V for Vendetta - Mock Exam Mod 1: Key Scenes for Analysis of Messages & Values

Section A Question 1

How are the key messages and values communicated in the films you have studied? [40/100 marks]

For questions set on the area of messages and values, candidates may offer discussions centring on the types of messages and values that can be interpreted from the texts selected for response and also discuss the processes by which these messages and values may be communicated. This may include discussions of one or more of the following:

• Cinematography - the use of camera shots, angle, movement, composition, and lighting.

• Editing - the organisation of sequences to construct meaning. This should include transition of image and sound, continuity and non-continuity systems, cutting (shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway, insert).

• Sound - diegetic and non-diegetic sound, synchronous/asynchronous sound, sound effects, sound motifs, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective, and soundtrack (score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound).

• Mise-en-Scène - production design, location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties, colour design, casting.

Key Scenes

Evey's Torture (Guantanamo, Rendition)



 Larkhill (GMO & Vaccines)

Ending (Revolution)

V's Speech (Suicide Bomber, Media Network)

Diettrich's Secret Life