how far Scott and Wilder could be seen as auteurs? Grade B: can you link these to context / key scenes? Grade C: can you recall auteur signatures?